<p>The expansion of urban populations comes with an associated demand for increased public transport. An often utilised solution is to construct a rapid transit system within tunnels. Generally, a pair of tunnels are constructed within relative close proximity. ...

<p>Numerical methods combined with centrifuge tests are used to investigate the distribution and development of soil stresses and reinforcement tensile loads in geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) structures. In this study, system stability indicated by the ...

<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. ...

<p>Traditional soil reinforcing techniques involve the use of continuous geosynthetic inclusions such as geogrids and geotextiles. The acceptance of geosynthetics in reinforced soil construction has been triggered by a number of factors, including aesthetics, ...

The prediction of liquefaction and resulting displacements is a major concern for earth structures located in regions of moderate to high seismicity. In this paper a numerical procedure is used in which both generation and dissipation of pore fluid pressure ...

<p>This research project addressed key needs for advancing the design of pile foundations in soil profiles that are susceptible to liquefaction and lateral spreading during earthquakes. A series of large-scale dynamic centrifuge model tests were performed ...

Small scale centrifuge testing are executed and evaluated.<br>