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Probabilistic estimation of diverse soil condition impact on vertical axis tank deformation
PublicationThe calculations of fuel tanks should take into account the geometric imperfections of the structure as well as the variability of the material parameters of the foundation. The deformation of the tank shell can have a significant impact on the limit state of the structure and its operating conditions. The paper presents a probabilistic analysis of a vertical-axis, floating-roof cylindrical shell of a tank with a capacity of 50000...
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Comparison of soil models in the thermodynamic analysis of a submarine pipeline buried in seabed sediments
PublicationThis paper deals with mathematical modelling of a seabed layer in the thermodynamic analysis of a submarine pipeline buried in seabed sediments. The existing seabed soil models: a “soil ring” and a semi-infinite soil layer are discussed in a comparative analysis of the shape factor of a surrounding soil layer. The meaning of differences in the heat transfer coefficient of a soil layer is illustrated based on a computational example...
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Wetting properties of biosurfactant (rhamnolipid) with synthetic surfactants mixtures in the context of soil remediation
PublicationWetting properties of synthetic surfactant Rokanol NL6, biosurfactant JBR 425 and their mixture have been investigated.The results show that synthetic surfactant addition worsens physicochemical properties of pure biosurfactant but exhibits much higher oil removal efficiency than biosurfactant does.
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Comparative model tests of SDP and CFA pile groups in non-cohesive soil
PublicationThe research topic relates to the subject of deep foundations supported on continuous flight auger (CFA) piles and screw displacement piles (SDP). The authors have decided to conduct model tests of foundations supported on the group of piles mentioned above and also the tests of the same piles working alone. The tests are ongoing in Geotechnical Laboratory of Gdańsk University of Technology. The description of test procedure, interpretation...
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Oil removal from polluted soil by washing with surfactants solutions in dynamic conditions
PublicationFor washing of the oil from polluted soil surfactants solutions were applied. In a research a nonionic synthetic surfactant - polyoxyethylene ether of synthetic fatty alcohol (Rokanol NL6), rhamnolipid biosurfactant JBR 425 (Jeneil Biosurfactant Co. LLC) and their mixtures were used. Results of oil removal from peat soil and sand with mixtures of surfactants solutions at concentration 0,5 g/dm...
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Study of Soil Temperature and Moisture Changes in a Physical Model of an Underground Cable Line
PublicationThe ampacity of power cables is highly dependent on the thermal resistivity of the soil in which they are laid. The lower it is, the higher this ampacity. The thermal resistivity of the soil decreases as its moisture increases. Therefore, it is preferable that the soil around the cables has high moisture. Unfortunately, the heat generated in heavily loaded cables causes the migration of moisture from the surrounding soil, which...
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Testing of the longest span soil-steel bridge in Europe – new quality in measurements
PublicationThe article describes interdisciplinary and comprehensive diagnostic tests of final bridge inspection and acceptance proposed for a soil – steel bridge made of corrugated sheets, being the European span length record holder (25.74 m). As an effect of an original concept a detailed and precise information about the structure response was collected. The load test design was based on the nonlinear numerical simulations performed by...
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Optical flow method for measuring deformation of soil specimen subjected to torsional shearing
PublicationIn this study optical flow method was used for soil small deformation measurement in laboratory tests. The main objective was to observe how the deformation distributes along the whole height of cylindrical soil specimen subjected to torsional shearing (TS test). The experiments were conducted on dry non-cohesive soil specimens under two values of isotropic pressure. Specimens were loaded with low-amplitude cyclic torque to analyze...
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Determination of p-y curves for offshore piles based on in-situ soil investigations
PublicationOffshore piles are subjected to complex loads with considerable lateral component. The pile-soil response to lateral loads can be described with the p-y method. For a given depth the load–deflection relationship is built to simulate the surrounding soil stiffness. This state-of-art paper presents a brief discussion of determination methods for the p-y curves using a standard approach based on the soil parameters derived from laboratory...
