• Errors in FOSM, when applied to consolidation settlement of clay, are quantified. Both theoretical scenarios and real case studies considered. acceptable reliability analysis normally consolidated clays. Larger errors introduced if overconsolidated multi-layer cases relatively lower than single layer problems. The ground-supported transportation infrastructures may vary greatly depending on t...

Optimal whole life design for railways, highways, runways, and metro lines requires an accurate assessment of how their underlying geomaterials respond to large numbers wheel-loading cycles. This paper presents experimental study on a natural UK stiff clay with cyclic triaxial (CT) hollow cylinder apparatus (CHCA) that imposed K0 stress conditions. The focus is Gault clay, high overconsolidatio...

Abstract In the Republic of Uzbekistan, cotton cultivation is carried out on row spacings 60; 76 and 90 cm. The machine-tractor parks cotton-growing farms are equipped with agricultural machines designed for these inter-row they aggregated by tractors gauges them. Such a variety tractor creates problem mismatch between gauge spacing when moving from one to another, increases spare parts narrows...

In this research, the effects of a sedimentary basin, environmental conditions, and the passage of time were investigated on consolidation processes and engineering characteristics of fine-grained soils in Kerman city. For this purpose, the natural consolidation curves of soil samples extracted from different locations of Kerman city were compared with the Kerman city intrinsic consolidation li...

Analysis of foundation behaviour under repeated loading can be important to the design offshore facilities, towers, bridges, wind turbines and other structures. Although detailed guidance is available on how some geomaterials behave cycling, few such studies have been reported glacial formations that are widespread across parts northern Europe North Baltic Seas. This paper presents a cyclic lab...

Compensation grouting has been attracting attention in recent years to control ground settlement caused by underground construction. A successful and effective application of compensation grouting depends not only on the use of a good monitoring system in the field but also on a fundamental understanding of grout behavior in soils. For compensation grouting in clay, there is a need to consider ...

The DSM-III, DSM-IV, DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 have judiciously minimized discussion of etiologies to distance clinical psychiatry from Freudian psychoanalysis. With this goal mostly achieved, discussion of etiological factors should be reintroduced into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V). A research agenda for the DSM-V advocated the "development of a p...