Abstract: Untreated soil is prone to erosion and dust generation that result in various environmental and health hazards. The addition of additives has been used as a soil treatment method to tackle this problem. Conventional ...

Abstract: Rammed earth (RE) is a low-embodied-energy construction technique that attracted the attention of engineers in recent years. To date, few studies have investigated the chemical deterioration of RE. This study investigated ...

Abstract: The environmental friendliness, good thermal performance and sustainable development of rammed earth structures have attracted the attention of numerous researchers and engineers in recent years. Nevertheless, the fire ...

Abstract: Sliding friction between a pavement and tire is an important concern in traffic safety. The British pendulum test has been used worldwide to evaluate friction characteristics of pavement surfaces. However, because of ...

Abstract: The high rate of energy consumption in the building sector has led designers toward construction methods that consume less energy during construction through serviceability. One of these methods is rammed-earth (RE) ...

Abstract: Traditionally, factors of safety have been used to design mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls; however, the uncertainties associated with input parameters have not been considered. The probabilistic analysis of MSE ...

Abstract: The present paper is about the application of the disturbed-state concept (DSC) model and a mesh-free method called the natural-element method (NEM) for analyzing the dynamic response of pile foundations. In comparison to ...

Abstract: Three-dimensional (3D) modeling of soil–geogrid interaction is a numerical challenge when simulating reinforced soil systems. Modeling the soil–geogrid interaction requires an appropriate consideration of the geogrid ...

Abstract: Roller compacted concrete (RCC) is a dry concrete with zero slump and is constructed in layers. RCC dams are generally weak in interlayers. The bond strength and the permeability of the interlayer affect the performance ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a precise and general multiple linear regression (MLR) model to predict the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of various soil types. The study used a wide range of data sets, including 952 data ...