A detailed, high-resolution stratigraphic analysis of the Mediterranean Outflow contourite system at the continental slope of the Gulf of Cadiz has been carried out through the correlation between a dense network of seismic reflection profiles (sparker, airgun, 3.75 kHz and parametric echosounder — TOPAS), Calypso giant piston and standard gravity cores. From such correlation we determine a sta...

Article history: Received: 19.07.2014. Received in revised form: 02.11.2014. Accepted: 11.11.2014. Design and manufacturing of construction materials have been investigated. The aim is to identify methods to produce sustainable economic materials used for soil foundation and concrete structure. Several additives have been analyzed in order to develop acceptable economical construction materials...

A dual structural fused system consists of replaceable ductile elements (fuses) that sustain major seismic damage and leave the primary structure (PS) virtually undamaged. The seismic performance of a fused structural system is determined by the combined behavior of the individual PS and fuse components. In order to design a feasible and economic structural fuse concept, we need a procedure to ...

Gravimetric and geologic data show that the reactivation of the Neogene Interandean depression and/or the ~75 65 Ma ophiolite suture into the modern dynamic of the Andes controlled the Gulf of Guayaquil Tumbes basin (GGTB) location and evolution during the past 1.8 1.6 Myr at least. Depending on whether the remobilization occurred along the interandean depression or the ophiolite suture, the GG...

Architecture of slopeand basin-floor-fan systems in growth-faulted subbasins along the south Texas Gulf Coast developed as a result of interplay between synsedimentary tectonics and sedimentation during third-order sea-level lowstands. These subbasins, or intraslope basins, have not been adequately explored for their slope and basin-floor-fan potential, as have the intraslope basins in salt-dom...

The evaluation of liquefaction effect on the dynamic moment of stabilizing piles is potentially significant. Based on the dynamic centrifuge modeling of a slope reinforced with a row of copper model pile, this paper not only analyzed the response of dynamic pore pressure, earthquake deformation and macroscopic phenomenon measured in the response of the reinforced slope, but also simulated the r...

the seismic performance of hybrid braces composed of steel and shape memory alloy (sma) was investigated in this paper. six types of hybrid braces were used, constituted by sma content of 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100%. a nonlinear dynamic analysis was performed under el centro earthquake records, with the maximum acceleration of 0.6g and 0.9g. our results showed that the seismic performance, i.e....