Abstract: National needs, world power restructuring, and global problems demand creative solutions and innovative strategies. Creativity is the generation of ideas that are novel to the individual or to the group involved in the ...

Abstract: Data are presented for thirty-three geotechnical centrifuge models of reinforced soil retaining walls in which the effects on wall behavior of foundation and retained fill are studied. The results indicate that the retained ...

Abstract: Failures, understood in a broad sense as the poor performance of a system, can be analyzed from different perspectives. A top level view finds human cognitive characteristics determining performance. While cognitive ...

Abstract: The unique mechanical properties of Mexico City soils plot as extreme values on most geotechnical engineering charts. The purpose of this study is to analyze salient properties and to propose conceptual models to explain ...

Abstract: Geotechnical engineering is a field where experiential knowledge has no substitute. Making experts' knowledge explicit, and documenting and transferring it can have a great impact on the state of practice. The knowledge‐based ...

Abstract: The practice of soil improvement has received renewed attention in the last two decades. As a result, existing methods were improved and new ones developed. This paper presents a knowledge‐based decision support system for ...

Abstract: This paper describes the results of a test program in which the setting and hardening of cement, bentonite-cement slurries, and attapulgite-cement slurries are monitored in the laboratory with mechanical-shear and ...

Abstract: This experimental study investigates the use of Rayleigh waves for crack detection in structural elements. Receiver arrays measure surface accelerations at various locations with respect to a vertical slot cut into a thin ...