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Journal articles on the topic "Fills (earthwork)"

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Bezgin, Niyazi Özgür. "Use of geosynthetics to reduce the required right-of-way for roadways and railways." Challenge Journal of Structural Mechanics 4, no. 2 (June 9, 2018): 54. http://dx.doi.org/10.20528/cjsmec.2018.02.003.

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Roadway and railway routes require a right-of-way (ROW) to provide the necessary width for the required travelled way, drainage and earthwork. Correct understanding of ROW along a route is necessary in order to establish a correct width for the intended transportation corridor. Availability of land becomes scarce and cost of land increases in urban zones. Therefore, the costs of establishing a ROW in rural areas and in urban areas are not the same. Earthworks are an important component of route establishment. The required excavations and fills necessitate the use of proper side slopes for the stability of the excavation or the fill. These side slopes directly relate to the mechanical properties of the soil and the depth of the earthwork. This study provides a quantitative and a qualitative understanding of the ROW requirements of roadways and railways and the influence of the earthworks on the determined values of the ROW. The study further investigates the benefits of using geogrids to reduce the necessary ROW for a transportation route through finite element analysis.
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Sherwood, Sarah C., John H. Blitz, and Lauren E. Downs. "An Integrated Geoarchaeology of a Late Woodland Sand Mound." American Antiquity 78, no. 2 (April 2013): 344–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.7183/0002-7316.78.2.344.

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AbstractThe Graveline Mound (22JA503) is a sand platform mound in Jackson County, Mississippi, built on a low, late Pleistocene terrace on the Mississippi Sound. The Late Woodland mound (A.D. 590–780) is composed of local soils, and its presence today is a testament to the ancient builders’ knowledge of earthen construction materials and methods. Central to the study of the mound is an integrated geoarchaeological approach that uses stratigraphy and micromorphology to decipher material source and selection, construction techniques, and periodicity, in combination with more traditional artifacts, revealing the activities that created this ultimately monumental space. The mound was built in three rapid stages beginning with a low earthwork demarcating a ritual precinct used during late spring/early summer. Stage II quickly followed with a series of alternating zoned fills, sealing the space that was then subsequently covered by Stage III, a massive hard red surface that marked the location with a platform mound.
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Shah, R. K. "Earthwork Planning and Visualisation of Time-Location Information in Road Construction Projects." Journal of Advanced College of Engineering and Management 1 (May 13, 2016): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jacem.v1i0.14924.

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<p>Accurate information of locations from visual aspect is vital for efficient resource planning and managing the workspace conflicts in the earthwork operations, which are missing in the existing linear schedules. Hence, the construction managers have to depend on the subjective decisions and intangible imagining for resources allocation, workspace conflicts and location-based progress monitoring in the earthwork projects. This has caused uncertainties in planning and scheduling of earthworks, and consequently delays and cost overruns of the projects. To overcome these issues, a framework of computer based prototype model was developed using the theory of location-based planning. This paper focuses on the case study experiments to demonstrate the functions of the model, which includes automatic generation of location-based earthwork schedules and visualisation of cut-fill locations on a weekly basis. The experiment results confirmed the model’s capability in identifying precise weekly locations of cut-fill and also visualising the time-space conflicts at the earthwork projects. Hence, the paper concludes that the model is a useful decision supporting tool to improve site productivity and reduce production cost of earthworks in the construction projects like roads and railways. </p><p><em>Journal of Advanced College of Engineering and Management, Vol. 1, 2015</em>, pp. 75-84</p>
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Stauffer, J. Grant, Seth B. Grooms, Lorraine W. Hu, Joy Mersmann, Tristram R. Kidder, and Edward R. Henry. "Reimagining the Development of Downtown Cahokia Using Remote Sensing Visualizations from the Western Edge of the Grand Plaza." Land 12, no. 2 (January 27, 2023): 342. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land12020342.

