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Ahmed Elgamal and Nissreen Elfaris
The tunnel boring method (TBM) is a widely used and effective tunneling technology in various rock mass quality circumstances. A ?faulted rock mass? can range from a highly fractured rock mass to a sheared weak rock mass, making the ground conditions cha...
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Bochang Zhou, Jie Hu, Cheng Yuan, Weiping Wen and Qingzhao Kong
This manuscript investigates the bias introduced by scaling aftershock ground motions when evaluating the performance of structures subjected to earthquake sequences. The study focuses on different hysteretic behaviors exhibited by structures and selects...
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Marinela del Carmen Valencia Giraldo, Simon Ricard and François Anctil
There is currently much discussion as to whether probabilistic (top?down) or possibilistic (bottom?up) approaches are the most appropriate to estimate potential future climate impacts. In a context of deep uncertainty, such as future climate, bottom-up a...
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Alberto Gracia, Francisco Javier Torrijo, Julio Garzón-Roca, Miguel Pérez-Picallo and Olegario Alonso-Pandavenes
Sinkholes are a severe problem in urban areas located in karstic regions, especially where evaporitic rocks such as gypsum exist. Identification and proposal of mitigation measures are needed to reduce this geo-hazard effect on buildings and social urban...
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Nada Joumar, Soumaya Nabih, Antonis Chatzipavlis, Adonis Velegrakis, Thomas Hasiotis, Ourania Tzoraki, Jamal Eddine Stitou El Messari and Lahcen Benaabidate
The study of plumes occurring at the mouth of small rivers of temporal flow is a challenging task due to the lack of sedimentological and flow data of appropriate spatiotemporal scales. The present contribution examined the case of a typical un-gauged in...
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