Abstract: In this technical note, rock mass has been regarded as an equivalent anisotropic continuum. Constitutive relationships for the rock masses have been derived. The approach aims to capture the overall behavior of the rock ...

Abstract: Major civil engineering structures are being constructed now a days in complex geological environment with faults, shear zones, and other major discontinuities. These major discontinuities can cause a variety of problems ...

Abstract: A sheet pile cutoff wall simply called cutoff wall is used in almost all types of water retaining structures to reduce the exit gradient at the downstream toe and prevent the chances of sand boiling and piping. In 1954, ...