Abstract: A study is presented of saturation effects of subsoil on seismic motions at the free surface of a half space due to an inclined (SV) wave. By treating the soil as a partially water-saturated porous medium that is characterized ...

Abstract: The empirical expressions for predicting the small-strain shear modulus (G0) of granular soils in current engineering practice are established mainly on experimental data under isotropic stress conditions. In most geotechnical ...

Abstract: Open-ended steel pipe piles are now widely used as the foundations for offshore structures. The pile-soil interface behavior is of particular interest in sands where shaft friction plays an important role in resisting the ...

Abstract: Surface digital elevation model (DEM) resolution receives increasing attention because of its importance in topographic analysis (e.g., quantification of surface depressions) and hydrologic modeling. Varied and even contrary ...