When the discussion turns to the creation of a European Research Council (ERC), a series of questions spring to mind. Answering some of them is now almost trivial—for example, “Why is an ERC needed and timely?”— whereas the answers to others, being more political, are certainly more difficult to envisage for most practising scientists. This is notably the case for the questions: “Who will be th...

Abstract Shell folded footings have drawn the interest of researchers for decades as an alternative to typical flat isolated because can reduce needed amount reinforced concrete in addition enhancing overall geotechnical performance supporting soil medium. The main setback utilizing such is relatively complex geometry bottom cavity, which requires proper compaction used fill that cavity. Curren...

in this study, a bearing capacity device is designed and fabricated to determine the load-settlement behavior of three circular footing models resting above the ground water table. capillary rise in the studied well graded sand is measured and the level of the water table is controlled at the desired heights during each bearing capacity test. moreover, shear strength parameters and soil water r...

Q uantum secure communication relies on sharing of entangled states between parties. Over short distances (less than 100 km), these states can be distributed by sending photons over optical fibers, but losses in those fibers limit long-distance sharing. One solution is to use a sequence of “quantum repeaters” along the optical fiber connection [1]. These devices can store the quantum informatio...

A finite element program based on elastic –plastic model of Mohr-Coulomb criterion was used to evaluate the bearing capacity coefficients of soil under shallow strip flexible footing . The results were compared with others’ analytical results and it was found that the present study could offer quite consistent and rather precise values for the bearing capacity coefficients . &#10&#10The effect ...

Laboratory model tests were performed to investigate the behavior of shallow and inclined skirted foundations placed on sandy soil with R.D%=30 extent impact positive negative eccentric-inclined loading effect them. To achieve experimental tests, it was used a box (600×600) mm cross-sectional 600mm in height square footing (50*50) 10 thickness attached skirt Ds=0.5B various an angle (10°, 20°, ...

This paper presents a numerical methodology to analyze frame structures supported on footing foundations subjected slow strains caused by consolidation settlements. A building project subsurface layer of soft soil has been analyzed. The Boundary Element Method with the Mindlin fundamental solution applied compute displacement resulting from interference between pressure bulbs foundation. rheolo...