Abstract: Scour of the soil by flowing water around bridge supports is the number one reason for bridge collapse. Predicting the depth of the scour hole is an integral part of bridge foundation design, as it impacts the depth of the ...

Abstract: Scour of the soil by flowing water around bridge supports is the number one reason for bridge collapse. Predicting the depth of the scour hole is an integral part of the bridge foundation design, as it impacts the depth ...

Abstract: This lecture presents four case history examples of erosion processes. Because the topic of soil and rock erosion is relatively underdeveloped in geotechnical engineering, an introduction precedes the case histories to ...

Abstract: A study of the assumptions involved in the ultimate bearing capacity equation indicates the shortcomings of that equation and load test data confirm these shortcomings. A new approach using a normalized load settlement ...

Abstract: Measurements of the droplet size distribution collected in a field of small nonprecipitating cumuli are analyzed. It appears that despite the high variability of the measured droplet concentration, the droplet spectral ...

Abstract: Bitumen has been shown to reduce significantly the downdrag load on piles. The problem is to know how to choose the right bitumen for the job. The right bitumen must not deform excessively under gravity stresses during the ...

Abstract: The problem of a pile subjected to lateral loading is often solved by assuming that the pile is an elastic member and that the soil can be represented by a series of nonlinear horizontal springs. The

Abstract: A method is presented for the analysis of load distribution of piles driven in sand and subjected to static vertical loads. This method is unique in that it considers the existence of residual stresses due to driving. It ...

Abstract: Climate feedback analysis constitutes a useful framework for comparing the global mean surface temperature responses to an external forcing predicted by general circulation models (GCMs). Nevertheless, the contributions ...