<p>The performance of buried pipes is affected by seismic wave propagation and its incidence due to out-of phase induction motion. In this study, three dimensional finite element models have been employed to evaluate the effect of bend angle and soil mechanical ...

<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 ...

The interpretation of in-situ geotechnical test data needs a unified approach so that soil parameters are evaluated in a consistent and complementary manner with laboratory results. A common thread in assessing in-situ tests is the focus on the geologic stress ...

Virtually every soil "lives" in that all of its properties undergo changes with time - some insignificant, but others very important. Time-dependent chemical, geomicrobiological, and mechanical processes may result in compositional and structural changes that ...