Abstract: A numerical procedure which can be used to evaluate the inelastic dynamic response of piping systems subjected to blow-down forces is described. The following finite elements are used to represent ...

Abstract: A steady-state two-dimensional unconfined flow through a homogeneous levee with a horizontal toe drain resting on an impervious base has been analyzed. Unlike in Kozeny’s method, the hydraulic resistance of the soil in a ...

Abstract: In this study, the closed-form expressions of the incremental stresses (normal and shear) induced by a load moving at a constant speed in a rock medium containing free surface were obtained analytically. The closed-form ...

Abstract: This technical note proposes a simple analytical model for predicting the shear strength behavior of fiber-reinforced granular soils under high confining stresses, where it can be assumed that pullout of fibers does not ...

Abstract: This paper aims to study the dispersion of torsional surface waves in a self-reinforced layer over a half-space with linearly varying rigidity and density. Dispersion equation has been obtained in closed form. Dispersion ...

Abstract: A sheet pile cutoff wall simply called cutoff wall is used in almost all types of water retaining structures to reduce the exit gradient at the downstream toe and prevent the chances of sand boiling and piping. In 1954, ...