Abstract: Ground improvement adopting stone columns or rigid inclusions has become popular in engineering practice as it can be more economical under certain design criteria. In typical designs of either stone columns or rigid ...

Abstract: In this paper, the effect of a combined bending/tension loading on the fatigue resistance and on the fatigue crack growth characteristics of a nickel-based alloy at room temperature is studied. ...

Abstract: When the ethical responsibilities of engineers are discussed in classrooms, the focus is usually on microethics, which concentrates on individual decision-making, rather than macroethics, that addresses broad societal ...