After the collapse of the subway excavation in the Nicoll Highway, extensive in-situ investigations were carried out to identify causes of the accident. The results of detailed studies disclosed that lack of toe-in depth of the diaphragm wall into the stiff ...

<p>In order to understand the structural behavior, it is useful to study the effects of soil-structure interaction. But usually soil-structure interaction studies are done with the assumption that foundation is fixed to the soil. During strong earthquake motions, ...

<p>Geotechnical constructions are sophisticated structures due to the non-linear soil behavior and the complex soil-structure interaction, which entails great exigencies on the liable engineer during the design process. The process can be schematized as a ...

<p>The primary goal of this report was to develop Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methods for slopes and retaining structures. Even though there is past research on LRFD of shallow foundations and piles, there are very few publications available on ...

<p>Great and differential settlement occurs under the building during an adjacent metro deep foundation pit construction. Factors influencing the building settlement in different construction stages are analyzed based on the monitoring data and geology distribution ...

<p>Secure stability and reliable serviceability of radioactive dump is a difficult engineering problem. Due to difficult geological formations determined mainly by great compressibility, low shear strength of soils, and high ground water level, or great upward ...

Over the past decades, an increasing number of integral bridges have been built. This is justified by the various advantages of integral bridges in comparison with standard bridges equipped with expansion joints and bearings. In particular, integral bridges ...

Buried pipelines essentially involve problems of soil-structure interaction that include several complex factors such as geometry, material properties, and boundary conditions. Complete, comprehensive and lengthy numerical analyses using the finite element ...

<p>Presented here is an analysis of the effects of soil-foundation-structure interaction (SFSI) on seismic response of highway bridges. Of particular importance is the issue of input motions, their scaling and application to the SFS models. The analysis presented ...

This paper discusses the stability of underground pipelines with preformed vertical bends buried in sandy soil. More specifically, the minimum cover height required to prevent the pipe from bowing under the action of forces due to temperature change and internal ...