Abstract: Field observations and numerical studies demonstrated that stone columns could accelerate the rate of consolidation of soft clays. A simplified method for computing the rate of consolidation is presented in this paper by ...

Abstract: Objective analysis can he performed on irregularly spaced observation points by fitting selected functions to the observations. A simple least-squares fit is found to be both impractical and ill-conditioned, the latter ...

Abstract: A numerical model has been developed to investigate water films or shells on ice pellets and hailstones with radii from 0.1 to 0.5 cm. The model considers a hydrometeor consisting of a rigid, spherical ice core of density ...

Abstract: To examine the seismic active pressure on retaining walls, the pseudo-dynamic method is adopted in deducing the formulas of seismic active earth pressure. The critical rupture angle is analytically solved on the basis of ...

Abstract: The application of load-transferring mechanism is significant in the design of rigid pile–net composite foundations. A three-dimensional (3D) analytical model is adopted in this paper to analyze the load-transferring ...