Abstract: This paper presents a new approach that allows soil nailed walls to be analyzed using a trial wedge method. Most soil nailed wall analysis methods are rooted in traditional slope stability solutions with curvilinear or ...

Abstract: A tool that has proliferated within civil engineering in recent years is geographic information systems (GIS). The goal of a tool is to supplement ability and knowledge that already exists, not to serve as a replacement ...

Abstract: Results from centrifuge and 1‐g model tests of projectile penetration into granular soils are described. Solid spherical projectiles in four calibers were fired into uniform samples of dry sand at approximately 305 m/s. ...

Abstract: A new method to evaluate static strength and deformation behavior of gravelly soils containing particles too large to be tested with conventional laboratory equipment is presented. This new matrix method is based on the ...

Abstract: Track degradation and defects of existing passenger and freight mixed railroads are concentrated in bridge–embankment transition zones. Heavy axle load (HAL) operation on existing railroads presents a complexity in evaluating ...