Kenneth Stokoe

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Kenneth H. Stokoe II (* around 1944 ) is an American civil engineer who specializes in geotechnical engineering and is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin .

Stokoe graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in 1966 and a master's degree in 1967, where he received his doctorate in civil engineering in 1972. In 1972 he became an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts and in 1972 at the University of Texas at Austin, where he later became a professor.

In 1987 he was visiting professor at the University of Naples.

Stokoe dealt with the application of geophysical methods (seismology) in the ground exploration also offshore as well as with offshore geotechnics, non-destructive measurements z. B. of roads and runways with a deflectometer developed by him (RDD, Rolling Dynamic Deflectometer), geodynamics (dynamic behavior of soils, e.g. during earthquakes) and dynamic pile analysis.

With the RDD, the road condition is assessed by continuously applying sinusoidal dynamic forces with a modified Vibroseis truck and at the same time measuring the deflection of the lane generated by several sensors on the truck.

He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering . He is a member of ASCE, the Seismological Society of America, and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

In 2011 he gave the Terzaghi Lecture .

Fonts

  • with James Bay Development of a rolling dynamic deflectometer for continuous deflection testing of pavements , Transportation Research, Bureau of Engineering Research, University of Texas at Austin 1998
  • with MB Darendeli, RD Andrus, LT Brown, LT Dynamic Soil Properties: Laboratory, Field and Correlation Studies , in Sêco e Pinto (editor): Proceedings, Second International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, AA Balkema Publishers / Rotterdam & Brookfield, Netherlands, Volume 3, 1999, pp. 811-845.
  • with RD Andrus Liquefaction Resistance of Soils From Shear-Wave Velocity , Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Volume 126, 2000, pp. 1015-1025.
  • with J. a. Bay, MT McNerney, S. Soralump, D. Vanvleet, DK Rozycki Evaluation of Runway Pavements at the Sea-Tac International Airport Using Continuous Deflection Profiles Measured with the Rolling Dynamic Deflectometer , Transportation Research Record, No. 1716, 2000, p. 1 –9.
  • with C. Santamarina The Increasing Role of Geophysically-Based Tests in Geotechnical Engineering , International Conference on Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, GeoEng 2000, Melbourne, Volume 1, pp. 1490-1536.
  • with BL Rosenblad Offshore Shear Wave Velocity Profiling Using Interface Waves , OTRC 2001 Conference, April 26-27, 2001, Houston, TX.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Career data based on American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
  2. ↑ z. B. Liquefaction behavior of soils from the measurement of the seismic gravity wave velocity
personal data
SURNAME Stokoe, Kenneth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stokoe, Kenneth H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1944