Geological-engineering prediction

A Characterization Procedure. A plausible procedure for accomplishing a geological/engineering prediction might be the following ... 

What makes this field so valuable to chemistry and physics as well as biology, geology, engineering, medicine, etc., are the numerous ways it can be applied. Matter dynamics allows us to predict in principle... 

Fookes, P.G. 1997. Geology for engineers the geological model, prediction and performance. Quarterly Journal Engineering Geology, 30, 293-424. 

Figure 4.9. Shock pressure versus particle velocity for engineering materials, geological material, and explosive detonation products. Intersection of detonation product curves with nonreactive media predicts shock pressure and particle velocity at an explosive sample interface. (After Jones (1972).)...

The phase rule is a mathematical expression that describes the behavior of chemical systems in equilibrium. A chemical system is any combination of chemical substances. The substances exist as gas, liquid, or solid phases. The phase rule applies only to systems, called heterogeneous systems, in which two or more distinct phases are in equilibrium. A system cannot contain more than one gas phase, but can contain any number of liquid and solid phases. An alloy of copper and nickel, for example, contains two solid phases. The rule makes possible the simple correlation of very large quantities of physical data and limited prediction of the behavior of chemical systems. It is used particularly in alloy preparation, in chemical engineering, and in geology. 

Grozdova 01 (1979) Mapping and regional predictions of man-caused modifications of underground hydrosphere, hydrogeology and engineering geology. VIEMS Press, Moscow... 

Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) has already developed the coupled thermo -hydro and mechanical (T-H-M) model and has initiated a research on the coupled T-H-M-C processes to predict the chemical evolution of buffer material and porewater chemistry, and the chemical effects on other (thermal, hydraulic and mechanical) processes. In this research, numerical experiment system for the coupled T-H-M-C processes is developed in order to predict the longterm evolution of the near-field (engineered barriers and surrounding host rock) for various repository designs and geological environments. 

KeijzerThJS, Kleingeld PJ, Loch JPG. (1999). Chemical osmosis in compacted clayey material and the prediction of water transport. Engineering Geology 53(2) 151-159. 

Ingham, J.P. 2005. Predicting the frost resistance of building stone. Quarterly Journal Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 38, 387-399. 

Ulusay, R., Turrell, K. and Ider, M.H. 1994. Prediction of engineering properties of a selected litharenite sandstone from its petrographic characteristics using correlation and multi-variate statistical techniques. Engineering Geology, 38, 135-157. 

XU Qiang.Thenretical studies on prediction of land-silds using slope deformation process data[J]. Journal of Engineering Geology, 2012. 20(2) 145-151. 

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