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The distribution of mounds, plazas, and defensive palisades associated with Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (CMSHS) defines the core urban environment of Eastern North America’s first American Indian city. The large mounds surrounding Cahokia’s centrally located Grand Plaza, including the palisades that enclose them, are referred to as Downtown Cahokia. In this portion of the site, archaeologists have identified material culture (e.g., ceramics), earthen fills to level the plaza, and several earthen mound constructions. These findings suggest an occupational history for the area that occurred over the 9th–14th centuries CE, with the emergence of plaza delineation and earthwork construction beginning in the early 11th century CE. In sum, Downtown Cahokia and its Grand Plaza are considered by archaeologists to be a vibrant space characterized by ongoing American Indian transformations to an early metropolitan landscape. We conducted magnetometer and electromagnetic induction surveys at the western edge of the Grand Plaza. When compared with the LiDAR-derived visualizations we generated from this portion of the site, our aerial and terrestrial remote sensing data offered new information on the nature and sequence of monument construction in Downtown Cahokia, as well as architectural changes in domestic and special-use structures. These multi-scalar and complementary remote sensing datasets allowed us, without excavating, to trace important sequences of change in Downtown Cahokia’s history.
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Park, Jinseok, Jungmoon Ha, Woojoo Kim, Piotr G. Jablonski, and Sang-im Lee. "Assessing dietary specialization to inform the conservation of the fairy pitta (Pitta nympha), an endangered vermivore." PeerJ 12 (April 29, 2024): e17189. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17189.

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Quantifying the diet of endangered species is crucial for conservation, especially for diet specialists, which can be more susceptible to environmental changes. The vulnerable fairy pitta (Pitta nympha) is considered a specialist that primarily feeds its nestlings with earthworms. However, there have been few studies of the nestling diet provisioned by parents, and no assessments of earthworm proportion in the diet of adults. Our study aimed to fill these gaps, shedding light on crucial factors for conservation. Combining new observations with existing literature, we confirmed a consistent dominance of earthworms in the nestling diet, regardless of rainfall, nestling age, and time of day. We extrapolated the total earthworm consumption during a breeding event, accounting for potential variation in the availability of earthworms and their prevalence in the adult diet. We used literature-based earthworm densities in pitta habitats and our estimates of family earthworm consumption to calculate the habitat area that could provide a pitta family with the number of earthworms consumed during a breeding event. The predictions matched observed pitta home range sizes when assumed that the adult diet is comprised of approximately 70% earthworms. The results highlight the importance of earthworm-rich habitats for conservation planning of the fairy pitta. To mitigate the effects of habitat destruction, we discuss conservation practices that may involve enhancing earthworm abundance in natural habitats and providing vegetation cover for foraging pittas in adjacent anthropogenic habitats rich in earthworms. To guide conservation efforts effectively, future studies should investigate whether previously reported breeding in developed plantation habitats is due to high earthworm abundance there. Future studies should also quantify correlations between local earthworm densities, home range size, and the breeding success of the fairy pitta.
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Saidate, Ikram, Abd Elmajid Berga, and Tayeb Rikioui. "Stabilization of Gypsum Clay Soil by Adding Lime." Civil Engineering Journal 8, no. 11 (November 1, 2022): 2511–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.28991/cej-2022-08-11-010.

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Often, the temperature and water variation exist in semi-arid areas of a clayey soil leads to vertical and horizontal settlements, cracks in the soil and in general disorder to the building installed on this soil. The objective of this work is to stabilize the local gypsum clay soil, which poses problems at the level of self-construction built on it. Chemical soil stabilization can improve soil properties. In fact, adding natural lime to these clays can provide an ideal solution for stabilizing them through interesting modifications to their geotechnical properties throw the experimental tests on both unstabilized and stabilized soil samples by adding lime in quantities of 2, 4, and 6%, in percentages by the soil's weight, prepared at room temperature, The unconfined compressive strength (UCS) at different curing ages is measured, The results obtained provide a significant increase in compressive strength and modulus of Elasticity which allow better qualities and improve strength parameters throughout any phase of earthwork construction design that leads to strengthening subgrades, reducing the thickness, and, as a result, low construction costs. The results of the study show that (1) for the best utilization effect, the optimum percentage of lime is 6%; (2) the UCS is 3.23 times of the pure soil after curing of 28 days under the optimum percentage of lime; (3) the curing age has a significant effect on strength; (4) the main reason for the strength increase of the modified soil is that the crystal produced by the pozzolanic activity fills the pores of the soil. The ideal percentage is 6% lime treatment with a resistance of 2.3 MPa and 135.60 MPa the value of elasticity modulus at 28 days. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-11-010 Full Text: PDF
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Abbott, I. "Distribution of the native earthworm fauna of Australia - a continent-wide perspective." Soil Research 32, no. 1 (1994): 117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sr9940117.

