ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories

The International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories is an official journal of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, the premier scientific organization for geotechnical engineering worldwide. The Case Histories Journal covers the broad area of practice in geotechnical engineering (soils and rocks), including geotechnical earthquake engineering, environmental geotechnics and engineering geology, and energy geo-construction.

The Case Histories Journal is a peer-review, diamond-level open access journal on the geotechnical engineering practice with a focus on careful documentation of case histories with and emphasis on observations and data collected during and after project construction. Papers are reviewed by a distinguished international Editorial Board and a selected number of reviewers. All paper published in the journal are accompanied by electronic data for better documentation of each case history.

Latest Published Case History Papers

Monitoring and Process Control of Deep Vertical Vibratory Compaction Using Resonance Amplification

Massarsch, K.

 

 

Compaction CPTU horizontal stress pre-stressing resonance sand vibration vibrator shear wave speed

 

Compaction trials using deep vertical vibratory compaction in a hydraulic fill are reported. The compaction system consisted of a vibrator with variable frequency and a flexible, double Y-shaped probe. Openings in the probe reduced the dynamic weight and enhanced the probe-ground interaction. The co...

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MSE Wall Behavior during Large Truck Impact at High Speed against Barrier on Top of Wall

BRIAUD, J.

 

 

MSE wall pullout load crash test barrier TL5 numerical simulation measured behavior full-scale test

 

Some 45 years ago the total number of annual deaths on US roadways was slightly over 50,000. In 2020, this number has been reduced to less than 39,000 even while the number of kilometers traveled has almost doubled. One of the major contributing factors to this life-saving improvement is the develop...

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Large Diameter TBM Tunnelling Beneath New Reclamation

Lee, S., Leung, C., Cheung, C., Wijesooriya, T., Schwob, A.

 

 

barrette confinement pressure consolidation reclamation settlement TBM tunnel volume loss

 

The Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link (TMCLKL) project successfully completed a 14 m diameter slurry mix-shield tunnel boring machine (TBM) tunnelling in Alluvium, beneath a recently reclaimed land. The in situ clayey Marine Deposits and Alluvium were subject to ongoing consolidation and creep settlements ...

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Influence of Increased Confining Stress on Undrained Behavior of Tailings: A Case History at the Candelaria Mine

Robertson, P. K., Brouwer, K., Sully, T. E., Gagnon, A.

 

 

case history tailings undrained strength effective stress

 

Recent failures of mine tailings structures in Brazil have highlighted the importance of the undrained behavior of loose tailings. Loose, saturated tailings can experience significant and rapid strength loss if triggered to behave undrained under shear, and this process has been described as either ...

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Post-Liquefaction Free-Field Ground Settlement Case Histories

Olaya, F. R., Bray, J. D.

 

 

case histories CPT free-field site liquefaction settlement

 

Liquefaction-induced ground settlement is a complex process resulting from the combined effects of particle sedimentation and soil reconsolidation due to post-shaking dissipation of excess pore-water pressure. Current empirical models are based on a limited number of field case histories. Consequent...

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Probabilistic Assessment and Comparison of Scour Protections at Horns Rev 3 and Egmond aan Zee Offshore Wind Farms

Chambel, J., Fazeres-Ferradosa, T., Figueiredo, R., Rosa-Santos, P., Pinto, F. T.

 

 

Offshore wind scour scour protection probability of failure reliability

 

Offshore wind foundations have seen a remarkable growth in over the last three decades. Up to date, this growth has been mainly registered in North Sea locations, where water depths do not exceed 30 m and monopile diameters typically range between 4 to 9 m. In these cases, scour phenomena can be a m...

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Bridge Abutment Remediation – A Case Study

Sundaram, M., Sugawara, J., Sivakumar, S.

 

 

Transport and Main Roads rainfall failures remediation temporary works permanent works

 

Record-breaking rainfall events in parts of eastern Australia—particularly, most recently, in Queensland—resulted in severe flooding and property damage. Transport and Main Roads assets were not spared from destruction caused by these events. The severe rainfall and flooding resulted in ...

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Coastal Road Slope Collapses Behind a Retaining Wall Due to Scour and Erosion

Tsubokawa, R., Iida, Y., Ushiwatari, Y., Matsuda, T., Ochi, M., Miyatake, M., Sassa, S.

 

 

coastal road scour erosion internal erosion cavity collapse retaining wall

 

The present study investigates the coastal road slope disasters that took place in December 2014 and in November 2021 in Hokkaido, Japan. The coastal disasters represent collapses behind the retaining walls under high wave conditions. The results of the field investigations demonstrate that the exte...

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Latest Announcements

 

 

Abstract submission for Special Issue on Case Histories of Geotechnical Risk Assessment and Management in Engineering Practice – deadline has been extended until July 17

 

Kindly note that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended and interested authors can submit their 300-word abstracts to Guest Editor Dr. Andy Y.F. Leung at [email protected] by 17 July 2020. Authors will be notified shortly after about the acceptance of their abstract. Submission date of full papers is 31 October 2020. Please consult […]

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Call for Papers for Special Issue on Case Histories of Geotechnical Risk Assessment and Management in Engineering Practice

 

TC304 on Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment and Management is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for Case Histories of Geotechnical Risk Assessment and Management in Engineering Practice that will be published in ISSMGE’s International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories (https://www.geocasehistoriesjournal.org). Well-documented case histories with detailed site characterization data and performance/monitoring data to assess […]

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Call for Papers for Special Issue on Numerical Analysis in Geoengineering Case Histories

 

Guest Editors: Giovanna Biscontin, PhD, Secretary of ISSMGE Technical Committee 103 Numerical Methods in Geomechanics; email: [email protected] Ryosuke Uzuoka, PhD, Core Member of ISSMGE Technical Committee 103; email: [email protected] TC103 on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for Case Histories on applications of numerical analysis to the design, study, […]

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