Abstract: Seismically induced landslides can often cause severe human and economic losses. Therefore, it is worth assessing the seismic performance of slopes through a reliable quantification of the permanent displacements induced ...

Abstract: This paper examines a seismic capacity design approach for retaining structures with piled foundations, which assumes full-strength mobilization in the soil and in the foundation piles during the earthquake. The plastic ...

Abstract: This paper presents a model to quantify the functionality of the physical systems at urban scales using a finite element–based approach. The methodology identifies the functionality of physical systems within an urban area ...

Abstract: Equally spaced piles can be designed to ensure the stability of a slope with a desired safety factor or to restrain slow slope movements to prevent damage to existing structures. The piles are usually arranged in lines ...

Abstract: This paper presents a method for the field measurement of airtightness for two- and three-unit buildings using only one fan pressurization system, commonly referred to as a blower door. The main advantage of this single-fan ...

Abstract: Compensation grouting is often employed as a mitigation technique to reduce the settlements induced by tunneling. The efficiency of compensation grouting, defined as the ratio of the volume of heave induced at the ground ...

Abstract: The flow field in a high pressure ratio centrifugal compressor with a vaneless diffuser has been investigated numerically. The main goal is to assess the influence of various turbulence models ...

Abstract: Theories on drop formation and quantitative rain estimation would require knowledge not only of the statistical size distribution of drops, but also of their statistical spatial distribution, which, in turn, determines the ...

Abstract: This paper describes the development and validation steps of a characteristicsbased explicit along with a novel fully implicit mixing plane implementation for turbomachinery applications. The framework is an unstructured ...