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Adsorption properties of Triton X-100 and rhamnolipid biosurfactant in the contex of soil remediation
PublicationZbadano adsorpcję surfaktantu syntetycznego Triton X-100 i biosurfaktantu z grupy ramnolipidów oraz ich koadsorpcję na granicy faz powietrze/woda oraz olej/woda. Jako fazę organiczną wybrano dodekan oraz syntetyczny olej bazowy na bazie polialfaolefin (PAO). Te same surfaktanty użyto do zbadania zwilżalności powierzchni stałych pokrytych cieńką warstwą substancji hydrofobowej. Na podstawie badań fizykochemicznych nie zauważono...
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FE-investigations of micro-polar boundary conditions along interface between soil and structure
PublicationW artykule zaproponowano mikropolarne warunki brzegowe w strefie kontaktu materiału granulowanego ze ścianą konstrukcji. Warunki te umożliwiają wyznaczenie grubości strefy kontaktu w zależności od szorstkości ściany. Obliczenia wykonano przy zastosowaniu metody elementów skończonych i mikropolarnego modelu hipoplastycznego.
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Improvement of the Rhizoremediation efficiency of PAHs contaminated soil under cysteine treatment along with modeling
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Problem of soil science based classification of land in the context of updating land and building records
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Numerical analysis of settlement of a high-rise building using two constitutive soil models
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Transcriptome sequencing of Brassica napus highlights the complex issues with soil supplementation with sewage sludge
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Application of GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques in Multitemporal Analyses of Soil Properties in the Foreland of the Carpathians
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The Influence of the Soil Environment on the Corrosivity of Failure Infrastructure - Case Study of the Exemplary Water Network
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Oiled soil washing in dynamic conditions by micellar surfactants solutions and obtained effluents treatment
PublicationZbadano możliwość zastosowania micelarnych roztworów biosurfaktantu (JBR 425), surfaktantów syntetycznych (Rokanolu NL5, NL6, NL8) i ich mieszanin (Rokanol NL6 : JBR 425) do wymywania oleju syntetycznego z gruntu w procesie mycia gleby w warunkach dynamicznych. Micelarne roztwory Rokanolu NL6 oraz NL8 wykazały nieznacznie wyższą efektywność wymywania oleju z gruntu w porównaniu z efektywnością usuwania oleju przy pomocy roztworów...
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Headspace Liquid-Phase Microextraction of Chlorobenzenes in Soil with Gas Chromatography-Electron Capture Detection
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GLEMOK – novel method for catchment moisture determination using high-resolution soil map
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A new approach for the extraction of tetracyclines from soil matrices: application of the microwave-extraction technique
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Selected analytical challenges in the determination of pharmaceuticals in drinking/marine waters and soil/sediment samples
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The Use of Wood Chips for Revitalization of Degraded Forest Soil on Young Scots Pine Plantation
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Simulation of the response of base-isolated buildings under earthquake excitations considering soil flexibility
PublicationThe accurate analysis of the seismic response of isolated structures requires the incorporation of the flexibility of supporting soil. However, it is often customary to idealize the soil as rigid during the analysis of such structures. In the present paper, seismic response time history analyses of base-isolated buildings modelled as single degree-of-freedom (SDOF) and multi degree-of-freedom (MDOF) systems with linear and nonlinear...
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Catabolic response and phospholipid fatty acid profiles as microbial tools to assess soil functioning
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Establishing Relationships between Parameters of the controlled Compaction Soil by Using Various In-Situ Tests
PublicationThe aim of research was evaluating reliable correlations between chosen soil parameters describing state of surface layers of soil. The paper presents site comparative tests based on the light falling weight deflectometer (LFWD), the static plate load tester (VSS), the dynamic probing light tester (DPL) and the bearing ratio tester (CBR in-situ) with relationships between soil state parameters. All featured in-situ...
