Abstract: The device allows controlled transfer of the building loads to the foundation piles, such that the building neither settles nor emerges with respect to the surrounding ground, in areas where the subsoil is highly compressible, ...

Abstract: The energy‐dissipating characteristics of U‐shaped mild steel strips, called U elements, are investigated by subjecting them to a rolling‐bending motion (like that of a bulldozer's tracks). Cycles of such motion are applied ...