Abstract: This paper provides two complete sets of shear strength data for smooth HDPE-compacted clay liner interfaces with two significantly different clay liner materials. Data are presented for interface shear strength behavior ...

Abstract: Effective overburden stress can have a significant influence on cone penetration test (CPT) measurements. This influence can lead to an incorrect assessment of soil strength/resistance for such purposes as liquefaction ...

Abstract: When soil is compacted in layers by rollers, vibrating plates, or rammers, the horizontal earth pressures within the compacted soil mass are increased. Charts are presented that can be used to estimate compaction‐induced ...

Abstract: A simplified method of analysis for determining the permanent displacement of a clay core in a heterogeneous earth dam subjected to dynamic excitation is discussed. Centrifuge studies on three identical models were used ...

Abstract: This paper presents a complete methodology for both probabilistic and deterministic assessment of seismic soil liquefaction triggering potential based on the cone penetration test (CPT). A comprehensive worldwide set of ...

Abstract: The failure of the levee and floodwall section on the east bank of the 17th Street drainage canal was one of the most catastrophic breaches that occurred during Hurricane Katrina. It produced a breach that rapidly scoured ...

Abstract: The failure of the New Orleans regional flood protection systems, and the resultant catastrophic flooding of much of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, represents the most costly failure of an engineered system in U.S. ...