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NEW EXPERIENCES IN DIKE CONSTRUCTION WITH SOIL-ASH COMPOSITESAND FINE-GRAINED DREDGED MATERIALS
PublicationThe supporting structure inside a coastal dike is often made of dredged non-uniform sand with good compaction proper-ties. Due to the shortage of natural construction material for both coastal and river dikes and the surplus of different processed mate-rials, new experiments were made with sand-ash mixtures and fine-grained dredged materials to replace both dike core and dikecover materials resulting in economical, environmentally...
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Effects of full displacement pile installation on the stress and deformation state of surrounding soil: review
PublicationSeveral field and model tests have been conducted to investigate the impact of pile installation on bearing capacity. However, little is known about how piles behave during installation, how they interact with the surrounding soil, and how this affects sandy soil properties. This review paper investigates the effect of pile driving on surrounding sandy soil as it compacts sandy soil near to the pile. For this purpose, various related...
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Probabilistic assessment of SMRFs with infill masonry walls incorporating nonlinear soil-structure interaction
PublicationInfill Masonry Walls (IMWs) are used in the perimeter of a building to separate the inner and outer space. IMWs may affect the lateral behavior of buildings, while they are different from those partition walls that separate two inner spaces. This study focused on the seismic vulnerability assessment of Steel Moment-Resisting Frames (SMRFs) assuming different placement of IMWs incorporating nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI)....
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The Effect of the Selection of Three-Dimensional Random Numerical Soil Models on Strip Foundation Settlements
PublicationThis paper delivers a probabilistic attempt to prove that the selection of a random three-dimensional finite element (FE) model of a subsoil affects the computed settlements. Parametricanalysis of a random soil block is conducted, assuming a variable subsoil Young’s modulus inparticular finite elements. The modulus is represented by a random field or different-sized setsof random variables; in both cases, the same truncated...
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Application of discrete wavelet transform in seismic nonlinear analysis of soil–structure interaction problems
PublicationSimulation of soil-structure interaction (SSI) effects is a time-consuming and costly process. However, ignoring the influence of SSI on structural response may lead to inaccurate results, especially in the case of seismic nonlinear analysis. In this paper, wavelet transform methodology has been utilized for investigation of the seismic response of soil-structure systems. For this purpose, different storey outrigger braced buildings...
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Assessment of codes recommendations for the evaluation of the seismic gap of buildings founded on different soil types
PublicationSeveral equations have been proposed in the literature to evaluate the seismic gap preventing earthquake-induced structural pounding, such as the ones based on the absolute sum of the peak displacements (ABS), the square root of the sum of the squares (SRSS), the double difference method (DDC), Australian code and the approach proposed by Naderpour et al. The aim of this paper is to investigate the accuracy of these equations taking...
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Micro‑ and nano‑ bentonite to improve the strength of clayey sand as a nano soil‑improvement technique
PublicationNano-additives results in the formation of nano-cementation (NC). This process is recently used to improve the durability of various building materials. NC used to improve the strength of untreated soil materials, also known as nano soil-improvement (NSI). In few years, the role of nano-additives in various types of soils were developed. In this research, the role of micro- and nano- size of bentonite as soil stabilizer was evaluated...
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Methods of deep modification of low-bearing soil for the foundation of new and spare air runways
PublicationAfter analyzing the impact of aircraft on the airport pavement (parking spaces, runways, startways), it was considered advisable to consider the problem of deep improvement or strengthening of its subsoil. This is especially true for low-bearing soil. The paper presents a quick and effective method of strengthening the subsoil intended for the construction of engineering structures used for civil...
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Large deformation modelling of CPT probing in soft soil—pore water pressure analysis
PublicationThis paper presents the results of finite element modelling with Updated Lagrangian formulation of the Cone Penetration Test in soft soil deposit located in Jazowa, Poland. The numerical calculations are carried out for homogenous, normally consolidated, organic soil layer. The Modified Cam Clay constitutive model for soft soil and Coulomb model for interface are used. The study compares the registered pore water pressure distributions...