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Based on nearly 2000 available records, the broadscale geographical distribution of the native earthworm fauna of Australia was mapped. Native earthworms were recorded from south-eastern, eastern and northern Australia within 400 km of the coast. Isolated faunas were present in Tasmania and south-west Western Australia, and apparently isolated faunas occurred in the Adelaide area/Fleurieu Peninsula of South Australia and the ranges of central Australia. All but 30 locality records occurred where annual rainfall averaged or exceeded 400 mm; 16 of these records were instances of moisture-gaining sites (moist caves, waterholes, banks of large rivers, edge of granite domes). A collecting strategy to both fill in gaps in the distribution map and discover additional anomalous occurrences (with respect to the 400 mm isohyet) is outlined.
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Wan, Hong Hao, and Ting Hua Xu. "The Application of Table Operations Method in Earthwork Blending." Applied Mechanics and Materials 204-208 (October 2012): 463–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.204-208.463.

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According to linear programming model of operations research, the paper optimized blending scheme of earthwork by using table operation method. List the earthwork cut and fill balance sheet, through the calculation of excavation and backfill area quantity. Determine the initial transportation scheme with minimum element method, and optimize the scheme with closed circuit method, then get the minimum amount of earthwork blending scheme. It could bring better economic benefits in construction projects by using the table operation method.
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Yongxiao, Wen, Yuan Xitun, Yang Xiongfei, Zhang Hang, and Han Qi. "Research on Earthwork Calculation Based on TIN Model." E3S Web of Conferences 248 (2021): 03001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202124803001.

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In actual engineering construction, the calculation of earthwork directly affects the cost budget of the project and the selection of the optimal plan. Therefore, the calculation accuracy and efficiency of the earthwork are very important. This article introduces the construction principle of the TIN model. Based on the TIN model, the earthwork calculation is carried out by the triangular prism method. The data of a fill-excavation balance project in a rugged mountainous area is selected, and under different conditions, the TIN network method and the square grid method are used to calculate the earthwork, and the results are compared and analyzed with accuracy. Estimate. After comparative analysis, it is found that the earthwork calculation using the TIN network method is simple and cheap, and the calculation result is more accurate. It is better than the traditional square grid method as a whole, and can be used in the actual engineering earthwork calculation.
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Jacob, Blaise, and Brandon Naidoo. "The use of high-strength geogrids in fill embankments." E3S Web of Conferences 368 (2023): 02024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202336802024.

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The uses of geosynthetics in civil engineering are relatively well-defined according to their functions. There is still, however, an inclination to use traditional methods over geosynthetics. The use of high-strength geogrids is not as widely used as lower-strength geogrids which are commonly applied in civil engineering applications. Zimbali Lakes Resort was a development that required earthworks conducted before the construction of the facilities. The initial construction required high-engineered fills that were designed to reach a height of up to 15m. The excessive load projected instability, and the high-water table necessitated the requirement for control measures. Reinforcement was required to increase the shear strength of the soil before it can support the self-weight of the fill. High-strength geogrids were used to restrict the vertical displacement of the fills by preventing base sliding, controlling differential settlement, and protecting the embankment against internal and global stability failures.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Fills (earthwork)"

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Du, Lianxiang. "Laboratory investigations of controlled low-strength material." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3031045.

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Tsui, Hok-kwan. "Development of Tseung Kwan O landfill stage 1 : environmental park /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25950691.

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Barnswell, Kristopher Donald. "Phytoremediation potential at an inactive landfill in northwest Ohio /." See Full Text at OhioLINK ETD Center (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing), 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?toledo1132114437.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Toledo, 2005.
Typescript. "A thesis [submitted] as partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Science degree in Biology." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-61).
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Kitchens, Jonathan Ashley. "Learning from the landfill." Thesis, Montana State University, 2008. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2008/kitchens/KitchensJ1208.pdf.

