Roy H. Borden
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Professor of Civil EngineeringGeotechnical Engineering Office: 421 Mann Hall |
Research Interests
Foundation engineering and excavation support, grouting and soil improvement, insitu and laboratory determination of soil properties
Education
- PhD, Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 1980
- MS, Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 1977
- BS, Civil Engineering, Tufts University, 1971
Representative Publications
Numerical modeling of a MSE wall under water infiltration using unsaturated soil properties, XIV ICSMFE, Cairo, Egypt, August 2009 (W.S. Kim and R.H. Borden).
Inverse Analysis of Plate Load Tests to Assess Subgrade Resilient Modulus, J. of the TRB, Paper Number: 09-1351 (J. Ahn, B.M. Cote, B. Robinson, M.A. Gabr and R.H. Borden) (in press).
Wetting induced changes in elastic modulus of a compacted low plasticity clay, IFCEE 09, Geo Institute of ASCE, Orlando, March 15-19 (W.S. Kim and R.H. Borden).
Lessons Learned in Use of Instrumented Soldier Pile Wall for Inverse Analysis of Material Properties, Proc. 7th Intl. Sym. on Field Meas. in Geomechanics, Geotechnical SP 175, Geo Institute of ASCE, Boston, Sept. 24-27, 2007, (W.S. Kim and R.H. Borden).
Design and Implementation of an Instrumentation Program to Minimize Risk of Damage to a High-Voltage Electrical Ductbank, Proc. 7th Intl. Sym. on Field Meas. in Geomechanics, Geotechnical SP 175, Geo Institute of ASCE , Boston, Sept. 24-27, 2007, (R.H. Borden and G. Sullivan).
Jet Grouting Induced Changes in Soldier Pile Loads and Pile Deflections, Proc. 7th Intl. Sym. on Field Meas. in Geomechanics, Geotechnical SP 175, Geo Institute of ASCE , Boston, Sept. 24-27, 2007, (W.A. Smith and R.H. Borden).
Field Py curves in weathered rock, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol 44, No. 7, pp. 753-764, July 2007 (K. H. Cho, M. A. Gabr, S. Clark, and R. H. Borden).
Limit Equilibrium and Deformation Analyses of a Geogrid-Reinforced Embankment, GeoDenver 07, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 165, Geosynthetics in Reinforcement and Hydraulic Applications, ASCE February 2007, 12 pp. (Y.J. Park, M.A. Gabr, R.H. Borden, K.J. Kim and C.A. Kreider).
Laboratory Characterization of Jetting-Induced Disturbance Zones, GeoDenver 07, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 172, Soil Improvement, February 2007, 10pp. (Mohammed A. Gabr, Roy H. Borden, Alex W. Smith, and Raymond L. Denton).
Professional Memberships
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Testing and Materials
Transportation Research Board
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
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