Novel Issues on Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Rock Engineering: Proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 – The Official International Congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction

243 Pages·2019·69.529 MB·English

by  Laureano R. Hoyos, John S. McCartney

Sustainable Civil Infrastructures
Laureano R. Hoyos
Editors
John S. McCartney
Novel Issues on
Unsaturated Soil
Mechanics and Rock
Engineering
Proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast
International Congress and Exhibition
on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures,
Egypt 2018 – The Official International
Congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction
Group in Egypt (SSIGE)
Sustainable Civil Infrastructures
Editor-in-chief
Hany Farouk Shehata, Cairo, Egypt
Advisory Board
Khalid M. ElZahaby, Giza, Egypt
Dar Hao Chen, Austin, USA
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Laureano R. Hoyos John S. McCartney
(cid:129)
Editors
Novel Issues on Unsaturated
Soil Mechanics and Rock
Engineering
Proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast
International Congress and Exhibition
on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures,
– fi
Egypt 2018 The Of cial International Congress
of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group
in Egypt (SSIGE)
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Editors
Laureano R. Hoyos JohnS.McCartney
Department ofCivil Engineering Department ofStructural Engineering
University of Texas atArlington University of California, SanDiego
Arlington, TX,USA LaJolla, CA,USA
ISSN 2366-3405 ISSN 2366-3413 (electronic)
Sustainable Civil Infrastructures
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Preface
This volume of technical papers includes research on two important topics in
geotechnical engineering: the hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils and
the characterization and modeling of rock properties. The first eight papers on
unsaturated soil behavior cover a range of topics, including the effect of bentonite
and palm oil on water retention properties, the prediction of swell potential and
water retention properties based on basic geotechnical properties, the effect of
suction on resilient modulus, the modeling of collapse settlement and root water
uptake in shallow foundation soils, and the effect of rainfall pattern on slope sta-
bility. The last seven papers on rock properties also cover a range of topics,
including the experimental investigations on compressive strength, crack propa-
gationandeffectofjointinclinations/spacings,themodelingofwaterdischargeand
fractures in rockfill dams and rock slopes, and some construction issues in soft
rocks. The two themes in this collection are mostly representative of local chal-
lenges facing geotechnical engineers in the Middle East and Asia, but their con-
tributions can also be extended to other regions of the world. The efforts of all
authors and their peer reviewers, many of them from the Unsaturated Soils com-
mitteeoftheGeo-InstituteoftheAmericanSocietyofCivilEngineers(ASCE),are
gratefully acknowledged.
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Contents
Investigation of Bentonite Qualities on Water Retention
Characteristic Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
D. Abhijit and S. Sreedeep
Water Retention Behavior of Palm Oil Mixed Kaolin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Anirudh Subramanya Sriraam, Mavinakere Eshwaraiah Raghunandan,
Jayantha Kodikara, and Tey Beng Ti
Predicting Swelling Potential and Soil-Water Retention Curves
of Some Characterized Expansive Clays Based on Geotechnical
Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hossein Assadollahi and Hossein Nowamooz
Characterization of Hydro-Mechanical Effects of Suction
and Clay Minerals on Resilient Modulus, M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
r
Aneke Frank Ikechukwu, Mostafa M. Hassan, and A. Moubarak
Evaluation of Subgrade Resilient Modulus from Unsaturated
CBR Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Aneke Frank Ikechukwu, Mostafa M. Hassan, and A. Moubarak
A Proposed Approach for Calculating Collapse Settlement . . . . . . . . . . 82
Mohamed G. Marei, Tareq M. Abdelaziz, Ahmed M. Ragheb,
and Naema Ali
Modeling Root Water Uptake, Climate and Unsaturated Vegetated
Clays Interactions in the Context of Shallow Foundation Soils . . . . . . . 97
Hossein Assadollahi and Hossein Nowamooz
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Application of Fragility Curves to Investigate the Effect of Rainfall
Pattern in the Performance of an Idealized Slope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Sreejith Parippayi, Soon-Thiam Khu,
and Mavinakere Eshwaraiah Raghunandan
Prediction of Water Discharge Through the Foundation of a Rockfill
Dam in Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
José Luis Carrasco Gutierrez and Celso Romanel
Experimental Investigation on the Crack Propagation
and Coalescence in Rock-Like Specimens with Pre-existing
Cracks Under Compressive Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Seyed Alireza Fatemi and Ahmad Fahimifar
Addressing Problems Related to Construction in the Middle East
of High Rise Buildings on Soft Rocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Peter Scott and David Simpson
A Modified Correlation Using Statistical Techniques in Estimating
the Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Sedimentary Rocks
Based on P-Wave Velocity- A Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Fereshteh Fatehi and Abbas Abbaszadeh Shahri
EffectsofRockJointInclinationsandSpacingsontheStaticBehavior
of Dam Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Saurabh Kumar, Prasun Halder, Bappaditya Manna, and K. G. Sharma
Laboratory Characterization of Reservoir Rock and Fluids of Upper
Assam Basin, India. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Joyshree Barman, Subrata Borgohain Gogoi, Jayakumar Viswanathan,
Debasish Konwar, and Kumaresan Jagatheesan
Modelling and Analyses of Rock Bridge Fracture and Step-Path
Failure in Open-Pit Mine Rock Slope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Maged Al Mandalawi, Greg You, Peter Dahlhaus, Kim Dowling,
and Mays Sabry
Author Index.. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 227
About the Editors
Biographical Sketch for Laureano R. Hoyos, Ph.D.,
P.E., M.ASCE
Lead Campus Manager, Dwight D. Eisenhower
Transportation Fellowship Program, FHWA
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
TheUniversityofTexasatArlington,Arlington,Texas
76019
Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email:
[email protected]
Professional Preparation:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Louisiana State
University, 1999
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Georgia Institute of
Technology, 1999
Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia
Institute of Technology, 1998
M.Sc. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia
Institute of Technology, 1996
M.Sc. Geotechnical Engineering, University of Puerto
Rico-RUM, Mayaguez, PR, 1993
M.Sc. Highway Engineering, Universidad del Cauca,
Popayán, Colombia, 1991
B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Universidad de la Costa,
Barranquilla, Colombia, 1988
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x AbouttheEditors
Appointments:
(cid:129) Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, UTA,
Texas, 2014–current
(cid:129) Associate Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, UTA, Texas, 2005–2014
(cid:129) Assistant Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, UTA, Texas, 2000–2005
Honors:
(cid:129) Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Excellence in
Teaching Award, College of Engineering,
University of Texas at Arlington, 2014
(cid:129) Research Excellence Award, Office of the Provost,
University of Texas at Arlington, 2006, 2007,
2008, and 2009
(cid:129) Outstanding Civil Engineering Instructor Award,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of
Texas at Arlington, 2005
(cid:129) Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award, College
of Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington,
2003
Postdoctoral/Student Supervision:
(cid:129) Five sponsored visiting research scholars
(cid:129) Nine Ph.Ds completed; four currently in progress
(cid:129) 20 MS theses completed; six currently in progress
Sample Publications
(cid:129) Patil,U.D.,Hoyos,L.R.,andPuppala,A.J.(2016).
“Characterization of compacted silty sand using a
double-walled triaxial cell with fully automated
Relative-Humidity control.” Geotechnical Testing
Journal, ASTM, 39(5), pp. 741–756.
(cid:129) Patil,U.D.,Hoyos,L.R.,andPuppala,A.J.(2016).
“Modeling essential elasto-plastic features of
compacted silty sand via suction-controlled triaxial
testing.” International Journal of Geomechanics,
ASCE, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)
GM.1943-5622.0000726, pp. 1–22.