Scribd
Upload
2K views15 pages

Engineering CH 14 2

Dr. Bazán-Arias believes having expertise in both geotechnical and structural engineering is helpful because the two fields are interrelated - to build a stable structure, an engineer needs to understand how the soil and structure will interact. When selecting materials for a job, engineers consider factors like the unique climates, terrains, and soil compositions that will be encountered, and how materials will perform under stress. By looking at stress-strain curves, engineers can see how a material will behave under varying amounts of stress and predict how it will hold up. Landfill design requires decisions about location, excluding areas near water sources or with unstable ground, and about the structure's material and geometry to carefully contain trash while isolating it

Uploaded by

api-317344426
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
2K views15 pages

Engineering CH 14 2

Dr. Bazán-Arias believes having expertise in both geotechnical and structural engineering is helpful because the two fields are interrelated - to build a stable structure, an engineer needs to understand how the soil and structure will interact. When selecting materials for a job, engineers consider factors like the unique climates, terrains, and soil compositions that will be encountered, and how materials will perform under stress. By looking at stress-strain curves, engineers can see how a material will behave under varying amounts of stress and predict how it will hold up. Landfill design requires decisions about location, excluding areas near water sources or with unstable ground, and about the structure's material and geometry to carefully contain trash while isolating it

Uploaded by

api-317344426
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 15

Chapter 14

Questions & Answers

Question 1

Dr. Bazn-Arias is a geotechnical


engineer by training, but she also has
some expertise in structural
engineering. Why does she believe
having both is helpful?

The two go hand in hand because to have a


stable structure you need to build it on an
appropriate piece of land with proper soil
composition and such. It is an understanding of
how the soil and structure will interact.

Question 2

What are the major factors that


engineers consider when selecting
materials for a job?

It is important to know the materials so the you


choose the types that are ideally suited for the
unique climates terrains and soil compositions
that will be encountered. To select the best one
you need to know how they perform under
stress.

Question 3

What kinds of information can


engineers get by looking at stressstrain curves?

They can see how the material will behave


under varying amounts of stress so that they
can predict how a material will hold up.

Question 4
Look at the stress-strain curve below. How
much does the material strain under 25 PSI
of stress? Will the material return to its
original shape after a stress of this
magnitude has been applied? (Refer to
page 131.)

The material under 25 PSI still returns to its


original shape after the mass is removed.

Question 5

What is the elastic limit of this


material, and how can you tell?
How will the material behave under
loads higher than the elastic limit?

The elastic limit of the material is over 50 PSI


because it no longer returns to its original
shape after the stress is relieved.

Question 6
Foundations are important parts of the
structural designs described in the three
previous chapters. Write a one sentence
description of each of the following structures
foundations: 1. The Leonard P. Zakim Bridge;
2. The Burj Dubai; 3. A house; 4. A
transmission tower.

1. The Leonard P. Zakim bridge had to deal with the problems of supporting the
towers that were subjected to compression because they had to support the center
of the bridge that was not over land. The cables were also subjected to tension
because they had to keep the towers in place.
2. The Burj Dubai had to have a period that did not correspond with the period of
the wind so the it would not experience tension and begin to sway.
A house experiences compression from all of the live a dead load it experiences
and also has the have a foundation the can negate any shearing effects.
A transmission tower has to deal with compression the heavy tower pushing down
on the foundation and soil and the bending occurring because of the need to make
the tower small.

Question 7
Dr. Bazn-Arias also designs landfills for GAI
Consulting. Do some research in the library or on
the Internet and write two paragraphs about
landfill design. In your response, explain some of
the decisions that engineers designing a landfill
may have to make in terms of location, material
selection, and structural geometry.

A landfill site (also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump or
dumping ground) is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the
oldest form of waste treatment. Historically, landfills have been the most common
method of organized waste disposal and remain so in many places around the
world. Some landfills are also used for waste management purposes, such as the
temporary storage, consolidation and transfer, or processing of waste material
(sorting, treatment, or recycling).Some of the criteria excluding an area from the
site selection process from the beginning include: existing or planned (i.e. already
officially registered) drinking water protection and catchment areas, high-flood
areas, areas with unstable ground like swamps, moors and/or marshes, areas with
an extreme morphology (steep slopes, danger of landslides/avalanches etc.) and
protected areas.
Landfills are not designed to break down trash, merely to bury it. Thats because
they contain minimal amounts of oxygen and moisture, which prevents trash from
breaking down rapidly. So landfills are carefully filled, monitored and maintained
while they are active and for up to 30 years after they are closed.A dump is an
open hole in the ground where trash is buried and where animals often swarm.
Dumps offer no environmental protection and are not regulated.A landfill is a
carefully designed and monitored structure that isolates trash from the
surrounding environment (e.g., groundwater, air, rain). This isolation is
accomplished with the use of a bottom liner and daily covering of soil.

You might also like