Due to environmental concerns, sustainable ground improvement is considered a critical part of modern infrastructure development. Current policy on environmental sustainability often expects noise-free, chemical-free, and low carbon emission processes, while being economical. In this context, the application of prefabricated vertical drains (PVD) with vacuum preloading is regarded as one of the...

Pseudostatic analysis is one of the simplest approaches used in earthquake engineering to analyze the seismic response of soil embankments and slopes. However, the choice of seismic coefficients used in the analysis can be arbitrary and generally lacks rationale. To investigate this, a parametric study was performed on a soil embankment of varied geometric characteristics and soil properties su...

Figure 2 shows the temperature variation in all reference point sensors and air temperature (TZ) during the last year (August 2015 September 2016). Figure 3 and 4 presents temperatures in CW and CE cross section s sensors to obtain a more clear charts. The sensor UT 17 , which is located about 20cm below the surface, is most sensitive to changes in air temperature. The highest variation of the ...

A fish pond ecosystem on the west coast of Korea was studied for biotic and abiotic factors. The occurrence rate of phytoplankton at the embanked fish farm was 84 times higher to that of shore waters. Phytoplankton species which occurred during the study period were categorized into Cyanophyta, Dinophyta and Bacillariophyta with a total of 26 subgeneric taxa (22 species of Dinophyta, 2 species ...

PURPOSE The aim of the study described here was to report the outcomes of surgery for orbital fat prolapse by conjunctival fixation to the sclera. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-three consecutive eyes of 19 patients with orbital fat prolapse were retrospectively reviewed. All cases were treated with the same simple procedure without resection through conjunctival incision: fixation of conjunctiv...

Dual row retaining walls can form efficient port and embankment structures, or even be used as coastal defence against tsunamis. The system of parallel sheet pile have a large lateral capacity within serviceability limit states due to the combined strength stiffness confined soil. Optimising design by reducing wall section ensuring greater utilisation soil has economic environmental benefits bu...

A possibility of using bottom sediments from dam reservoirs in earth structures was considered. Sediments the Rzeszow reservoir (Poland) were used as research material, which, according to geotechnical standards, classified low permeable silt with high organic content. As fine, cohesive soil a coefficient permeability, can be sealing elements hydraulic engineering embankments. In order verify s...