Abstract: Soil reinforcement using discrete randomly distributed fibers has been widely investigated over the last 30 years. Several models were suggested to estimate the improvement brought by fibers to the shear strength of soils. ...

Abstract: When sand columns are used as vertical drains in soil improvement schemes, the possible reinforcing role that these columns can play in regards to improving the bearing capacity is usually neglected in design. The objective ...

Abstract: There is generally a physical limit to the smallest possible capacity for a deep foundation. However, a lower bound on the capacity has rarely been accounted for in performing reliability analyses and developing reliability-based ...