Case Study of Offshore Pile System Reliability
This paper presents the results of research effort to evaluate the reliability of offshore pile foundation systems. It is an extension of previous work by the authors [14] dealing with...

Sustainable Development — A Geotechnical Perspective
Sustainability has become a key factor in major construction projects these days, and many geotechnical engineers have started focusing on the concept. Owners, public agencies, and the...

Reliability and Resilience — Essential Ingredients of Sustainable Geotechnics
Sustainability of a system is its ability to survive and retain its functionality over time. In very simple terms, sustainability deals with the capacities (resistances) and demands (loads)...

Enhanced Detection and Mapping of Buried Utilities—A Sustainability Perspective
The social and environmental impacts and benefits of projects make up the triple bottom line that represents a modern view of sustainable project development. Rather than considering only...

The Bearing Capacity Equation

Work on the sleek Jockey Club Innovation Tower, in Hong Kong, is now complete. Designed by London-based Zaha Hadid Architects, the 15-story, 15,000 m2 tower will be the home of Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Design and Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation...

Calculated Examples of Long-Span Bridge Response to Wind

Wind Loading and Response of a High-Rise Building

Dynamic Response of Laterally-Loaded Piles in Centrifuge

Increased Seismic Resistance of Highway Bridges Using Improved Bearing Design Concepts

Wind Damage in Hurricane Frederic

Cyclic Response of Steel-Stud Framed Wall Panels

Resistance of Hardened Box-Type Structures

Dynamics of Low-Profile Ship Loading Container Cranes

White sails inspired the design of a hospital and spa that will form part of Tunisia Economic City, a commercial zone that is being developed in that north African country...

Limiting Tip and Side Resistance - Fact or Fallacy?

Ground Water Influences on Foundation Side Resistance

On the Interpretation of Drilled Foundation Load Test Results

Multiple Resistance Factor Design for Shallow Transmission Line Structure Foundations

Center's Design Recalls Energy of Civil and Human Rights Movements

 

 

 

 

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