ENVIRONMENTAL GEOMECHANICS TULIKA BOSE

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QUESTIONS

1. What are geothermal piles and how do they function?
2. What are the effects on different soil properties in freezing zones? Do they show marked
variation in some properties or they display something very different?
3. Will chemical diagnosis of the pore fluid in a soil mass be indicative of its behaviour in all the
different energy fields?
4. What is thermal stabilisation of soils?
5. Is acid rain always harmful to the soil mass? Can it not be beneficial in a circumstance under
which a soil mass is highly alkaline? Does it become a matter of soil remediation then ?
6. What is the technology behind microbial enhanced oil recovery? Does injection of
microorganisms become a concern later on?
7. What is the clay mineralogy and its reaction with water? How important is the stability of
the adsorbed diffused layer?
8. Does MICP method for soil improvement have any drawbacks which might alter soil
properties?
9. Does the value of liquid limit of oil change due to contamination?
10. What are the ways of enhancing the tensile strength of soil?