The use of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining wall has gained popularity as an alternative of conventional cast in place concrete walls. The construction of mechanically stabilized earth wall is cost effective, requires less site preparation and technically more feasible compared to conventional concrete retaining wall. However, use of backfill with high fine content and their poor d...

Evaluation of the accuracy of the pseudostatic approach is governed by the accuracy with which the simple pseudostatic inertial forces represent the complex dynamic inertial forces that actually exist in an earthquake. In this study, the Upper San Fernando and Kitayama earth dams, which have been designed using the pseudostatic approach and damaged during the 1971 San Fernando and 1995 Kobe ear...

In this paper, the ultimate load capacities of shell foundations on unreinforced and reinforced sand were determined by laboratory model tests. A series of loading tests were carried out on model shell footing with and without single layer of reinforcement. The tests were done for shell foundation at different shell embedment depth and subgrade density. The results were compared with those for ...

This paper presents the results of modeling tests of the Effect of Confinement Pressure on footing bearing capacity of two kinds of square and strip footing. Footings bearing capacity depends upon many factors including soil kind, depth, form and kind of loading. Soil behavior is variable regarding the kind of loading and the kind of deformations in that can have great importance in the amount ...

This study aims to demonstrate the effects of geogrid reinforcement on bearing capacity strip footing under eccentric loading. Numerical analysis using finite element program called (PLAXIS 2D Professional v.8.2) are presented. The effect each depth ratio topmost layer (u/B), vertical distance between consecutive layers (h/B), number (N), and effective (d/B) were studied, where (B) is width. Al...

The importance of slope stability in civil engineering cannot be underestimated, as failure these structures can result significant damage to downstream infrastructure and property. In this study, we used the Bishop slice method, combining both an analytical approach a numerical using SLOPE/W module Geostudio 2018 R2 software. results obtained from two methods showed that increasing soil cohesi...

Taş kolon, yumuşak zeminin taşıma kapasitesini artırmak, zemin konsolidasyonunu hızlandırmak ve oturmasını azaltmak için kullanılan etkili bir iyileştirme yöntemidir. Bu çalışmada, literatürde geçmiş laboratuvar çalışmasından alınan doğrulanmış sayısal model parametreleri kullanılarak taş kolonun zamana bağlı davranışını değerlendirmek dizi çalışma yapılmıştır. kolon ile iyileştirilmiş birim hü...