<p>It has been known that soil shear strength parameters are stress level dependent. On the other hand, foundation size has a significant effect on the level of imposed stress on subsoil elements. In this study, the Zero Extension Lines (ZEL) method, which ...

In shallow foundations, the third bearing capacity factor, Nγ, has been found to show a decreasing tendency with increasing the foundation size. It is supported by experimental observations and related mainly to stress level dependent nature of the soil. On ...

In this paper the dynamic response of the ground surface subjected to vertically traveling two dimensional harmonic SH waves in the presence of a single or two canyons is investigated using boundary element method. The models consist of one and two semicircular ...

The theory of Zero Extension Lines (ZEL), based on the solution of soil plasticity equations along ZEL directions, has wide applications in determination of the bearing capacity and load–displacement behavior of foundations and retaining walls. It is known ...

This paper is about the predictions of liquefaction potential by torsional shear compares favorably with the predictions of standard penetration tests for liquefaction potential.

Developments in geotechnique since the First International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering are summarised in this paper. Major earthquakes have made possible the validation and improvement of soil subjected to liquefaction by field performance ...