Abstract: Recent studies have highlighted the beneficial role of foundation uplifting and the potential effectiveness of guiding the plastic hinge into the foundation soil by allowing full mobilization of bearing capacity during ...

Abstract: A numerical procedure for computing the dynamic response of coupled fluid‐structure systems is developed and used to evaluate the effects of nonlinear behavior of the structure and fluid. The procedure includes cavitation ...

Abstract: Strong earthquakes threaten civil structures through ground shaking and, sometimes, due to the outcrop of the causative fault. A number of hybrid foundation schemes that have been found helpful in protecting a structure ...

Abstract: Retaining walls mechanically stabilized with reinforcement frequently have proven their resilience while maintaining an advantage over conventional (gravity and cantilever) walls in terms of cost effectiveness and environmental ...

Abstract: Recent large-magnitude (