Abstract: The present paper deals with an experimental study and an analytical model set up to predict the shear resistance of clay reinforced by short fibers in plane strain and axisymmetric cases. The primary theoretical framework ...

Abstract: Discrete element methods (DEMs) provide new numerical means to study the behavior of soil-inclusion systems. In some cases, however, the classic DEM fails to model specific aspects of the inclusions. That is why a model ...

Abstract: This study evaluates the use of an acoustic Doppler profiler (ADP) for measurement of velocity profiles over dunes in an estuary. The ADP can be deployed from a moving launch and provides three-dimensional velocity profiles ...

Abstract: The reinforcement of soft soils by rigid inclusions is a practical and economical technique for wide-span buildings and the foundations of embankments. This method consists of placing a granular layer at the top of the ...

Abstract: A predictive analysis of an heat-exchanger design against severe vibration and wear has to cope with experimental data on flow-induced vibration and fretting wear, together with the use of ...

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the soil-arching phenomenon between piles by adopting two different numerical methods: the discrete-element method and the finite-difference method. The discrete-element method, in ...

Abstract: The fluctuating forces induced by water and air/water cross flow on tube rows with pitch to diameter ratios of 1.5 and 3 were measured. Direct measurement of force spectra was possible because ...

Abstract: This study focuses on the evaluation of the load transfer mechanism and the determination of the shape of the load distribution transmitted to the geosynthetic layer when a cavity appears under granular and cohesive ...