Abstract: Conventional construction materials used in foundations can encounter serious durability problems in contaminated subsurface or marine environments. Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are potentially suitable for ...

Abstract: Geotechnical engineers face several challenges when designing structures over soft soils. These include potential bearing failure, intolerable settlement, large lateral pressures and movement, and global or local instability. ...

Abstract: Theoretical and experimental studies have proven that stone columns can be used for accelerating the consolidation rate of soft soil by providing a drainage path and reducing stresses in the soil. In constructing stone ...

Abstract: The macrocrack-microcrack interaction problem in transversely isotropic piezoelectric materials is studied. The microcracks near a macrocrack tip in the process zone are assumed to be parallel to ...

Abstract: Numerical results are shown in figures and tables. The major features for the traditional stress intensity factors and the electric displacement intensity factor against the microcrack location ...

Abstract: Freezing behavior of clay differs from that of silt. This difference stems primarily from the low permeability or hydraulic conductivity of clay, and the higher water content of saturated clay. Freezing effects include ...

Abstract: The behavior of reinforced concrete (R/C) shell elements subjected to membrane stresses is examined. The governing equations are derived from equilibrium, compatibility, and the constitutive law of reinforced concrete under ...

Abstract: One of the important ingredients in remaining creep crack growth life assessment of elevated temperature power plant components is the material creep crack growth rate data. This report summarizes ...

Abstract: Although significant progress on the modeling of concrete behavior has been made in recent years, no unified treatment of the existing mathematical models from which a comprehensive three‐dimensional constitutive model can ...