Abstract: Developing trends in important aspects of blast and construction vibration monitoring and control are identified through consideration of research and consulting experiences during the last

Abstract: Procedures for the transient analysis of openings in jointed rock are developed and applied to several problems. The rock masses are modeled by rigid blocks with edge‐to‐edge interaction at joints and are coupled to sur ...

Abstract: This paper describes the response and performance of a pressurized 300‐psi natural gas pipeline that was immediately adjacent to construction work for pile foundations of a bridge. The sheet pile cofferdam walls for the ...

Abstract: A study of the process zone in Charcoal and Rockville granites, average grain sizes of 1 and 10 mm, is conducted using the double‐cantilever‐beam and double‐edge‐notched geometries. The fracture process for mode I (tensile) ...