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Soil-structure interaction effects on modal parameters of office buildings with different number of stories
PublicationThe paper summarizes the results of a numerical investigation designed to study the soil-structure interaction effects on modal parameters of three office buildings. The reinforced-concrete 4-storey, 8-storey, and 12-storey office buildings, each with additional two levels of embedded basements, represent low, medium, and high-rise structures, respectively. In order to conduct this research, detailed finite-element structure models...
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Model test and numerical simulations of earth pressure of non-cohesive soil in 3D formulation.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań modelowych i obliczeń numerycznych parcia gruntu niespoistego w układzie przestrzennym działajacego na sztywną ścia- nę oporową. Podstawowe schematy wyznaczenia parcia gruntu na sztywną ścianę oporową opatre sa na obrocie ściany wokół jej wierzchołka i podstawy. Uzys- kane wyniki obliczeń przedstawiono jako rozkład składowych statycznych i normalnych wzdłuż sciany. Podano również wypadową parcia...
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Model tests and numerical imulations of earth pressure of non - cohesive soil in 3D formulation.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań modelowych i symulacji numerycznych parcia gruntu działającego na sztywne konstrukcje oporowe. Analizowano stan przestrzennego odkształcenia ośrodka niespoistego. Parcie czynne gruntu za- sypowego wywołano obrotem ściany oporowej wokół osi przechodzącej przez jej górną i dolną krawędź. Przedstawiono rozkład składowej stycznej i normalnej stanu naprężenia na powierzchni ściany wraz z analizą...
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FEM modelling of screw displacement pile interaction with subsoil
PublicationPredicting the-settlement characteristics of piles is an important element in the designing of pile foundations. The most reliable method in evaluating pile-soil interaction is the static load test, preferably performed with instrumentation for measuring shaft and pile base resistances. This, however, is a mostly post-implementation test. In the design phase, prediction methods are needed, in which numerical simulations play an...
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Enzymatic assays confirm the toxicity reduction after manure treatment of heavy metals contaminated soil
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Temporal changes in the content of labile and stabile mercury forms in soil and their inflow to the southern Baltic Sea
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Impact of Subsurface Application of Compound Mineral Fertilizer on Soil Enzymatic Activity under Reduced Tillage
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An integrated assessment of the long-term impact of municipal sewage sludge on the chemical and biological properties of soil
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The influence of street conditions on sea buckthorn fruit quality and content of micro- and macronutrients in berries and in soil
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Effect of Drip Fertigation with Nitrogen on Yield and Nutritive Value of Melon Cultivated on a Very Light Soil
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Role of biochar-based free radicals in immobilization and speciation of metals in the contaminated soil-plant environment
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Enthralling the impact of engineered nanoparticles on soil microbiome: A concentric approach towards environmental risks and cogitation
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In-situ oxidative degradation of sulfamethoxazole by calcium peroxide/persulfate dual oxidant system in water and soil
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Non-linear behaviour of base-isolated building supported on flexible soil under damaging earthquakes
PublicationSeismic isolation is a strategy to reduce damage of structures exposed to devastating earthquake excitations. Isolation systems, applied at the base of buildings, lower the fundamental frequency of the structure below the range of dominant frequencies of the ground motion as well as allow to dissipate more energy during structural vibrations. The effectiveness of the base-isolated buildings in damage reduction has been confirmed...
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Combined chemical-biological treatment of effluents from soil remediation processes by surfactants solutions flushing
PublicationŚcieki powstające podczas procesu remediacji gruntu zawierają surfaktanty o wysokim stężeniu oraz oleje w postaci zemulgowanej i zsolubilizowanej lub wolnej. Do oczyszczenia takich ścieków zastosowano chemiczne utlenianie, biologiczne oczyszczanie oraz zintegrowany proces chemiczno biologiczny. Efektywność procesu oceniono na podstawie redukcji ChZT oraz zmiany stężenia surfaktantu w oczyszczanych ściekach. Chemiczne utlenienie...