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Performance Monitoring
Why Performance Monitoring
This paper provides an overview of the potential benefits of an effective performance monitoring program.
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Performance Monitoring
Why Monitor Performance
This paper provides an overview of the many potential benefits of an effective performance monitoring program for constructed facilities.
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Advances in Monitoring
Uses of Automated Geotechnical Instrumentation Systems
Developments occurring in electronics and instrumentation promise to lower the cost and improve the reliability of electronic systems to monitor geotechnical instrumentation.
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Landfills
Use of a Stabilized PCS for a Landfill Cap
Petroleum contaminated soils (PCS) are the waste products produced by cleaning up petroleum spills.
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Shear Strength
Universal Shear Device
The direct simple shear device is a way to measure undrained shear strength of soils that reflects a the average shear strength mobilized in the field during failure of embankments on soft soil foundations and deep excavations in clay.
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Automated Laboratory Testing
Survey of Automation Practices in Geotechnical Laboratories
There has been considerable interest in automation of geotechnical laboratory testing over the past 20 years, particularly since the introduction of the personal computer.
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