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We are a culture of material consumption. We have created a cycle of extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal that perpetuates our consumptive behavior. Our culture, way of life and economy is also hinged upon this process. We have created and enacted myths that provide reasoning, support and even a need for the continuation of this lifestyle. The byproduct, as well as the foundation for this culture, is the landfill. This thesis will explore the space created by the centralized concentration of garbage and the associated myths. This thesis will also show the necessity for a new myth and outline a new vision for the landfill encompassing the man-made landscape of this culture's discarded belongings. This project will shed light upon both the beautiful potential and decay that constitutes our landfill.
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Hu, Zhongyuan, and 胡中原. "Extension landfill planning : food waste, composting plant design, garbage separation, Shenzhen." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207157.

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Shenzhen is a fast growing modern city. In 1980, Shezhen was just a fishing village. With the urbanization, it extended land inside. In 2000, Shenzhen land use has already exploited 80%. With the urbanization, there are many migrant workers go to work and settle down in Shenzhen. The population grow up from 314,100to 10,357,938 in these thirty years. With the population growth, the problem is the garbage production volume increase more and more. Now, Shenzhen garbage production is 13,100t/d and the annual growth rate is 8%. There are 8 districts in Shenzhen, which is Nanshan, Futian, Baoan, Luohu, Yantian, Longgang, Guangming and Pingshan district. Nanshan, Futian and Luohu district are downtown of Shenzhen. The other districts are still in developing process. In Shenzhen, there are 9 existing landfills and 7 existing incineration plants and 23 small informal landfills. With the urbanization, the relationship between landfills and city are changing. At the beginning, landfills were set far away the city. Their distance become closer and closer when both of them extended. Until now, some of landfills has connected and existed in the middle of city. For the land use situation of shenzhen. There are 80% land use has already been exploited which means there is no more land for landfill in the future. However, the garbage volume increasing more and more and landfill is still the main way to treat garbage. It is a very serious issue need to face and solve. The garbage structure of shenzhen is, construction waste occupied 78% and 22% belongs to domestic waste. In this 22% domestic waste, food waste occupied 65%. Food waste is the biggest problem of pollution. However, the existing domestic waste treatment is still dumping the mix garbage to landfill. When food waste mix with the other domestic waste together, they will decompose and the produce a lot of biogas and dioxin and so on. It will produce serious air pollution, soil pollution and produce germs. That is why the existing landfill produce so serious pollution to the city. In other aspect, food waste is a good energy if we use it correctly. It could change to energy and fertilizer by biogas collecting, composting and chang to diesels. In Shenzhen, the government has already pay attention to garbage separation. Some communities has already implement garbage separation action. These are 3 large landfill of Shenzhen. The first one is Xiaping landfill of Luohu, the second one is Laohukeng landfill of Baoan and the yahoo landfill of Pingshan district. Base on the location situation, Yahoo landfill will be a best choice to make it as an experimental plot to plan. In Yahoo landfill, the existing landfill has already influenced thirty thousand surrounding people’s life. In future, the extension landfill will connect to the the residents area and polluted more seriously. So how to maximum reduce the pollutions is a urgent problem need to solve. The strategy is separating two part to solve garbage in this landfill. One for dumping, the other one is food waste composting. When the food waste composted to fertilizer, it will be transported to the surround farm lands to use.
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Au, Chak-lam, and 歐澤霖. "Public opposition to NIMBY facilities : the extension of SENT landfill in Tseung Kwan O." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207618.

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The research focuses on public opposition to the extension of South East New Territories (SENT) Landfill in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong. The phenomenon of opposing undesirable facilities sitings is described as the “Not in my backyard (NIMBY)” syndrome in literature and the popular media. SENT Landfill is expected to reach its saturation capacity before 2016 but the public opposition has been fierce to prohibit the extension proposal. The objectives of this study is to identify how the public in Tseung Kwan O perceive the landfill extension proposal, reasons for opposing the extension and potential measures to resolve the conflicts. A questionnaire survey was adopted to obtain both quantitative and qualitative data. One-hundred fifty samples were collected from each sampling area. A total of four-hundred fifty samples were collected among three sampling areas in Tseung Kwan O. It was found that residents who live in Lohas Park are strongly against the proposal of SENT landfill extension due to the close proximity of Lohas Park to the landfill. Respondents with higher levels of knowledge about the landfill extension issue have a higher chance to accept the proposal. It was concluded that the residents in Tseung Kwan O are mostly unsatisfied with inadequate or ineffective public involvement in the existing policy-making process. The government should consider dropping its centralized planning approach and reforming current information-giving channels. Officials should also make efforts to enhance their credibility by cooperating with environmental NGOs.
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Walsh, Nicole A. "High strength geotextile strain monitoring at Cherry Island landfill /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 413 p, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1885755941&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (M.C.E.)--University of Delaware, 2009.
Principal faculty advisors: Dov Leshchinsky and Christopher L. Meehan, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Includes bibliographical references.
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Ching, Peter. "Creep in sands a study of time dependent deformation of reclamation sand fill under constant effective stress /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43894598.

