Geotechnical properties

of
Duhok industrial area
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"Geotechnical properties of contaminated
”soils (Case study from Duhok goverona
BY: SIBAR BILAL
DARIN SALAH also I think you need the university of Duh
SOLIN SHERWAN Logo and your college/ department/ dat
???Detalis as well
SAMIRA MOHAMAD
 Importance and summary of project
:Problem statements
• From civil engineering point of view, the alteration of new gained
geotechnical properties of soil due to its pollution from different
sources of contamination (e.g. petrochemical activities, oil spills,
pipeline or reservoir leakage and etc.) is another concerning factor
besides of the environmental worries arise from this land
contamination process. besides of the corresponding arising
environmental worries.

• According to renew municipality plan of Duhok governorate to

convert the old industrial area of Duhok city to
residential/commercial land areas, therefore in order to evaluate the
main geotechnical properties of a this local area that has been
contaminated during recent decades, paved the way and encouraged
us to do this group project that may help, to some extent , the future
plan of Duhok municipality in terms of foundation engineering.
Map of Duhok
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 Study area

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 OBJECTIVES
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 Reporting the geotechnical properties of the study area, which is

suffered from oil contamination problem released during the last
decades, to the local decision makers.
 Evaluation and comparing the geotechnical properties of the local
contaminated and non-contaminated soil layers in terms of their
physical and chemical properties and in different depths up to 1.5m.

 studying the effects of different percentage of “used engine oil” , on

engineering parameters in general term and the settlement
characterises of the land area in particular term.

As student, providing a new opportunity to see the main concepts of

site investigation in small real scale and to re-practise the all
experimental works related to soil mechanic, data visualisation and
reporting the results before graduation is another other good scheme of
our objectives.
 Study area
Industrial area of Duhok city(

Borehole 1 Borehole 2
)contaminated sample( )uncontaminated soil(

0.5m 11m 1.5m 0.5m 1m 1.5m

Water content.1 Water content.1 Water content.1 Water content.1 Water content.1 Water content.1
Liquid limit.2 Liquid limit.2 Liquid limit.2 Liquid limit.2 Liquid limit.2 Liquid limit.2
Plastic limit.3 Plastic limit.3 Plastic limit.3 Plastic limit.3 Plastic limit.3 Plastic limit.3
Specific gravity.4 Specific gravity.4 Specific gravity.4 Specific gravity.4 Specific gravity.4 Specific gravity.4
Hydrometer.5 Consolidation.5 Consolidation.5 Hydrometer.5 Consolidation.5 Consolidation.5
Sieve analysis.6 Hydrometer.6 Hydrometer.6 Sieve analysis.6 Hydrometer.6 Hydrometer.6
Compaction.7 Sieve analysis.7 Sieve analysis.7 Compaction.7 Sieve analysis.7 Sieve analysis.7
Compaction.8 Compaction.8 Compaction.8 Compaction.8

I recommend to use the CURING

following flow chart : see next 6.12% 5.10% 4.7% 3.3% 2.1% 1.0%
slide repeat the tests most important(
?? )consolidation
General progress of the project
Industrial area of Duhok city(
Borehole 1
)contaminated soil(
Depths : 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 m
1. Water content
2. Unit weight
3. Liquid limit
4. Plastic limit
5. Specific gravity
6. Consolidation
7. Hydrometer
8. Sieve analysis
9. Compaction
Study area
Borehole 2
)uncontaminated soil(
For depth 1m: Remoulded samples
- Adding different % of the “used engine oil”
0.0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 12%
6.12% 5.10% 4.7% 3.3% 2.1% 1.0%
Samples are now under curing time for -
about 4 weeks
repeat the tests most important consolidation(
)– Used for settlement analysis
It will be good to remember in your talk to say: that we have see clearly the oil
contaminated zone of the excavated soil layer in the borehole one (0 to 0.7 m ).
?What will be the next step
After finalizing of compaction results of uncontaminated soil (at
specific depth of 1.0 m) , a set of remoulded samples of and
artificially polluted soil samples are prepared for settlement
analysis. The samples will be compacted directly at the
corresponding maximum dry density and optimum moisture
content in consolidation rings under static load (using multi
speed CBR equipment). The evaluation based on increasing
different percentage of “used engine oil “ as pollution to soil
samples and their curing them for more than 4 weeks before
compaction in the rings and test.
:Acknowledgment

We would like to express our sincere thanks to East Duhok

Municipality for their helps for proving the land, and
excavator equipment and additional security supports.
ANY QUESTION?