Abstract: A well-established framework for the design of excavation support systems (ESSs) is not available in the literature. Several guidelines that have evolved from engineering practice are conventionally used in the design of ...

Abstract: Conventional soil mechanics are widely used for investigating shallow foundation behavior when subjected to vertical, inclined, and eccentric loading. However, few studies in the literature focus on the behavior of foundations ...

Abstract: This study proposed an analytical approach for predicting the end-bearing capacity of driven piles that are subjected to axial loads in saturated and unsaturated soils. This is a generalized approach in which the stress ...

Abstract: Conventional soil mechanics are widely used for investigating shallow foundation behavior when subjected to vertical, inclined, and eccentric loading. However, few studies in the literature focus on the behavior of foundations ...

Abstract: In this paper, equations that were proposed in the literature over the past four decades to estimate or predict the variation of the resilient modulus with respect to soil suction for pavement base-course materials and ...

Abstract: It is widely accepted that the results of wetting tests conducted on collapsible soils by reducing matric suction in consecutive steps in the laboratory provide reliable experimental data for interpreting the soil collapse ...

Abstract: This paper presents simulation results of the performance of an unsaturated expansive soil slope during artificial rainfall events from a field investigation. The field study, conducted on an intake canal of a major water ...