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Muawia Dafalla and Ahmed M. Al-Mahbashi
The major problematic soils in semi-arid regions include expansive soils and collapsible soils. These two types of soils cause problems and are hazardous for buildings when moisture is introduced following a dry or semi-dry season. In order to assess the...
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Bekir Salih Firincioglu and Huriye Bilsel
This model can be valuable in creating micro-zonation mapping for quick assessment of soil characterization, soil selection based on tender documents and liquefaction assessment of fine-grained soils.
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Yunfei Gao, Guogui Huang, Yinxi Li, Junyuan Zhang, Zeng Yang and Meng Wang
Homogenization methods can characterize the mechanical properties of these materials based on appropriate constitutive models and data. They are also applied to the characterization of mechanical parameters under complex geotechnical conditions in geotec...
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Nina Stark, Brendan Green, Nick Brilli, Emily Eidam, Kevin W. Franke and Kaleb Markert
Geotechnical data are increasingly utilized to aid investigations of coastal erosion and the development of coastal morphological models; however, measurement techniques are still challenged by environmental conditions and accessibility in coastal areas,...
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Ernesto Ausilio, Maria Giovanna Durante and Paolo Zimmaro
The performance of a large number of critical infrastructure systems needs to be periodically re-evaluated. This is especially so when such systems are located in seismic areas and are subjected to ageing effects. Seismic re-evaluations are typically per...
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Umer Waqas, Hafiz Muhammad Awais Rashid, Muhammad Farooq Ahmed, Ali Murtaza Rasool and Mohamed Ezzat Al-Atroush
This review paper summarizes the recent and past experimental findings to evaluate the damage characteristics of carbonate rocks subjected to thermal treatment (20?1500 °C). The outcomes of published studies show that the degree of thermal damage in the ...
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Ricardo Monteiro-Alves, Rafael Moran, Miguel Á. Toledo and Javier Peraita
This article presents experimental research focusing on the structural failure of the central core of a rockfill dam using sand-bentonite mixtures. It comprised an extensive geotechnical characterization of soil materials and mixtures, including compacti...
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Chia-Cheng Tsai and Chun-Hung Lin
Seabed surveying is the basis of engineering development in shallow waters. At present, geophysical survey methods mainly utilize sonars for qualitative surveying, which requires the calibration of the results found through in situ drilling and sampling....
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Ying Yang, Hailei Kou, Zhenghui Li, Yonggang Jia and Chaoqi Zhu
The study of the physical and mechanical properties of marine soil is of great importance for marine geohazard prediction, submarine energy extraction, and submarine foundation design. In this study, a series of basic geotechnical tests and triaxial comp...
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Antonio Cavallaro, Antonio Ferraro, Salvatore Grasso and Antonio Puccia
The Caronia area is located in the Tyrrhenian north-eastern sector of Sicily (Italy). Starting in 2010, attention focused on the study of landslides phenomena that occurred in this area, which caused significant economic damage to buildings and infrastru...
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