Abstract: An experimental investigation was conducted to determine the change in engineering properties of a collapsible loess in Bulgaria resulting from dynamic compaction. The results of in situ tests conducted before and after ...

Abstract: The results of an experimental investigation to determine the effects of preloading on the Mohr-Coulomb failure envelopes of cohesive soils are described. In situ shear tests using the Borehole Shear Test (BST) were performed ...

Abstract: Scale effects of shallow foundation bearing capacity on granular materials were investigated to further evaluate the trend of decreasing bearing capacity factor,

Abstract: The standard penetration test (SPT) supplemented with the measurement of torque (SPT-

Abstract: Results of laboratory oedometer tests on reconstituted specimens of four clays prepared at different initial water contents, ranging from the liquid limit to 1.75 times the liquid limit, show that the intrinsic compression ...

Abstract: Predictions of the ultimate uplift capacity of six small‐diameter drilled shafts installed in stiff cohesive soil are compared with pullout tests conducted to failure. The shafts were installed by the dry‐hole method with ...

Abstract: The mechanical properties of wrought iron from multiple elements of six late 19th-century truss bridges is evaluated by a program of destructive and nondestructive testing, including hardness testing and tension tests to ...