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Unsaturated Soil Behavior Under Large Deformations Using A Fully Servo/suction-controlled Ring Shear Apparatus
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-07-14)In recent years, the key hypotheses of most elasto-plastic constitutive frameworks postulated for unsaturated soils have been validated via suction-controlled oedometer, triaxial, and direct shear testing. These techniques, ... -
USE OF TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY TO CHARACTERIZE THERMAL AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF UNSATURATED SANDS
(2021-01-06)Unsaturated soil is an essential consideration for many geotechnical engineering fields, for example, soil bearing capacity, soil lateral earth pressure, slope stability analysis, and seepage-related problems. Thermal-hy ... -
UTILIZATION OF GEOCELL-REINFORCED RAP MATERIAL BASE LAYER IN FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS: EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES
(2018-12-07)Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) materials have been considered as one of the most sustainable and cost-effective options in the pavement industry. The use of RAP materials in pavement construction reduces natural resources ... -
UTILIZING LOAD TESTS AND SITE INVESTIGATION DATA TO PREDICT DESIGN LOAD CAPACITIES FOR DRILLED SHAFTS IN DIFFERENT GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS
(2021-08-06)Precise predictions of the design capacities of drilled shafts on weak rock formations is vital for a better design of foundations. Irregularities in rock formations due to weathering cause discrepancies in actual bearing ... -
Utilizing the State of Art Technologies to Assess and Address Urban Flooding
(2019-08-30)Today, 55% of the world’s population lives in urban area, a proportion that is expected to increase to 60% by 2050. Projections show that urbanization, the gradual shift in residence of the human population from rural to ... -
Wide Band-Gap Metamaterials as Seismic Shields
(2023-07-20)In the past decade, a new paradigm gained popularity among researchers aiming to protect structures from low-frequency seismic vibrations using metamaterials. However, developing a workable design for metamaterials is still ...