Abstract: Retaining walls are widely used for shoring excavations and stabilizing earth slopes. They often support naturally formed soils above the groundwater table and compacted soils, which are in an unsaturated state. To perform ...

Abstract: Many earthquake reconnaissance studies have revealed a unique splitting failure mode of reinforced concrete (RC) columns that has yet to be fully elucidated. Most available shear strength models in the current codes are ...

Abstract: A numerical model that combines a random wave transformation and a wave-induced current model was developed in order to predict the wave and current fields around a detached breakwater. The wave field was determined using ...

Abstract: The use of jute and coir fibers as natural fiber drains to facilitate drainage and soft soil stabilization has been proposed for decades. However, their uncertain hydraulic behavior has often hampered their wider application ...

Abstract: A new design of a small power accelerator-driven system (ADS) using inert matrix fuel—ceramic–ceramic matrix (CERCER) and ceramic-metallic matrix (CERMET) was proposed in our previous work for high transmutation rate, small ...

Abstract: The combination of soil–cement (SC) columns and prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) has indicated great success in improving ground stabilization in recent years; however, there is a lack of proper plane-strain numerical ...

Abstract: AbstractThis study investigates the ability to apply National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System (CFS) products and their downscaling by using the Regional Climate Model version 4.2 (RegCM4.2) ...

Abstract: In this study, the effect of temperature variation on prestress force monitoring by fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors embedded in prestressing tendons of prestressed concrete (PSC) girders is estimated. First, a fiber optic ...