Abstract: The role of underground metro tunnels in a modern urban society is indispensable. Nowadays, these populous metro tunnel networks are becoming a prime target for terror strikes around the world. Considering these terror ...

Abstract: The dynamic properties of mixtures of poorly graded sand and the fine rubber tire chips are assessed under undrained, strain-controlled cyclic simple shear (CSS) conditions. In this study, CSS equipment with a confining ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of experimental investigations on sand–rubber tire shred mixtures. The sand and rubber tire shreds considered were of uniform fine size (<2  mm). Static and dynamic characterization was ...

Abstract: To mitigate earthquake-related damage to buildings, a simple alternative method to conventional base isolation techniques is to provide a geo-base isolation (GBI) system, composed of a scrap tire–sand mixture, between the ...

Abstract: A finite-difference modeling was performed to investigate the liquefaction-induced uplift of an underground structure. The liquefaction-induced uplift of a 5 m diameter underground structure buried at a depth of ...

Abstract: Recently, a ground-borne vibration mitigation solution using rigid wave impeding blocks embedded in the foundation bed of buildings/embankments has emerged as a passive vibration isolation mechanism, wherein energy dissipation ...

Abstract: During seismic ground shaking, the motion of a soil–pile system is different from that of the free field due to seismic soil–structure interaction (SSI). Kinematic soil–pile interaction is known to cause significant filtering ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of static lateral load tests carried out on

Abstract: Microfabric plays an important role in the engineering behavior of soils. Although many studies are available in the literature on the effect of microfabric on the static behavior of soils, the effect on the cyclic behavior ...