Abstract: The sand production problem is plaguing the petroleum industry by its adverse effects on thousands of oil and gas fields throughout the world. A tremendous amount of money is spent each year ...

Abstract: The present study focuses on investigating the effect of freeze–thaw (FT) cycles, referred to as environmental effect in this paper, on aggregates stabilized with various stabilizing agents, namely, cement kiln dust (CKD), ...

Abstract: The moisture damage in polymer modified asphalts has been studied for decades, yet the effects of chemical functional groups on moisture sensitivity are not known. In this study, a nanoscale experiment is conducted to ...

Abstract: A laboratory study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of different percentages of hydrated lime, class C fly ash (CFA), and cement kiln dust (CKD) as soil stabilizers. Cylindrical specimens were compacted and ...

Abstract: Withdrawal of fluids from hydrocarbon reservoirs results in a decrease in pore pressure which in turn leads to an increase in effective stress on rock matrix. Such a situation may lead to ...

Abstract: The paper discusses a rate-dependent constitutive model to describe the creep deformation of rock salts. The model is based on the dislocation-related micromechanisms; the concept of effective ...

Abstract: A cold mix design procedure was developed to incorporate hydrocarbon-contaminated soil as an ingredient of pavement base-product. The incorporation was achieved by asphaltic stabilization and encapsulation utilizing cold ...

Abstract: A new device for cyclic testing of large size interfaces between structural and geologic materials and rock joints is described. Test results are reported for a sand‐concrete interface, and are used to express shear stress ...

Abstract: This paper discusses the application of an internal variable, creep constitutive model, where the concept of piecewise linearity in the effective stress-creep strain rate relationship is utilized. ...