Abstract
dc:description.abstract"Brownfields" are real estate property with subsurface or surface contamination. The redevelopment of Brownfields is required to clean, improve and protect the environment. Piles foundations are often used in Brownfields to support structures. Regulators are concerned about the environmental safety of pile foundations in Brownfields sites. Piling in Brownfields may lead to transport of contaminants from the contaminated region to the underground aquifers. The purpose of this investigation is to determine the potential for contaminant transport due to pile foundation in Brownfields. This investigation is an extension of previous research conducted at the University of New Orleans and ascertains the potential for contaminant transport from concrete piles of different shape, depth of penetration and method of installation. The results of large scale model tests and Finite Element studies are presented. The investigation indicates the possibility of contamination only in selected cases of piles.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.S.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Year
- 2005
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Satyamurthy, Ranjan
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Nataraj, Mysore
- Barbe, Donald
- Boutwell, Gordon
Subjects
dc:subject × 9Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/245
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1278