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Centrifuge modeling on the slope stability reinforced by C-RHA piles
Rice husk ash (RHA) is a commonly found pozzolanic material that has been used as a partial substitute for cement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions....
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Displacement and force analyses of piles in the pile-caisson composite structure under eccentric inclined loading considering different stratum features
A novel anchorage for long-span suspension bridges, called pile-caisson composite structures, was recently proposed by the authors in an attempt to...
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Furfural-Extracted Corncob Ash: A New Geomaterial for Sustainable Construction
Nowadays, globally rapid increase in the production and demand of furfural oil due to its many viable properties and best alternative to...
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Experimental Investigation on LECA as a Substitute Material for Coarse Aggregate in Concrete
Concrete has become the most used material when compared to water in overall world. In current situation, many researchers focus on the alternate...
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Experimental Studies on the Influence of Chemicals on Geotechnical Properties of Black Cotton Soil in Puducherry Region
Generally, black cotton soils are shrinking and swelling due to changes in water content. In India, this soil is named expansive soil. The...
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Swelling Characteristics of Fly Ash Based Geopolymer Expansive Clay Blends
Chemical amelioration of expansive clays using cement and lime was quite successful, to improve swelling and shrinkage behaviour. However, these...
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Influence of extracted nanosilica on geotechnical properties of soft-clay soil subjected to freeze-thaw cycles
Expansive clay soils exhibit more voids that are problematic in foundations of the structures in loading and unloading but overcoming these problems,...
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Unconfined compressive strength prediction of soils stabilized using artificial neural networks and support vector machines
This study aims to improve the unconfined compressive strength of soils using additives as well as by predicting the strength behavior of stabilized...
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Ultimate Lateral Bearing Capacity and Group Effect of Belled Wedge Pile Groups
Pile foundation of ports, high-voltage transmission line tower are subjected to amount of lateral loading, prediction on lateral bearing capacity is...
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Seismic control of vertically and horizontally irregular steel high-rise buildings by tuned mass dampers including SSI
The architectural requirements imposed on the structural design of buildings sometimes necessitate vertical and horizontal irregularities with their...
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Experimental Studies on Influence of Alccofine and Calcium Chloride on Geotechnical Properties of Expansive Soil
Expansive soil deposits occur in the arid and semi-arid regions in the world. They cover a major portion on the geographical area in the world and...
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Field occurrence of thaumasite sulfate attack: prevention perspective
Considering the durability significance of concrete structures in contact with soil and underground water such as piles and bridge foundations,...
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Strength enhancement in high silica wood ash stabilized lateritic soil using sodium tetraoxosulphate VI (Na2SO4) as activator
Strength enhancement of waste wood ash (WWA) stabilized lateritic soil, classified as A-7-5(11) and ML (silt), was investigated using sodium sulphate...
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The Evaluation of Nonlinear Seismic Demands of RC Shear Wall Buildings Using a Modified Response Spectrum Analysis Procedure
In the standard Response Spectrum Analysis (RSA) procedure, the elastic force demands of all significant vibration modes are first combined and then...
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A Study on High Performance Fine-Grained Concrete Containing Rice Husk Ash
Rice husk ash (RHA) is classified as a highly reactive pozzolan. It has a very high silica content similar to that of silica fume (SF). Using...
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Nonlinear Winkler-based beam element with improved displacement shape functions
This paper presents a Winkler-based beam element capable of representing the nonlinear interaction mechanics between the beam and the foundation. The...
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Numerical simulation of dam construction using low-CO2-emission concrete
Cement production gives rise to CO 2 emissions generated by the calcination of CaCO 3 and by the combustion of fossil fuels, being responsible for...
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Shock and Impact Dynamics
This chapter begins with basic impact dynamics. It includes impact effects due to vehicle/train collisions, aircraft/missile target interactions,...
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