Abstract: Estimates of ground deformations and liner stresses in a tunnel are usually obtained from empirical correlations or from past experience on similar tunnels. These correlations account for only a few of the significant ...

Abstract: A laboratory testing program was conducted to study the settlement and rotation response of rigid square footings under combined axial load and moment. A total of 17 tests were performed in which the size of the footing, ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the one-dimensional compression behavior of a highly organic sapric soil in both its natural intact and reconstituted states, based on the results of constant rate of strain and incremental loading ...

Abstract: An extensive field investigation was carried out to determine the properties of subgrade soils treated with lime in pavements that had been in service for at least five years. Six sites were selected for the field tests. ...

Abstract: The Daikai Station, a cut and cover structure in the subway system in Kobe, collapsed during the Hyogoken-Nambu earthquake of January 17, 1995 in Japan. The Daikai Station is the first well-documented underground structure ...

Abstract: Ottawa sand specimens premixed with 0, 3, and 5% bentonite by dry mass of sand were tested under undrained static and cyclic loading to investigate the effects of bentonite on the static and cyclic shear strength of the ...

Abstract: The paper presents a description of the methods used to model rock as discontinuous media. The objective of the work is to bring to the geomechanics community recent advances in numerical modeling in the field of rock ...