<p>Deep excavations frequently cause problems, and sometimes trigger catastrophic collapses, especially in soft clay. In principle, these problems are well understood, but designers may fall between the two stools of naive empiricism and overelaborate finite ...

<p>This paper describes a statistical method to explore the velocity profiles of granular flows down rough inclines. Using 3D Discrete Element Method (DEM), granularmaterial is released from a box onto a slope and allowed to flow indefinitely. Fluctuating ...

In this paper are presented centrifuge tests simulating the installation of jacked piles that were conducted in dense uniform fine silica sand.

<p>The horizontal arching mechanism transfers horizontal earth pressures acting on flexible retaining wall panels to stiffer neighbouring elements via soil shear stresses. In this research, the horizontal arching mechanism and lateral displacements of fixed ...

<p>Accurate measurement of soil deformation is fundamental to the success of geotechnical modelling. Current practice is to track the movement of a grid of target markers embedded in an exposed plane of soil through a sequence of video images. A new system ...

<p>THis paper describes minitoring results of ground movements due to slurry shield tunnelling on the Docklands Light Railway Lewisham Extension (hereinafter referred to as DLR). The DLR tunnels (twin bored tunnels) run from Island Gardens Station to Greenwich ...