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GEO JORDAN 2 0 0 4
Advances in Geotechnical Engineering
with Emphasis on Dams, Highway
Materials, and Soil Improvement
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE
July 12-15,2004
Irbid, Jordan
SPONSORED BY
Jordan University of Science & Technology
Louisiana State University
University of Akron
Hashemite University
CO-SPONSORED BY
The Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCE-Jordan International Group
Gulf Society of GeoEngineering (GSGE)
EDITED BY
KhalidAlshibli
Abdallah I. Husein Malkawi
Mustafa Alsaleh

INSTITUTE

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Geo Jordan 2004 : advances in geotechnical engineering with emphasis on dams, highway
materials, and soil improvement: proceedings of the conference, July 12-15, 2004, Irbid,
Jordan / sponsored by Jordan University of Science & Technology ... [et al.]; edited by
Khalid Alshibli, Abdallah I. Husein Malkawi, Mustafa Alsaleh.
p. cm. - (Geotechnical practice publication ; no. 1)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7844-0735-5
1. Soil mechanics-Congresses. 2. Engineering geology-Congresses. 3. Hydraulic
engineering-Congresses. I. Alshibli, Khalid. II. Malkawi, Abdallah I. H. III. Alsaleh,
Mustafa. IV. Jordan University of Science & Technology. V. Series.
TA710.A1G363 2004
624.1*5 l-dc22 2004049724
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Preface
This Geotechnical Practice Publication (GPP) constitutes the proceedings of GEO 2004:
Advances in Geotechnical Engineering with Emphasis on Dam Engineering conference held
in Irbid, Jordan, July 12-15, 2004. It is jointly sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE,
Jordan University of Science & Technology, Louisiana State University, University of Akron,
Hashemite University, and Gulf Society for Geoengineering (GS4GE).
The importance of "water" in the Middle East and other predominantly arid regions is
paramount, and geotechnics with emphasis on "dam engineering" is the key to efficient,
reliable and economic construction and maintenance of geo-structures that are used to collect,
contain and manage this elixir of life. The papers contained within this publication entitled
Geo Jordan 2004: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering with Emphasis on Dams, Highway
Materials, and Soil Improvement cover many facets of the subject including (i) design of
filters for dams; (ii) monitoring and rehabilitation of dams, embankments, and geo-structures;
(iii) improvement of soil properties using geosynthetics and chemical stabilization; (iv) use of
TDR and other geophysical methods to detect pollutants in soils and to assess properties of
embankments; and (v) modeling the constitutive behavior of soils and fluid flow through
granular materials.
All the papers accepted for this ASCE Geotechnical Practice Publication were peer
reviewed by at least one reviewer and went through two iterations before reaching the
publication stage. The papers are eligible for discussion in the Journal of Geotechnical and
Geoenvironmental Engineering and for ASCE award nomination.
Finally, the editors of this publication express appreciation to the advisory committee
members, technical committee members and to all reviewers and authors who made this
publication possible. At the risk on leaving some deserving names off our list, we wish to
recognize Robert Liang, George Voyiadjis, Mehmet Tumay, Dante Fratta, Izzaldin Almoh'd,
and Nezar Hammouri for managing the papers' review process. Special thanks to the
members of the Technical committee of Geo-Institute, to Carol Bowers, and to Donna
Dicker!

Khalid Alshibli, Ph.D., PE., Joint Assistant Professor

Louisiana State University and Southern University
Abdallah I. Husein Malkawi, Ph.D., Professor and Dean of Research
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Mustafa Alsaleh, Ph.D. candidate
Louisiana State University

