Abstract: Results of cyclic‐ and quasi‐static load tests carried out on concrete piles driven in Mexico City clay shed light on significant features of the behavior of floating piles under earthquake‐like conditions. The maximum ...

Abstract: Expansive soils cause important economical losses in many arid or semiarid countries in the world. Considering the large economic impact, relatively few efforts have been devoted to develop analytical methods that may help ...

Abstract: Several alternatives have been proposed to prevent damage to civil infrastructure founded on expansive soils. For example, deep moisture barriers have been used in highways and buildings. However, in some cases, the protected ...

Abstract: This article presents and discusses various aspects regarding the modeling of the behavior of a coarse granular material using Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) and Constructive Algorithms (CAs). A series of undrained ...