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Mada, Hemachandar. "Numerical modeling of buried pipes with flowable fill as a backfill material." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4262.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2005.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 157 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-132).
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Lau, King-ming. "Review on landfill restoration in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23424631.

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Books on the topic "Fills (earthwork)"

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Monahan, Edward J. Construction ofand on compacted fills. New York: Wiley, 1986.

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Trenter, N. A. Earthworks: A guide. London: Thomas Telford, 2001.

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American Underground Construction Association. Technical Committee on Backfilling and Contact Grouting of Tunnels and Shafts. AUA guidelines for backfilling and contact grouting of tunnels and shafts. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.

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Authority, Massachusetts Water Resources. Feasibility of using Spectacle Island for MWRA's minor residuals landfill. Boston, Mass: The Authority, 1989.

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Kemper, James M. Evaluation of processed municipal wastes in landfill cells. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hazardous Waste Engineering Research Laboratory, 1985.

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Purchon, David W. Independent investigation, Nantygwyddon landfill site: Investigator's report. [Cardiff]: National Assembly for Wales, 2001.

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Kemper, James M. Evaluation of processed municipal wastes in landfill cells. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hazardous Waste Engineering Research Laboratory, 1985.

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Robson, J. D. Optimization of fillcrete. [Edmonton, Alta: Innovative Housing Grants Program, Alberta Municipal Affairs], 1991.

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Aziz, Hamidi Abdul. Control and treatment of landfill leachate for sanitary waste disposal. Hershey: Information Science Reference, 2016.

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Pohland, Frederick G. Critical review and summary of leachate and gas production from landfills. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hazardous Waste Engineering Research Laboratory, 1987.

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Book chapters on the topic "Fills (earthwork)"

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Bolton, M. D. "TN 20. Selecting design strength of granular fills." In FAILURES IN EARTHWORKS, 461–63. Thomas Telford Publishing, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/fie.02432.0050.

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Whyte, I. L., and I. G. Vakalis. "TN15. Smooth slip planes in clay fills resulting from soil machine interaction." In FAILURES IN EARTHWORKS, 445–47. Thomas Telford Publishing, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/fie.02432.0045.

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Bianchi, Thomas S. "Sources and Distribution of Sediments." In Biogeochemistry of Estuaries. Oxford University Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195160826.003.0014.

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The uplift of rocks above sea level on the Earth’s surface over geological time, produces rock material that can be altered into soils and sediments by weathering processes. Over geological time, a fraction of sediments can be sequestered for storage in the ocean basins—with most of it stored in the coastal margin. However, much of this material is modified via processing in large river estuarine systems which can ultimately affect the long-term fate of these terrigenous materials. Sediments produced from weathering of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks are principally transported to the oceans through river systems of the world. The major routes of sediment transport from land to the open ocean can simply be illustrated through the following sequence: streams, rivers, estuaries, shallow coastal waters, canyons, and the abyssal ocean. It should be noted that significant and long-term storage occurs in river valleys and floodplains (Meade, 1996). Submarine canyons are also thought to be temporary storage sites for land-derived sediments; however, episodic events such as turbidity currents and mud slides can move these sediments from canyons to the abyssal ocean (more details on coastal margin transport to the deep ocean are provided in chapter 16). The annual sediment flux from rivers to the global ocean is estimated to range from 18 to 24 × 109 metric tonnes (Milliman and Syvitski, 1992). Conversely, estuaries will eventually fill-in with fluvial inputs of sediments over time, and ultimately reach an equilibrium whereby export and import of sediment supply are balanced (Meade, 1969). For example, recent studies have shown that sediment accumulation in the Hudson River estuary, both short (Olsen et al., 1978) and long term (Peteet and Wong, 2000), is in equilibrium with sea level rise. More specifically, it is believed that river flow controls the direction of sediment flux in the Hudson, while variations in spring-neap tidal amplitude control the magnitude (Geyer et al., 2001). Weathering is typically separated into two categories: physical and chemical. Physical weathering involves the fragmentation of parent rock materials and minerals through processes such as freezing, thawing, heating, cooling, and bioturbation (e.g., endolithic algae, fungi, plant roots, and earthworms).
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Lorbiecki, Marybeth. "Women and Wise Use: 1905– 1909." In A Fierce Green Fire. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199965038.003.0009.

