This research focuses on the application of three soft computing techniques including Minimax Probability Machine Regression (MPMR), Particle Swarm Optimization based Artificial Neural Network (ANN-PSO) and Adaptive Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS-PSO) to study shallow foundation reliability settlement criteria. Soil is a heterogeneous medium involvement its attributes for geotechnical behaviour ...

The consequences to structures caused by permanent fault displacement have been investigated for dip-slip faulting, but not the effect of embedment depth on interaction between a normal rupture and shallow embedded foundation. This study foundation using numerical model validated with centrifuge experiments. It was found that gapping mechanism distress occurred at different positions relative o...

FOREWORD This research project was performed to investigate the possibility that, by measuring the dynamic response characteristics of a bridge substructure, it might be possible to determine the condition and safety of the substructure and identify its foundation type (shallow or deep). Determining bridge foundation conditions with this approach may be applied to quantify losses in foundation ...