<p>The design of retaining walls requires the complete knowledge of the earth pressure distribution behind the wall. Due to the complex soil-structure effect, the estimation of earth pressure is not an easy task; even in the static case. The problem becomes ...

This paper presents the results of an elastoplastic finite element back analysis of an excavation made on a saturated soft organic clay deposit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The excavation was conducted as part of an urbanization program, in which artificial ...

<p>Presented in this paper is numerical methodology to model and simulate behavior of piles in liquefiable soils. Modeling relies on use of validate elasto-plastic material model for soil skeleton, verified fully coupled porous media<br />(soil skeleton) &ndash; ...

<p>No earthquake has caused failure or severe damage to any rockfill dams with bodies of well-compacted rock materials. It is important to estimate the damage grade quantitatively in order to evaluate a seismic performance of a dam against a large earthquake. ...