Abstract: Construction of new highway embankments in urban areas often requires building over existing underground utilities and lifelines. Embankments constructed over such utilities often induce substantial additional earth pressures ...

Abstract: Tapered piles are used in place of cylindrical piles for their improved geotechnical performance. When tapered piles are subjected to axial dynamic loading, as is the case with machine foundations, an appropriate theoretical ...

Abstract: Lightweight materials such as expanded shale/clay/slate or tufts and slag are used in the construction of rigid culverts to mitigate high earth loads and settlements. However, the cost of using lightweight aggregate can ...

Abstract: The induced trench construction method has been in practice across North America for the last century, and the analysis and design of such structures are conducted in accordance with Marston’s theory and the indirect design ...