An Introduction to Soil Cement for Protection of Levees for Professional Engineers

An Introduction to Soil Cement for Protection of Levees for Professional Engineers
Author: J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A.
Publisher: Guyer Partners
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2022-02-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, geotechnical engineers and construction managers interested in application of soil cement for protection of levees. Here is what is discussed: 1. PURPOSE, 2. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS, 3. MATERIALS, 4. PROPORTIONING SOIL CEMENT MIXTURES, 5. DESIGN OF SLOPE PROTECTION, 6. CONSTRUCTION, 7. QUALITY CONTROL, INSPECTION, AND TESTING.

An Introduction to Soil Cement for Protection of Levees for Professional Engineers

An Introduction to Soil Cement for Protection of Levees for Professional Engineers
Author: J. Paul Guyer
Publisher: Guyer Partners
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2023-06-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, geotechnical engineers and other professional engineers interested in soil cement for the protection of levees. Here is what is discussed:1. PURPOSE, 2. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS, 3. MATERIALS, 4. PROPORTIONING SOIL CEMENT MIXTURES, 5. DESIGN OF SLOPE PROTECTION, 6. CONSTRUCTION, 7. QUALITY CONTROL, INSPECTION, AND TESTING.

An Introduction to Levees

An Introduction to Levees
Author: J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A.
Publisher: Guyer Partners
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2017-12-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Introductory technical guidance for civil and professional engineers and construction managers interested in design and construction of levees. Here is what is discussed: 1. FIELD INVESTIGATIONS 2. LEVEE CONSTRUCTION METHODS 3. SEEPAGE, SLOPE AND SETTLEMENT 4. BERMS, FILTERS AND DRAINS 5. SOIL CEMENT FOR PROTECTION OF LEVEE 6. SPECIAL FEATURES.

An Introduction to Levee Construction for Professional Engineers

An Introduction to Levee Construction for Professional Engineers
Author: J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A.
Publisher: Guyer Partners
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2022-06-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and construction managers interested in levee construction. Here is what is discussed: 1. LEVEE CONSTRUCTION METHODS, 2. FOUNDATION PREPARATION AND TREATMENT, 3. METHODS OF IMPROVING STABILITY, 4. EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTROL, 5. EMBANKMENT ZONING, 6. PROTECTION OF RIVERSIDE SLOPES, 7. PIPELINES AND OTHER UTILITY LINES CROSSING LEVEES.

Legislation, Technology and Practice of Mine Land Reclamation

Legislation, Technology and Practice of Mine Land Reclamation
Author: Zhenqi Hu
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 684
Release: 2014-09-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1315732130

Legislation, Technology and Practice of Mine Land Reclamation contains the proceedings of the Beijing International Symposium on Land Reclamation and Ecological Restoration (LRER 2014, Beijing, China, 16-19 October 2014).The contributions cover a wide range of topics:- Monitoring, prediction and assessment of environmental damage in mining areas- S

An Introduction to Soil Cement for Protection of Levees

An Introduction to Soil Cement for Protection of Levees
Author: J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A.
Publisher: Guyer Partners
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2017-12-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and construction managers interested in use of soil cement for protection of levees and other embankments. Here is what is discussed: 1. PURPOSE 2. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 3. MATERIALS 4. PROPORTIONING SOIL CEMENT MIXTURES 5. DESIGN OF SLOPE PROTECTION 6. CONSTRUCTION 7. QUALITY CONTROL, INSPECTION, AND TESTING.

Hydraulics of Levee Overtopping

Hydraulics of Levee Overtopping
Author: Lin Li
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2020-09-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000258238

Earthen levees are extensively used to protect the population and infrastructure from periodic floods and high water due to storm surges. The causes of failure of levees include overtopping, surface erosion, internal erosion, and slope instability. Overtopping may occur during periods of flooding due to insufficient freeboard. The most problematic situation involves the levee being overtopped by both surge and waves when the surge level exceeds the levee crest elevation with accompanying wave overtopping. Overtopping of levees produces fast-flowing, turbulent water velocities on the landward-side slope that can potentially damage the protective grass covering and expose the underlying soil to erosion. If overtopping continues long enough, the erosion may eventually result in loss of levee crest elevation and possibly breaching of the protective structure. Hence, protecting levees from erosion by surge overflow and wave overtopping is necessary to assure a viable and safe levee system. This book presents a cutting-edge approach to understanding overtopping hydraulics under negative free board of earthen levees, and to the study of levee reinforcing methods. Combining soil erosion test, full-scale laboratory overtopping hydraulics test, and numerical modeling for the turbulent overtopping hydraulics. It provides an analysis that integrates the mechanical and hydraulic processes governing levee overtopping occurrences and engineering approaches to reinforce overtopped levees. Topics covered: surge overflow, wave overtopping and their combination, full-scale hydraulic tests, erosion tests, overtopping hydraulics, overtopping discharge, and turbulent analysis. This is an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers working on levee design, water resource engineering, hydraulic engineering, and coastal engineering, and for professionals in the field of civil and environmental engineering, and natural hazard analysis.

Specialty Construction Techniques for Dam and Levee Remediation

Specialty Construction Techniques for Dam and Levee Remediation
Author: Donald A. Bruce
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2012-09-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0415781949

Dam and levee remediation has become more prevalent since the start of the twenty-first century. Given the vastness and complexity of the infrastructures involved, keeping up with maintenance needs is very difficult. Major surges in repair are usually triggered by nature’s wake-up calls, such as hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes. The challenge has been to develop methods that ensure safe, effective, reliable, and robust solutions for current and future remediation issues. Specialty Construction Techniques for Dam and Levee Remediation presents the state of practice in North American dam and levee remediation as it relates to the use of specialty geotechnical construction techniques, such as anchors, grouting, cutoff (diaphragm) walls, and deep mixing. The book focuses on the actual construction processes, describing design and performance aspects of remediation where appropriate. Chapters deal with the application of drilling and grouting methods, methods to install mix-in-place (category 2) cutoff structures, excavated and backfilled trenches (category 1), composite cutoff walls, and stabilization using prestressed rock anchors. The book also provides a comprehensive guide to dam and levee instrumentation, covering planning, operating principles, data management, staffing, and automation. As an educational and salutary example of ineffective efforts, the final chapter presents a case history of a series of remediations performed on a single project, which ultimately proved unsuccessful. A wide range of methods has been developed in response to the challenges that arise in the dam and levee remediation arena and the need for a competitive edge. These new methods are designed and monitored using state-of-the-art techniques, giving rise to the emergence of new intensity and initiative in this field. This book captures this transformation by examining the theory and practice of contemporary remedial techniques, using recent U.S. case histories to provide knowledge and inspiration to readers, both in North America and around the world.