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View article: Construction of a Cement Concrete Pavement in a Hilly Terrain in India
Construction of a Cement Concrete Pavement in a Hilly Terrain in India Open
The National Highway No 48 is an important artery connecting the capital city of Bangalore and the coastal city of Mangalore in the state of Karnataka in India.Over 5000 heavily loaded commercial vehicles per day with single and tandem axl…
View article: Stability Charts for Limiting Horizontal Normal Pressure on Cohesive–Frictional Backfill for Deep Contiguous I-Shaped Piled Walls
Stability Charts for Limiting Horizontal Normal Pressure on Cohesive–Frictional Backfill for Deep Contiguous I-Shaped Piled Walls Open
View article: Non-destructive testing of slab-like structures including pavements using Lamb and Rayleigh waves-based dispersion analysis
Non-destructive testing of slab-like structures including pavements using Lamb and Rayleigh waves-based dispersion analysis Open
Lamb and Rayleigh waves-based dispersion analysis has been carried out for non-destructive surface wave testing of different slab-like structures involving a concrete roof slab, a concrete floor, a concrete pavement, and an asphaltic pavem…
View article: Stability Charts for Limiting Horizontal Normal Pressure on Cohesive-frictional Backfill for Deep Contiguous Piled Walls
Stability Charts for Limiting Horizontal Normal Pressure on Cohesive-frictional Backfill for Deep Contiguous Piled Walls Open
Background: This study presents a numerical solution for determining the limiting uniform normal pressure acting horizontally behind cohesive-frictional backfill material in a deep contiguous piled wall. At this limiting pressure, the soil…
View article: Seismic bearing capacity factor <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" altimg="si1.svg"><mml:msub><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>γ</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math> for a rough strip footing on sloping ground
Seismic bearing capacity factor for a rough strip footing on sloping ground Open
View article: Bearing Capacity of Circular Foundations on Weak Cohesive Soils Reinforced with Stone Columns
Bearing Capacity of Circular Foundations on Weak Cohesive Soils Reinforced with Stone Columns Open
Vertical stone columns have been employed to improve the bearing capacity of the foundations for circular oil storage tanks placed on weak clayey strata. A solid stone column was placed along the axis of the foundation along with (1) two a…
View article: Seismic bearing capacity of a strip footing on rock media
Seismic bearing capacity of a strip footing on rock media Open
The bearing capacity factors for a rough strip footing placed on rock media, which is subjected to pseudo-static horizontal earthquake body forces, have been determined using the lower bound finite element limit analysis in conjunction wit…
View article: Multimodal phase velocity-frequency dispersion images using different MASW transformation techniques
Multimodal phase velocity-frequency dispersion images using different MASW transformation techniques Open
Three different transformation techniques, namely, (i)w-c, (ii) w-k and (iii) tau-p, has been employed for generating multimodal dispersion images on the basis of multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) data recorded in distance-tim…
View article: Vertical uplift resistance of horizontal plate anchors for eccentric and inclined loads
Vertical uplift resistance of horizontal plate anchors for eccentric and inclined loads Open
The vertical uplift resistance of horizontal plate anchors embedded in sand has been computed for inclined and eccentric pullout loads. The analysis has been performed by using the lower-bound theorem of the limit analysis in combination w…
View article: Closure to “Lower-Bound Finite Elements Limit Analysis for Hoek-Brown Materials Using Semidefinite Programming” by Jyant Kumar and Debasis Mohapatra
Closure to “Lower-Bound Finite Elements Limit Analysis for Hoek-Brown Materials Using Semidefinite Programming” by Jyant Kumar and Debasis Mohapatra Open
View article: Bearing capacity of foundations on rock mass using the method of characteristics
Bearing capacity of foundations on rock mass using the method of characteristics Open
Summary The method of stress characteristics has been used for computing the ultimate bearing capacity of strip and circular footings placed on rock mass. The modified Hoek‐and‐Brown failure criterion has been used. Both smooth and rough f…
View article: Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing Rest on Reinforced Industrial Slags and Silty Clay Beneath
Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing Rest on Reinforced Industrial Slags and Silty Clay Beneath Open
View article: INFLUENCE ON BEARING PRESSURE OF SHALLOW FOOTING RESTING ON GEOGRID REINFORCED DOUBLE LAYERED SOIL SYSTEM
INFLUENCE ON BEARING PRESSURE OF SHALLOW FOOTING RESTING ON GEOGRID REINFORCED DOUBLE LAYERED SOIL SYSTEM Open
Model test was conducted to investigate the effect of geogrid reinforcement on bearing pressure of strip footing resting on sand overlay on clayey soil stabilized with fly ash.Various percentages of fly ash mixed with clayey soil and found…
View article: Bearing capacity of foundations on soft clays with granular column and trench
Bearing capacity of foundations on soft clays with granular column and trench Open
The bearing capacity of foundations on soft clays under undrained conditions has been computed with inclusion of (i) a single vertical granular trench below a strip footing and (ii) a granular column placed below a circular footing. A lowe…
View article: Predominant modes for Rayleigh wave propagation using the dynamic stiffness matrix approach
Predominant modes for Rayleigh wave propagation using the dynamic stiffness matrix approach Open
In case of irregular dispersive media, a proper analysis of higher modes existing in a dispersion plot becomes essential for predicting the shear wave velocity profile of ground on the basis of surface wave tests. In such cases, an establi…
View article: Closure to “Uplift Capacity of Anchors in Layered Sand Using Finite-Element Limit Analysis: Formulation and Results” by Paramita Bhattacharya and Jyant Kumar
Closure to “Uplift Capacity of Anchors in Layered Sand Using Finite-Element Limit Analysis: Formulation and Results” by Paramita Bhattacharya and Jyant Kumar Open
View article: Uplift Capacity of Anchors in Layered Sand Using Finite-Element Limit Analysis: Formulation and Results
Uplift Capacity of Anchors in Layered Sand Using Finite-Element Limit Analysis: Formulation and Results Open
The vertical pullout capacity of strip and circular plate anchors embedded horizontally in a layered sandy medium was computed by using the plane strain and axisymmetric lower-bound limit analyses in combination with finite elements and li…