Abstract: In this paper, a new application of tire-derived aggregate (TDA) backfill around corrugated steel plate (CSP) pipe culverts is proposed and its feasibility is explored experimentally and numerically. Pressure distribution ...

Abstract: Despite the recent efforts in characterizing and investigating the dynamic properties of tire-derived aggregates (TDA) and its use in civil engineering applications, the size of TDA used in most of the previous work was ...

Abstract: Heger pressure distributions are considered a fundamental tool in the design of RC culverts, according to the direct-design method. However, some factors known to affect soil–structure interaction are neglected when using ...

Abstract: The interaction between surface structures and buried pipes is unavoidable. For instance, placing the pipe at a shallow depth, near to the surface, attracts substantial additional earth pressures due to the external surface ...

Abstract: Routing utility conduits underneath buildings is not always an avoidable situation, especially in densely populated and congested urban centers. Placing the pipe at a shallow depth attracts substantial additional earth ...

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: 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: In this study, a numerical model is developed to study concrete-filled FRP tube (CFFT) pile behavior and interactions with foundation soil under lateral loading. The model, based on nonlinear finite element analysis (NFEA) ...

Abstract: In pile construction, conventional pile materials such as concrete, steel, and wood are frequently subject to soil–substructure interaction durability problems due to corrosion and deterioration. Fiber-reinforced polymers ...

Abstract: Ram-compacted bearing base (RBB) piles have been utilized as an effective foundation technique in China over the last 20 years. RBB is an enlarged technique for base piling that has proven to be a more economical and ...