Journal of Geotechnical Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Wave‐Induced Slides in South Pass Block 70, Mississippi Delta 

      Robert G. Bea; Stephen G. Wright; Partha Sircar; Alan W. Niedoroda (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      Failure of a major offshore platform caused by a seafloor slide and hurricane wave forces is described. Data on the soils and waves are combined with limit equilibrium, finite element and layered continuum analytical models ...

    • Closure to “<i>Cellular Cofferdam for Trident Drydock: Performance</i>” by Max D. Sorota, Edward B. Kinner, and Mark X. Haley (December, 1981) 

      Max D. Sorota; Edward B. Kinner; Mark X. Haley (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)

    • Ocean Wave‐Induced Liquefaction Analysis 

      M. S. Nataraja; H. S. Gill (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      Cyclic shear stresses developed below the ocean bottom as a result of a passing wave train may progressively build up pore pressure in certain soils. Such built‐up pore pressure may eventually be large enough to result in ...

    • Rock Sockets in Soft Rock 

      George H. Glos, III; Oliver H. Briggs, Jr. (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      This paper describes the results of two full scale rock socket load tests conducted in conjunction with the foundation design of a sulfur dioxide removal plant located at the Four Corners Generating Station near Farmington, ...

    • Probabilistic Pore Pressure Analysis for Seismic Loading 

      Jean‐Lou Chameau; G. Wayne Clough (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      TWO probabilistic models are proposed to study the development of pore pressure in saturated sands under random loading. The first of these is based on laboratory data, while the second uses an analytically based effective ...

    • Centrifugal Modeling of Transient Water Flow 

      Kenneth W. Cargill; Hon‐Yim Ko (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      The phenomenon of transient water flow in earth embankments is examined. State‐of‐the‐art solution techniques and their shortcomings are outlined. It is hypothesized that better solutions are obtainable through centrifugal ...

    • Response of Seafloor to Ocean Waves 

      W. D. Liam Finn; R. Siddharthan; G. R. Martin (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      Methods for estimating the stability of the ocean floor under wave loading and the determination of wave‐induced pore‐water pressures are critically reviewed. Two new computer programs for analyzing the effects of waves ...

    • Discussion Of “<i>Ground Movements Caused By Braced Excavations</i>” by Thomas D. O'Rourke (September, 1981) 

      Lawrence A. Hansen (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)

    • Closure to “<i>Ground Movements Caused By Braced Excavations</i>” by Thomas D. O'Rourke (September, 1981) 

      Thomas D. O'Rourke (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)

    • Seismic Response of San Francisco Waterfront Fills 

      G. Wayne Clough; Jean‐Lou Chameau (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      The San Francisco waterfront was constructed between 1850 to 1920 by placing fill along the San Francisco Bay. The fills, reaching thicknesses of up to 40 ft (12 m), consist primarily of dune sand, rock fragments, bay mud, ...

    • Excavations Stabilized Using Rock Revetments 

      Dennis J. Garbis (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      The concept of utilizing preplaced “quarry run rock” (unprocessec rock blasted at a quarry) as a retaining wall for large excavations in soft soils is described. Various configurations of rock placement are presented and ...

    • Liquefaction Sites, Imperial Valley, California 

      T. Leslie Youd; Michael J. Bennett (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      Sands that did and did not liquefy at two sites during the 1979 Imperial Valley, Calif., earthquake

    • Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential Using Field Performance Data 

      H. Bolton Seed; I. M. Idriss; Ignacio Arango (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      The evolution of a simplified procedure for evaluating the liquefaction potential of sand deposits using data obtained from standard penetration tests is reviewed. Field data for sites which are known to have liquefied or ...

    • Dynamic Behavior of Pile Groups 

      Mohammed M. Ettouney; Joseph A. Brennan; Michael F. Forte (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      The semi‐analytical solution of the dynamic behavior of vertical pile groups is presented. The solution accounts for the pile‐soil‐pile dynamic interaction and is based on modeling the soil as a plane strain continuum and ...

    • Finite Element Simulation of Tunneling over Subways 

      Jamshid Ghaboussi; William H. Hansmire; Harvey W. Parker; Kwang J. Kim (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      Finite element analysis of a sewer tunnel crossing over existing sub‐way tunnels in New York was performed. The clearance between the sewer tunnel and the subway tunnels was very small and the purpose of the finite element ...

    • Pile Group Analysis: A Study of Two Methods 

      Harry G. Poulos; Mark F. Randolph (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      A brief outline is given of the basis of analysis used in two computer programs, PIGLET and DEFPIG, for analysis of pile group response. A comparison of the capabilities of each program is presented and then a parametric ...

    • Probabilistic Updating of Pore Pressure Fields 

      Waldemar Hachich; Erik H. Vanmarcke (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      A first‐order second‐moment method is proposed to quantify uncertainty about steady‐state pore pressures originating in random spatial variability of soil permeabilities. A Bayesian framework for systematic interpretation ...

    • Plane Strain Constitutive Equations for Soils 

      Bobby O. Hardin (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      An attempt is made to clarify certain aspects of the modeling of behavior of particulate materials. The issues are presented in terms of an incremental Hooke's law. The formulation accounts at least partially for the effects ...

    • Mechanics of Fiber Reinforcement in Sand 

      Donald H. Gray; Harukazu Ohashi (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      Direct shear tests were run on a dry sand reinforced with different types of fibers. Both natural and synthetic fibers plus metal wires were tested. Experimental behavior was compared with theoretical predictions based on ...

    • Closure to “<i>Total Lateral Surcharge Pressure Due to Strip Load</i>” by Ramon Jarquio (October, 1981) 

      Ramon Jarquio (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)