We are pleased to announce the Special Issue #4 of Volume #5 of the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, an official Journal of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).
This Special Issue of the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories draws from the hurricane reconnaissance efforts by the Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaissance (GEER; geerassociation.org) Association between 2008 and 2017. Post-hurricane geotechnical reconnaissance has drawn attention to impacts on foundations, earthen structures, coastal infrastructure, scour, and sediment erosion and relocation. The need for a better understanding of such impacts is urgent due to the increasing phenomena of sea level rise, storm frequency and intensity, and growing population in coastal areas.
Papers published in this refereed journal are freely available in color and are accompanied by databases that include the electronic data presented in the paper as well as additional figures (as necessary). The locations of the case histories are also positioned in the IJGCH Geographic Database.
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Paper Title: Editorial, pp. i-ii
Authors: Nina Stark, Lee Wooten, Sissy Nikolaou
Paper Title: Geotechnical Extreme Event Site Reconnaissance in Puerto Rico after the Passage of Hurricane Maria, pp. 1–25
Authors: Francisco Silva-Tulla, Miguel A Pando
Paper Title: Hurricane Irma: Consequences of Intense Rainfall and Storm Surge from a Tropical Storm in North and Central Florida, pp. 26–46
Authors: Melissa E Landon, Nick W Hudyma, Radhey S Sharma
Paper Title: Post-2017 Hurricane Season Assessment of Civil Infrastructure Impacts on Beach and Near-Beach Environments, pp. 47–61
Authors: Stephanie Marie Smallegan, Jens Figlus, Nina Stark, Inthuorn Sasanakul, Luis G. Arboleda Monsalve, Iman Shafii, Navid Jafari, Nadarajah Ravichandran, Patrick Bassal
Paper Title: Scour at the Seawall in Surfside, Texas, During Hurricane Harvey (2017), pp. 62–76
Authors: Nina Stark, Iman Shafii, Navid Jafari, Nadarajah Ravichandran, Jens Figlus, Stephanie Smallegan, Patrick Bassal
Paper Title: Geotechnical Effects of Hurricane Harvey in the Houston, Beaumont, and Port Arthur Areas, pp. 77–105
Authors: R. Lee Wooten, Stacey Kulesza, Chadi El Mohtar, Brian Diaz, Olusola Ilupeju, Marcus Rasulo, Patrick Bassal, Ahmed Hussien, Behdad Mofarraj Kouchaki, Michael V. Little, Ahmet A. Mert, Christopher W. Nelsen
Paper Title: Geotechnical Effects and a 6-Year Outlook of the 2012 Hurricane Sandy in the Eastern United States, pp. 106–128
Authors: Sissy Nikolaou, Youssef M.A. Hashash, Beena Sukumaran, Aaron Sacks, Michael J. Burlingame, Chris Baxter, Aaron Bradshaw, Lee Wooten, Hugh Lacy, Cheryl Moss, Joseph A. Daraio, Thomas D. O’Rourke
Paper Title: Reconnaissance of the New Orleans Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System after Hurricane Gustav, pp. 129–154
Authors: Ray Lee Wooten, P.E., Robert B. Gilbert, Ph.D., P.E., William F. Marcuson, III, Ph.D., P.E., Peter G. Nicholson, Ph.D., P.E., Leslie F. Harder, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., G.E.
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