Muthanna Journal of Engineering and Technology(MJET)

In GIS, it is essential to use the areal and space images as data references for information, but it is necessary to create digital information using software such as SURFER 8 and ARC view. These data can be furnished to create digital contour lines map in a rapid way rather than the conventional methods.
In this paper, GIS technique was used for producing 3 dimension contour maps for earth surface. This was called as Digital Elevation Model that can provide a view for spatial coordination for the location of these maps. The area was selected for this study is the sand dunes area at Al-Mamlaha (Samawa city district). The source of space images was Google Earth.

A concrete bridge has been constructed on 1979 at Mosul city. The total length of bridge is 660 m and its width is 20 m. The bridge consists of 10.3 m in length for each. Each span was constructed from box girders supported by 9 columns and ceiling by concrete caps. Due to the defects in maintenance along time, the expansion joints experienced severe damage causing horizontal displacement for the upper parts of columns toward the abutments. These displacements create bending moments at the middle parts of these columns. In addition to that, one of girders was deteriorated because of an explosion causing structural failure to this part.
In this work, it is presented a survey for all failures that the bridge experienced. Then after, it was suggested the means that can be applied for rehabilitation the bridge to be enough and stable for sustainable exploitation.

The soils of the marshes in the south of Iraq are considered as soft soil, which is usually a silty clay and clayey silt. In this study, compressibility and shear strength characteristics are studied for three soils used in this work, were brought from three different areas (Alchebaish, Alhalfaiya and Almejar Alkabeer) near marshes and taken at depth ranging from (1-1.5) m below ground level after excavating the upper soil strata. All fundamental tests were performed on these soils. Laboratory tests results showed that these soils have high collapsibility and that shear strength parameters of c and ) decrease when soaked in water but the main decrease was in (c) value. Also the study includes the influence of the initial void ratio and the water content on the modules of the collapsibility. The value of collapse Potential seems to depend mainly on the natural water content and initial void ratio. The collapse potential increases with the increase of void ratio and decreases with increase of water content.

This paper presents characteristics and properties of carbon fibers reinforced asphalt concrete mixtures. The results showed that carbon fibers do improve the performance of the asphalt concrete mix. To evaluate the effects of carbon fibers contents on mixtures, in which one mix was reinforced with carbon fibers and the other mix was not. The testing undertaken in this research comprise the Marshall Test, Indirect Tensile Test, Creep Test, and Wheel Tracking Test. Carbon fibers exhibited consistency in results, and as such it was observed that the addition of fibers affects the properties of mixtures, i.e. an increase in its stability and a decrease in the flow value and increase in voids in the mix. The carbon fibers are able to block the propagation of cracks, reduce the rut depth or increase the strength of pavements to the rutting deformation.

The biological unit in the wastewater treatment plants can be considered the most sensitive treatment units. It begins work with dynamic conditions for several weeks until reach the steady state conditions. Therefore, this study was done to observe aeration tank behavior (activated sludge unit) in the wastewater treatment plant of general hospital complex of Mosul city. Sampling made daily for more than 30 days. The biological treatment monitoring parameter was tested. The study shown that there is need to about 45-60 days to complete the start up work to be the operation stable and successful (if it worked without seeding). There was simple growth of microorganisms with modest treatment of organic matter, and then it rose after 3 first weeks of operation. There was contrary relationship between organic content and suspended solids in the aeration tank; an equation of this relation has been presented. The pH has risen in the first days in the effluent wastewater, then return to be less than influent pH with a relative relation with the activity of the microorganisms and surface aeration in the tank. The EC was simply reduced in the Effluent along with the study.

This laboratory research program was carried out to investigate the feasible use of locally available material, which is natural asphalt from Heet city, to improve the prevalent sand dunes. The test program was divided into two groups the first one is by adding (5, 7.5 and 10%) natural asphalt, while the second is by adding Portland cement and lime (3 , 6 and 9%) individually to sand-asphalt mixes. Series of laboratory tests are carried out including classification, Marshall stability and unconfined compression Tests Generally, this study displayed significant improvement in the performance of sand dunes by using natural asphalt, that can be used in stabilization as economic and available material instead of industrial asphalt.