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Contents
Measuring Stress Redistributions in Embankment Dams................................................... 1
Markus Aufleger
Granular Filters in Embankment Bams: A Conceptual Overview and Experimental
Investigation 15
Buddhima Indraratna, Ashok Raut, and Mark Locke
Temperature Distribution in Al-Mujib Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC)
Gravity Dam 35
Abdallah I. Husein Malkawi, Markus Aufleger,
and Mohammad R. Al-Jamma!
Seepage Design Charts for Embedded Dams Resting on Heterogeneous Media .49
Yacoub Najjar and Wissam Naouss
Two Cases of Small Earth Fill Dams for Sewage Treatment Ponds
in Southern Brazil............ ................................................................62
Ney Augusto Nascimento, Paulo Roberto Chamecki, and Rogerio F. K. Puppi
Discharge Control Dams for Two Rivers in Curitiba, Brazil Aiming at Emergency
Procedures in Case of Contamination.....— 74
Ney Augusto Nascimento, Errol Toews, and Rogerio Francisco Kuster Puppi
Assessment of Dam Body Safety from Field Monitoring Results 86
Chung R. Song and Yoo H. Yeoh
Effect of Placement Schedule on the Thermal and Structural Response
of RCC Dams, Using Finite Element Analysis............................ ...............................94
A. M. Waleed, M. S. Jaafar, J. Noorzaei, K. H. Bayagoob, and R. Amini
Volume Change Effects on Solute Transport in Clay Under Consolidation................... 105
Akram N. Alshawabkeh, Nima Rahbar, Thomas C. Sheahan,
and Guoping Tang
TDR Detection of Pollutants in Sandy Soils.........—...... . 116
Abdel-Mohsen O. Mohamed
Solidification/Stabilization of Sulphide Bearing Soils Using Alfa Process.... 131
Abdel-Mohsen O. Mohamed and Mohsen Hossein
Testing the Validity of Manning's n Calculated by Modeling the Flow
Through Rigid Non-Submerged Vegetation ..............................— 145
Fuad A. Musleh and James F. Cruise
Fixation of Geomembranes for Supporting Loads Occurring
in Hydraulic Engineering.................................. 158
P. Schaefer and Th. Strobl v
Estimation of Maximum Leachate Head in Tire Shred Drainage Layer 167
M. Warith and Sudhakar M. Rao
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Three Dimensional Simulation of Fluid Flow in Granular

Material Microstructure . 177
Aslam Al-Omari and Eyad Masad
On the Bridging of the Length Scales and the Behavior of Granular Materials 191
Mustafa I. Alsaleh, Khalid A. Alshibli, and George Z. Voyiadjis
Multi-Slip Formulation for Modeling Localization in Granular Materials 200
0. Al Hattamleh, B. Muhunthan, and H. M. Zbib
Customizing ArcMap Interface to Generate a Landfill Site Selection Tool 214
R. Daneshvar, L. Fernandes, and M. A. Warith
Near-Surface Travel-Time Tomographic Application to Foundation
Soils—A Physical Model Study 227
Dante Fratta and Jennifer deHay
Influence of Grain Size and Mineralogy on the Strength of Weak Rocks 239
T. Cheema, A. Al-Harthy, M. Al-Aghbari, and M. Al-Aufi
Complementary Design Methodology for Driven Piles in Sand 250
Mustafa I. Alsaleh, Ahmad S. Alawneh, Izzaldin Ayiasreh,
and Abdallah H. Malkawi
Exact Secant Stiffness Matrix of Timoshenko Beam Resting on Variable
One-Parameter Winkler Foundation 263
Samir Z. Al-Sadder and Thaer M. Wahshat
Understanding the Effects of Structure and Bonding in the Bringelly Shale.... 277
Ezzat William
Evaluating the Stiffness Modulus of Highway Materials
from the Geogauge Device 287
Murad Abu-Farsakh, Khalid Alshibli, MunirNazzal, and Ekrem Seyman
Evaluation of Interaction Between Geosynthetics and Marginal Cohesive Soils
from Pullout Tests ..299
Murad Y. Abu-Farsakh, Khalid Farrag, Izzaldin Almoh'd,
and Ather Mohiuddin
Centrifuge Tests on Methods Stabilizing Embankments 311
Henderikus G. B. Allersma and Matthias Bartsch
Monitoring in Geotechnical Engineering: Possibilities, Advantages, and Limits ....323
Yasser El-Mossallamy
Evaluation of Resilient Modulus of typical Wisconsin Soils 335
Mohammed B. Elias, Hani H. Titi, and Sam Helwany
Stresses in Geosynthetics Reinforcement of Soils ......347
Vitezslav Herle
Evaluating the Water Resistance of By-Product
vi Gypsum 355
Z. Zhang, L. Wang, M. Tao, and M. J. Morvant
Subject Index
Author Geo Jordan 2004 369
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