George F. Sowers's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings George F. Sowers's Degrees Why Is George F. Sowers Influential? (Suggest an Edit or Addition)
According to Wikipedia , George F. Sowers was an American Civil Engineer and Regents Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also worked as a consultant for Law Engineering while maintaining his position as a professor.
(See a Problem?) George F. Sowers's Published Works
Number of citations in a given year to any of this author's works
Total number of citations to an author for the works they published in a given year. This highlights publication of the most important work(s) by the author
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 Published Works Introductory soil mechanics and foundations (1961) SETTLEMENT OF WASTE DISPOSAL FILLS (1975) Introductory Soil Mechanics and Foundations: Geotechnical Engineering (1982) (135)Building on sinkholes (1996) (103)Compressibility of broken rock and the settlement of rockfills (1965) (74)Building on Sinkholes: Design and Construction of Foundations in Karst Terrain (1996) Soil mechanics in highway engineering (1988) (54)Foundation Problems In Sanitary Land Fills (1968) (52)HUMAN FACTORS IN CIVIL AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING FAILURES. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE (1993) REVIEW OF EXPANSIVE SOILS (1975) (38)RESIDUAL SOILS OF PIEDMONT AND BLUE RIDGE (1983) Penetration Tests for Liquid Limit (1960) Dynamic Cone for Shallow In-Situ Penetration Testing (1966) Closure of "Human Factors in Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Failures" (1994) LABORATORY TESTING OF ROCK STRENGTH (1965) Failures in Limestones in Humid Subtropics (1975) (20)VERTICAL STRESSES IN SUBGRADES BENEATH STATICALLY LOADED FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS (1962) (17)Correction and protection in limestone terrane (1986) THE STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF SOIL-AGGREGATE MIXTURES & DISCUSSION (1958) (16)Earth and rockfill dam engineering (1962) (16)THE HUMAN FACTOR IN FAILURES (1991) (15)Residual Soil Settlment Related to the Weathering Profile (1994) (14)Discussion of "Effects of Freezing on Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Clay" (1993) Soil Problems in the Southern Piedmont Region (1954) (12)MECHANISMS OF SUBSIDENCE DUE TO UNDERGROUND OPENINGS (1976) REMOTE SENSING FOR WATER RESOURCES (1973) (8)Foundation Bearing in Weathered Rock (1977) (7)STRESS DISTRIBUTION BENEATH PAVEMENTS OF DIFFERENT RIGIDITIES (1962) (5)GEORGIA SATELLITE FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT EVALUATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO DESIGN (1965) (4)Fill Settlement Despite Vertical Sand Drains (1964) (4)Modern Procedures for Underground Investigation (1954) (3)Dam Safety Legislation: A Solution or a Problem (1974) (3)SOFT-GROUND TUNNELLING. FAILURES AND DISPLACEMENTS (1981) Discussion of Classification and Identification of Soils by Arthur Casagrande (1948) (2)Trench Excavation and Backfilling (1956) Mat Foundation and Preload Fill, VA Hospital Tampa (1973) Analysis and Design of Lightly-Loaded Foundations (1975) (2)First Flight - Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (2002) Discussion of "Human Factors in Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Failures" (1994) EFFECT OF REPEATED LOAD APPLICATION ON SOIL COMPACTION EFFICIENCY (1954) (1)Geotechnical Issues in Site Selection and Project Development (1994) Evolved Atlas To Meet Space Transportation Needs (2005) EFFECT OF VARYING TAMPING-FOOT WIDTH ON COMPACTION OF COHESIVE SOIL (1955) (1)Intensity Survey of the Seneca, South Carolina, Earthquake, July 13, 1971 (1979) EFFECT OF RE-USING SOIL ON MOISTURE-DENSITY CURVES (1950) (1)Discussion of Review of Shearing Strength of Rockfill by Thomas M. Leps (1971) (1)THERE WERE GIANTS ON THE EARTH IN THOSE DAYS (1981) (1)Movement in the Powerhouse Excavation Saguling Project, Indonesia (1988) (1)THE SAFETY FACTOR IN EXCAVATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS (1969) (1)Tunneling Under Building with Thin Rock Cover (1984) Paracti Rockslide, Bolivia (1979) Discussion of Geotextile-Reinforced Unpaved Road Design by Jean-Pierre Giroud and Laure Noiray (1982) (0)Geologic and seismic engineering for nuclear power plants (1974) (0)Earth and rockfill dam engineering : published under the auspices of the Water Resources Development Training Centre, University of Roorkee, India (1962) (0)Mathematical models for complex granular media (1977) (0)ENGINEERING APPROACH TO RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS IN FOUNDATIONS (1974) (0)Formation of Limestone Deposits (1996) Risk and Risk Acceptance (1996) DISCUSSION ON THE REVIEW OF SHEARING STRENGTH OF ROCKFILL (1971) (0)Groundwater in Limestone Terrain (1996) Discussion of Control of Embankment Material by Laboratory Testing by F. C. Walker and W. G. Holtz (1953) (0)Discussion of Experiences with Predetermining Pile Lengths by William W. Moore (1949) (0)SUMMARY OF PUBLIC MEETING HELD ON MARCH 30, 2000 TO DISCUSS SPECIAL TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS (2000) (0)CHANGED SOIL AND ROCK CONDITIONS IN CONSTRUCTION (1971) (0)ATLAS V, Launch System for the Next Millenium (2002) (0)EVALUATION OF BULKHEAD AND EXCAVATION BRACING FAILURES (1975) (0)General Report Education and Research in Geotechnical Engineering (1978) (0)Education for geotechnical engineering of the future (1984) (0)SOIL MECHANICS IN HIGHWAY ENGINEERING :(REV. AND ENL. ENGLISH ED. ) (1988) (0)In Search of Ancient Engineers (1983) (0)Alternative Procedures for Investigating Failures (1985) (0)Limestone Solution and Its Effects (1996) Discussion of "Sanitary Landfill Settlement Rates" (1976) Dewatering Rock for Construction (1977) (0)Site Preparation and Earthwork (1996) The study of the stresses produced in a flexible pavement system (1958) (0)DISCUSSION' LABORATORY TESTING OF ROCK STRENGTH (1965) (0)Closure of "Failures in Limestones in Humid Subtropics" (1977) (0)Foundations Supported on Limestone (1996) Closure of "Foundation Problems In Sanitary Land Fills" (1969) (0)Foundations Supported on Overburden (1996) Jatiluhur Dam: Problems and Rehabilitation (1993) (0)Failure Investigations for Forensic Engineering (1986) (0)More Papers This paper list is powered by the following services:
Other Resources About George F. Sowers What Schools Are Affiliated With George F. Sowers? George F. Sowers is affiliated with the following schools:
