What is the solution for tunnelling near to pile foundation without any chance to change the path of tunnel?

If the ground is soil or rock

04 May 2016 5,935 4 View

What is a closure problem in tunnel?

The behavior in soil/rock and its solution

09 October 2015 2,163 0 View

What is a Buckling problem in tunnel?

09 October 2015 2,859 0 View

What is the joint sets and how it can use in tunnel construction?

Show which direction is the best used of tunnel (parallel or perpendicular) and why

09 October 2015 1,174 1 View

Is it necessary to have the same specification in twin tunnel - terms of shape and dimensions?

for construction and safetying of tunnel

07 August 2015 3,038 1 View

what is the behavior of tunnel lining under hydrology impact ?

can you explain the hydrologic impact on the tunnel lining

04 May 2015 1,177 0 View

The number of citations to one of my articles is too low. I have ninth Publications with zero citation . What I can do to help fix this?

my publications are (Textbook, presentation,Article and workshop) and i published at www.academia.edu and http://www.slideshare.net/

03 April 2015 7,568 0 View

Is there a classification scheme for rock cavities or caverns with respect to their size and shape?

The range of forms and sizes of cavities in rock is very big. Is there a classification scheme for rock cavities regarding their size and shape?

02 March 2021 4,511 3 View

How the wettability of rock sample can be changed by ageing in pure hydrocarbon oils only?

I want to do wettability analysis of hydrocarbon oil (octane)/rock/surfactant solution system. but to do the analysis first I have to make rock surface oil-wet. Since hydrocarbon oil does not have...

27 February 2021 5,383 3 View

Any references about insects or animals that can damage or weathering of rock or fossil material?

Are there any references to insects or animals that can cause damage or weathering to the rock or fossil material? books or paper that would be nice. Thank you very much!

24 February 2021 6,805 3 View

Is this the write procedure for acid digestion of soil for heavy metal analysis using AAS?

How to do acid digestion of soil sample with 3:1 aquaregia in an open vessel?

23 February 2021 3,053 7 View

Physical-chemical formation of stalactites/stalagmites. what promotes the formation/growth of these structures?

I know, or think I do, the basic idea behind these natural structures, as from what I know they form due to water dripping from the top leaving a salt deposit behind. But started to wonder about...

22 February 2021 1,400 4 View

Are there packages (R or Python) for simple models (bucket?) to assess soil water content?

Hi everyone. I am researching droguht effects on soil water drought. I am looking for already implemented functions in R or Python to estimate soil water content from precipitation,...

21 February 2021 2,084 1 View

Which type of loading is to be used in dynamic analysis of Machien foundation?

Hello Everyone, Hope you all are doing well. I'm trying to simulate a machine foundation in ABAQUS with a geo-cell reinforced soil bed. Im totally confused to which type of loading would be...

21 February 2021 4,388 3 View

Why use both bead beating and enzymes (lysostaphin and lysozyme) for DNA extraction from sputum samples?

Hello, I have read in a few publications that to extract total DNA from sputum samples, both bead beating and enzymes are used to disrupt the cells. Bead beating is supposed to be efficient in...

18 February 2021 3,360 2 View

Measurement of water retention in organic substrates without a pressure plate?

Hello, I'm trying to measure the physical and hydrological properties of organic substrate media. Currently, I'm referring The book Soil sampling and Methods of Analysis by Carter and Gregorich....

09 February 2021 3,233 8 View

Wave velocity and rock density paradox?

Practically it is known that seismic velocity increases as rock density increases, why then does the wave velocity equation involving elastic moduli and density indicate that velocity is inversely...

09 February 2021 1,843 3 View