The May 25th 2011 Railroad Embankment Failure in Ann Arbor, Michigan, As a Means for Teaching Geotechnical Engineer

Dimitrios Zekkos; Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos; Athena Grizi; William Greenwood

The May 25th 2011 Railroad Embankment Failure in Ann Arbor, Michigan, As a Means for Teaching Geotechnical Engineer: Supplementary Material

Photos, Videos, Background and News Coverage

Instructors interested in using the case study in their courses can write to ([email protected]) and ask for media related files or stand-alone versions of the figures included in the paper.

Characterization Data

Basic Laboratory Characterization Data (Grain Size Distribution, Atterberg Limits)

In-Situ Shear Wave Velocity Measurements � Location 1 & 2

Direct Shear Testing � soil 1

35 kPa normal stress (dense)
35 kPa normal stress (loose)
70 kPa normal stress (dense)
70 kPa normal stress (loose)
105 kPa normal stress (dense)
105 kPa normal stress (loose)

Assignments

Below is a sequence of project assignments that have been used by Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos at the University of Michigan in teaching the case history. They are provided below for use by other interested instructors:
Project_Part 1
Project_Part 2
Project_Part 3
Project_Part 4

Analysis Files

Instructors interested in using the case study in their courses can write to ([email protected]) and ask for media related files or stand-alone versions of the figures included in the paper.

Citation

Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Grizi, A., Greenwood, W. (2016). The May 25th 2011 Railroad Embankment Failure in Ann Arbor, Michigan, As a Means for Teaching Geotechnical Engineer, Vol. 3, Issue 4, p.234-245. doi: 10.4417/IJGCH-03-04-03