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ASCE ( American Society of Civil Engineers )
Description: The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest engineering society. ASCE stands at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs, and operates society’s economic and social engine – the built environment – while protecting and restoring the natural environment.
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Stress Integration Approach in Resonant Column and Torsional Shear Testing for Soils
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Determination of strain in resonant column and torsional shear (RC/TS) tests is complicated due to nonuniform stress–strain variation occurring linearly with the radius in a soil specimen in torsion. The equivalent radius ...
New Orleans Levee System Performance during Hurricane Katrina: London Avenue and Orleans Canal South
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. The effects of the hurricane were particularly devastating in the city of New Orleans. Most of the damage was due to the failure of the levee system ...
New Orleans Levee System Performance during Hurricane Katrina: 17th Street Canal and Orleans Canal North
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Centrifuge modeling of the 17th Street Canal and Orleans Canal North levees was performed in this study. During hurricane Katrina the levees on the 17th Street Canal failed, leading to breaches in the outfall canal in the ...
Centrifuge Tests on Comixing of Mine Tailings and Waste Rock
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: A series of centrifuge tests were conducted to examine self-weight consolidation, dynamic response, liquefaction potential, and slope stability of mine tailings alone and in mixtures with waste rock. Mixture ratio of waste ...
Centrifuge Modeling Study of Backward Erosion Piping with Variable Exit Size
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: This study presents the results from a series of centrifuge modeling tests conducted to investigate the backward erosion piping across a sandy foundation underlying an impervious cohesive layer with a defined exit hole. ...
Influence of Seepage Length on Backward Erosion Piping Behaviors in Centrifuge Model Testing
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: A series of centrifuge tests were performed to evaluate the backward erosion piping behavior that occurred in models with the same soil and same dimensions and to investigate the influence of the seepage length, exit-hole ...
Centrifuge Modeling of Fines Content Influence on Liquefaction Behaviors of Loose Gravelly Soils
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: The effects of fines content on the liquefaction behavior and the dynamic response of gravelly soils were evaluated in this study. A total of six models of level-ground profiles of two saturated gravel-sand-fines mixtures ...