Abstract: Classically, lateral earth-pressure, bearing-capacity, and slope-stability problems are considered separately, although these problems are all related to the ultimate limit state of a system. The authors see that these ...

Abstract: In this paper, a higher-order theory is derived for laminates consisting of isotropic layers, on the basis of three-dimensional elasticity with displacements as higher-order functions of z in ...

Abstract: Most existing three-dimensional (3D) slope stability analysis methods are based on simple extensions of corresponding two-dimensional (2D) methods of analysis and a plane of symmetry or direction of slide is implicitly ...

Abstract: Problems governed by both continuum and discontinuum like tunnels and caverns are best analyzed by the coupling distinct element method and finite element or boundary element method. This article introduces a technique in ...

Abstract: Pipeline damages caused by earthquake excitations in the longitudinal direction of a pipeline have been observed to be a major mode of failure. A simplified quasi-static seismic deformation ...

Abstract: The interslice force function

Abstract: In this paper, an analytical model is developed to determine the torsional-flexural buckling load of a channel column braced by unevenly distributed batten plates. Solutions of the critical-buckling loads were derived for ...