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Geotechnical engineering (Page 1)

scientific study of earth materials in engineering problems; branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials

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Subconcepts:
  1. Angle of repose
  2. Asperity (geotechnical engineering)
  3. Bearing capacity
  4. Bentonite
  5. Berm
  6. Borehole
  7. Breakwater
  8. Caisson
  9. Caprock
  10. Catastrophe theory
  11. Cavity wall
  12. Cofferdam
  13. Compaction
  14. Cone penetration test
  15. Crushed stone
  16. Culvert
  17. Dewatering
  18. Dilatant
  19. Distribution law
  20. Dry sand
  21. Dynamic load testing
  22. Earth materials
  23. Earthquake engineering
  24. Earthquake shaking table
  25. Earthworks
  26. Effective stress
  27. Embedment
  28. Excavation
  29. Factor of safety
  30. Flow line
  31. Flow routing
  32. Fracture (geology)
  33. Free water
  34. Fresh water
  35. Friction angle
  36. Frost heaving
  37. Geomechanics
  38. Geomembrane
  39. Geosynthetics
  40. Geotechnical investigation
  41. Geotechnics
  42. Geotextile
  43. Granular material
  44. Granulation
  45. Ground freezing
  46. Ground movement
  47. Ground pressure
  48. Ground subsidence
  49. Groundwater
  50. Grout
  51. Hydraulic fracturing
  52. Hydraulic head
  53. Hydraulic structure
  54. Hydrogeology
  55. Hydrology (agriculture)
  56. Hydro power
  57. Ice water
  58. Immersed tube
  59. Landslide
  60. Lateral earth pressure
  61. Lateral strain
  62. Levee
  63. Liquefaction
  64. Load testing
  65. Mass concrete
  66. Mississippi delta
  67. Non-Newtonian fluid
  68. Offshore geotechnical engineering
  69. Overburden
  70. Overburden pressure
  71. Penetration rate
  72. Persistence (discontinuity)
  73. Physical modelling
  74. Pile
  75. Pore water pressure
  76. Porosity
  77. Rammed earth
  78. Reservoir modeling
  79. Residence time (fluid dynamics)
  80. Retaining wall
  81. Revetment
  82. Riprap
  83. River bed
  84. Rock blasting
  85. Rock bolt
  86. Rock mass classification
  87. Rock mechanics
  88. Rubble
  89. Safety factor
  90. Salt water
  91. Seawall
  92. Seismic analysis
  93. Seismic loading
  94. Shearing (physics)
  95. Shotcrete
  96. Sieve analysis
  97. Site analysis
  98. Slope stability
  99. Spillway
  100. Sprayer
  101. Steep slope
  102. Stratum
  103. Subgrade
  104. Submarine pipeline
  105. Subsea
  106. Tailwater
  107. Thixotropy
  108. Three gorges
  109. Tunnel construction
  110. Underpinning
  111. Void ratio
  112. Wall rock
  113. Water area
  114. Water balance
  115. Water body
  116. Water chemistry
  117. Water content
  118. Water discharge
  119. Water flow
  120. Water intake
  121. Water pressure
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Microwave Dielectric Behavior of Wet Soil-Part II: Dielectric Mixing Models
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The hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some physiographic implications
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A state parameter for sands
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1981
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Canopy temperature as a crop water stress indicator
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1978
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Efficient prediction of ground surface temperature and moisture, with inclusion of a layer of vegetation
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1966
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1973
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