Abstract: Worldwide, an increasingly huge number of end-of-life tires (ELTs) are disposed of in landfills, illegally dumped, or otherwise unaccounted for, which causes significant environmental and socioeconomic issues. Finding ...

Abstract: A new simplified method is proposed to compute the active earth pressure acting on the backface of a rigid retaining wall undergoing horizontal translation. The effect of soil arching for cohesive backfill soil and friction ...

Abstract: In this research, a low-damage posttensioned rocking solution referred to as dissipative controlled rocking (DCR) connection is proposed for bridge columns supported on monopile foundations. The DCR connection is a low-damage ...