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Numerical modeling of liquefaction in deep saturated sands
The seismic hazard is relatively higher in Northern India due to the presence of the Himalayas encompassing many regional features like Main Boundary...
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Constitutive Modeling of the Cyclic Loading Response of Low Plasticity Fine-Grained Soils
Calibrations of the PM4Silt constitutive model are presented for two low-plasticity fine-grained soils that exhibit significantly different cyclic...
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Nonlinear macromodeling of multistory RC buildings with masonry infill walls
The structural behavior prediction of the multistory reinforced concrete (RC) buildings with masonry infill walls (MIWs) during earthquakes is...
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The bearing capacity of strip footings adjacent to the crest of unsaturated soil slopes
The bearing capacity of strip footings located adjacent to the crest of unsaturated soil slopes is determined using a unified numerical limit...
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Field and Numerical Analysis of Cyclic Displacement Controlled Lateral Load Tests on Driven Piles in a Residual Soil
This paper aims to complement current knowledge about performance of deep foundations in residual soils by presenting the results of a new...
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Three-Dimensional Heading Stability of Twin Circular Tunnels
This paper investigates the three-dimensional (3D) heading stability of twin circular tunnels horizontally aligned in cohesive undrained clayey soil....
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Fragmentation Processes in Magmas and Volcanic Rocks
In this chapter, we consider the many processes by which magma and volcanic rock can be fragmented. This comprehensive review describes the...
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Failure and mechanical behavior of layered slate under Brazilian splitting test: laboratory experiment and beam-particle model
In order to reveal the influence of bedding angle on the fracture mode and mechanical response of carbonaceous slate, Brazilian split tests were...
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Empirical models for the nonlinear rocking response of shallow foundations
This paper aims to introduce simple empirical models to describe the nonlinear behavior of shallow foundations under rocking vibration. The model is...
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Characterization of dredged sediments of Bouhanifia dam: potential use as a raw material
Dam silting has become a common problem due to the deleterious aspects that it generates, such as reducing both water quality (during turbid...
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Hydro-mechanical Modeling of Tunnel Excavation in Anisotropic Shale with Coupled Damage-Plasticity and Micro-dilatant Regularization
The disposal of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel in deep geological media will require excavating a large number of galleries in low-permeable...
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Comparative nonlinear soil-structure interaction analyses using macro-element and soil-block modelling approaches
In dynamic soil-structure interaction problems, involving the coupling of structure, foundation and soil, the use of a nonlinear macro-element...
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Numerical Modelling for Dynamic Instability Process of Submarine Soft Clay Slopes Under Seismic Loading
Marine geological disasters occurred frequently in the deep-water slope area of the northern South China Sea, especially submarine landslides, which...
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Influence of Load Path and Effective Stress on One-Dimensional Deformation of Cemented Paste Backfill (CPB) During Deposition and Curing
Pore water pressure and effective stress development within cemented paste backfill (as one of the most popular local and regional underground mining...
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Stability analysis for two-layered slopes by using the strength reduction method
The aim of this article is to present the slope stability charts for two layered soil slopes by using the strength reduction method (SRM). The...
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An extended probabilistic demand model with optimal intensity measures for seismic performance characterization of isolated bridges under coupled horizontal and vertical motions
Intensity Measures (IMs) provide the relationship between Engineering Demand Parameters (EDPs) and seismic hazard characteristics for different...
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Seismic behaviour of masonry infilled hinged steel frames with openings: experimental and numerical studies
This study describes an experimental and numerical investigation on the seismic behaviour of masonry infilled hinged steel frames with openings....
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An Extension Strain Type Mohr–Coulomb Criterion
Extension fractures are typical for the deformation under low or no confining pressure. They can be explained by a phenomenological extension strain...
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Prediction of ground-borne vibration induced by impact pile driving: numerical approach and experimental validation
Deep foundations are currently used in engineering practice to solve problems caused by weak geotechnical characteristics of the ground. Impact pile...