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Relocation of a Problematic Segment of a Natural Gas Pipeline Using GIS-Based Landslide Susceptibility Map**, Hendek (Turkey)
A segment of natural gas pipeline constructed in 1997 to supply natural gas to a steel factory was broken due to a landslide with fire near Hendek,...
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Micro-structure and Swelling Behaviour of Compacted Clayey Soils: A Quantitative Approach
In this paper, the clay aggregate volume and inter-aggregate volume in compacted clayey soils are quantified, on the basis of simple hypothesis,...
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Nonconventional and Simple View of the Soil-Structure Interaction Problem
A mathematical model is proposed for the calculation of settlement and rotation of shallow foundations under combined vertical load and bending...
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Effects of Lime Stabilization on Engineering Properties of Expansive Ankara Clay
With the existing expansive clay in Ankara (Turkey) metropolitan area, some light buildings, road pavements and buried lifelines have suffered some...
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Cross Connections at Pannerdensch Canal Tunnel - Freezing Soil Mass Design and Execution Comparison
The tunnel under the Pannerdensch Canal (The Netherlands) has two strongly differing cross connections. In this article the design of the freezing...
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The Geotechnical Baseline Report as Risk Allocation Tool
Today, timely and adequate attention for the risky subsoil is more than ever necessary for a healthy European infrastructure industry. A key succes...
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Drying-Up of a Natural Spring for Ensuring Stability of an Artificial Slope: Is It Sustainable Development?
Near a small city of the Belgian ‘Ardennes’ (East of Belgium), modification of a natural slope for extension of industrial activities has required an...
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Engineering Geology in International Dredging and Infrastructure
Engineering geology supports the execution of dredging works in all stages. An industry that takes the full profit of his knowledge is the...
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ConsoliTest - Using Surface Waves for Estimating Shear-Wave Velocities in the Dutch Subsurface
ConsoliTest is a geophysical method for estimating geomechanical parameters of the shallow subsurface. The procedure is based on the MASW method...
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Location of Buried Mineshafts and Adits Using Reconnaissance Geophysical Methods
Britain has a long history of mining activity, which stretches back some 3000 years to the excavation of flint in East Anglia. The legacy of this...
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Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Siting in a Highly Seismic Region on the Mexican Pacific Coast
A new LNG terminal should be built on the Pacific coast of Mexico, one of the most seismic regions in the world. According to International codes, a...
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Leibis/Lichte Dam in Germany
In Thuringia the second highest dam of Germany is under construction (figure 1). The new Leibis/Lichte dam is a 370 m long and 102.5 m high gravity...
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Sustainable Passive and Active Remedial Measures of Cree** Bedrock Slopes: Two Case Studies from Austria
Two case studies involving the large-scale and deep-seated cree** of slopes in southern Austria are discussed. In both instances passive and active...
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Numerical Analysis of a Tunnel in an Anisotropy Rock Mass. Envalira Tunnel (Principality of Andorra)
The Envalira Tunnel (Principality of Andorra) passes through a rock mass of phyllite and quarzite, and its construction had some parts with great...
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Physical and Numerical Modelling of a Two-Well Tracer Test at the Laboratory Scale
Two-well tracer tests were performed at the laboratory scale on a large hand-compacted Bruxellian sand sample (about 2 m3), using electrical sensors...
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Multi-level Groundwater Pressure Monitoring at the Meuse/Haute-Marne Underground Research Laboratory, France
Multi-packer systems are an effective approach to groundwater monitoring, testing, and sampling. Multi-packer monitoring systems consist of (1)...
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Tunnelling in Urbanised Areas - Geotechnical Case Studies at Different Project Stages
Tunnelling in urbanised areas is always a challenge for the client and the contractor as well as for the designers, the engineers, and the...
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Hydrogeologic Exploration during Excavation of the Lötschberg Base Tunnel (AlpTransit Switzerland)
Many tunnels that are currently being built through the Alps have to cross fractured and karstified formations at great depth and many hundreds of...
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High Speed Lines in Belgium: Various Engineering Geological and Geotechnical Aspects
The High Speed Railway network in Belgium extends over 322 km of lines made up of 210 km of new line designed for speeds of 300 km/h and 112 km of...
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Studying Underground Motions in the Ramioul’s Cave - Belgium
The show-cave of Ramioul is situated close to Engis in Belgium in Dinantian. Beside the natural cavities, a quarry is being mined out and the tourist...