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New Haven, Connecticut, where the Yale campus stretched its ivy-hung halls, was a far larger, busier, less countrified place than Lawrenceville. The Yale Forest School granted only graduate degrees, so Aldo enrolled in the Sheffield Scientific School on the Yale campus for his undergraduate studies. The college offered students a program of preparatory courses for the Forest School: physics, chemistry, German, mechanical drawing, and analytical geometry. In a room at 400 Temple Street, Aldo set up a lifestyle as frugal and selfreliant as he had in Lawrenceville. He stayed loyal to his plan for studying, working out in the gymnasium, and running cross-country track, while attending a variety of special lectures and expanding his reading list. In his reading as in his running, he covered great distances in a short time. He read Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt alongside the Bible; books on forestry accompanied the works of Longfellow, Emerson, Thoreau, Cicero, and others. A tome inspiring “much interest and surprise” was Charles Darwin’s Vegetable Mould and Earthworms. (A year or so earlier, he had read A Naturalist’s Voyage Around the World and proclaimed it “very instructive.”) Aldo had far less time for tramping now. The countryside was farther away, and his four-to seven-a-week treks dwindled to one or two. Though he enjoyed the outings just as much, they were becoming a hobby rather than a way of life. His courses were more challenging, and he was beguiled by Ivy League activities and a new group of friends. Descriptions of football games and college parties began to fill his letters. He even let his sister Marie arrange a Christmastime schedule of dances and social engagements for him in Burlington, and then surprised himself by enjoying it all. Women, many of them Marie’s friends, had entered his domain of interest with a flourish, and his dancing lessons finally proved useful. Ham, from Lawrenceville, teased Aldo for his new fancies: “You have decayed into what I used to be— the lover with his ballad, the devoted sweetheart; the passionate letter-writer. Ah me!”
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Conference papers on the topic "Fills (earthwork)"

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Kim, Hyunjoo, Zhenhua Chen, Chung-Suk Cho, Hyounseok Moon, Kibum Ju, and Wonsik Choi. "Integration of BIM and GIS: Highway Cut and Fill Earthwork Balancing." In 2015 International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479247.058.

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Ashfaq, Mohammed, Arif Ali Baig Moghal, and Abdullah Almajed. "Sustainability Benefits of Utilizing Coal Gangue as Fill Material in Earthworks." In Geo-Congress 2022. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784484050.047.

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Yabuki, Nobuyoshi, and Tomoaki Shitani. "A Management System for Cut and Fill Earthworks Based on 4D CAD and EVMS." In International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2005. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40794(179)152.

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Chung, Philip W. K., and Florence L. F. Chu. "Quick Methods of Measurement of Relative Compaction and Moisture Content." In The HKIE Geotechnical Division 42nd Annual Seminar. AIJR Publisher, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.133.27.

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The need of compaction control is well-recognized to ensure safety and satisfactory performance of fill body. Minimum relative compaction is commonly used in the end-product specification for earthworks. The Hilf method is a way to determine the relative compaction and deviation from optimum moisture content without the need to know the moisture content of soil. Infrared with convection heating is a drying method to dry soil rapidly (within 3.5 hours for common fill materials in Hong Kong). These two methods facilitate the quick determination of the relative compaction. This paper examines these two quick methods. It also presents the review of the applicability of the Hilf method in fill compaction control based on 271 pairs of results conducted in public works projects and the effectiveness of the infrared with convection drying in measuring moisture content of soil based on 167 sets of test results. The results showed that there is a reasonably good correlation between the relative compaction determined from the Hilf method and sand replacement test, with an absolute difference in relative compaction mainly within 3%; while the moisture content obtained from the infrared with convection drying and the conventional oven drying method are statistically identical with majority of the results having differences less than 0.4% which is considered practically insignificant for geotechnical engineering applications.
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