Abstract: Offshore structures constructed in waters where ice cover is prevalent for several months a year are subjected to ice loading. Some of these structures are conical or sloped-faced in shape, where flexural failure becomes ...

Abstract: The Confederation Bridge spans across the Northumberland Strait in Eastern Canada connecting Prince Edward Island to mainland Canada through New Brunswick. Due to the presence of ice during each winter, the bridge piers ...

Abstract: In geotechnical engineering, characterization of time-dependent behavior of clayey soils under one-dimensional (1D) constant stress has been controversial. In some special cases, the creep deformation is insignificant ...