In-Situ Testing Group

PI: Dr. Paul W. Mayne
GRAs: Alec McGillivray

            Mark Quinn

            J. Manuel Larrahondo

            Fikret Atalay

            Brian Lawrence, PE

           

            


Downloadable Software, Papers, Presentations and Reports

In-Situ Geolinks

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Soil Liquefaction Research

 

    - Liquefaction Response of Soils by CPT
    - Vibrocone Penetrometer for Evaluating Liquefaction Potential
    - Electro-Vibrocone for Evaluation of Soil Liquefaction Potential
    - MAE REPORT CD 03:  "Soil Liquefaction Response In Mid-America Evaluated By Seismic Piezocone Tests" James A. Schneider and Paul W. Mayne (2000).
    - Soil Liquefaction by Alisha Kaplan
Click for a description of CPT testing

   

CPT Testing

   Data available for ANSS sites in Memphis Area
   ESEE and ANSS stations testing, Arkansas and Tennessee (November 2002, June 2003)

   Sites close to St. Francis River, Dudley, Missouri (near Dexter, MO) (June 2001)... A. McGillivray, T. Liao and G. Zavala
   Meramec River, St. Louis, Missouri (June 2001)... Alec McGillivray, Tianfei Liao and Guillermo Zavala
   Sites near Memphis, Tennessee (June 2001)... Alec McGillivray, Tianfei Liao and Guillermo Zavala
   Hillhouse Farm, Wyatt, Missouri (March 2001)... Alec McGillivray, Tianfei Liao and Guillermo Zavala
   Nodena Farm, Wilson, Arkansas (March 2001)... Alec McGillivray, Tianfei Liao and Guillermo Zavala
   Spring Villa NGES, Opelika, Alabama (Sept. 2000)... Alec McGillivray, Jeff Smith and Guillermo Zavala
   Wolf River  Memphis, Tennessee (August 2000)... Billy Camp, Tianfei. Liao and Guillermo Zavala.
   Toby Walker Farm in Marked Tree, Arkansas (July 2000)... Alec McGillivray,  Tianfei. Liao and Guillermo Zavala
   Liquefaction Analysis in Mud Island, Memphis, TN (March 2000)...B. Camp, T. Liao, A. McGillivray and G. Zavala

Drilled Shafts and CPT evaluations

Axial Drilled Shaft & CPT Evaluations for Coweta County Bridge, Georgia ...Tom Casey, Paul Mayne and Alec McGillivray
Axial Drilled Shaft & CPT Evaluations for Opelika NGES, Alabama ...Paul Mayne and James Schneider
Drilled Shafts and CPT Evaluations for the GDOT Viaduct at International Blvd and CNN by Zavala and Mayne (215 KB pdf)

Seismic Dilatometer

    SDMTs and SCPTus at Amherst NGES, Massachusetts... Yasser Hegazy, Paul Mayne and Gina Kates Martin

Shear Wave Velocity Measurements

    Automatic Seismic Source for shear wave velocity measurements (AUTOSEIS)
    Downhole shear wave velocity (Powerpoint animation / jpeg file )
    Crosshole shear wave velocity (Powerpoint animation / jpeg file)
    Seismic Refraction (Powerpoint animation / jpeg file (1/2) jpeg (2/2)

CPT Rig in Sweden (click for enlarged picture)

In-Situ Testing...

    In-Situ testing devices
    CPTu powerpoint animation 
    Geotechnical Site Characterization by Cone Penetration Testing (2.73 MB Powerpoint Presentation)
    SCPTu for Seismic Ground Hazards
    SCPTu for Soil Properties determination
    DMT testing at Charlotte, NC

Research Projects Involving Plasma Magmavication of Geomaterials

    Plasma Magmavication of Geologic Materials
    Remediation of Buried Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Surrogate Wastes by In-Situ Plasma Magmavication
    In-Situ Plasma Remediation of Contaminated Soils

 

Dr. Mayne's Home Page
Geosystems Engineering
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Comments, questions, errors: please email guillermo.zavala@ce.gatech.edu