Cone penetration test is one of the most common in-situ tests for pile analysis given that by its analogy as a model pile, the measured cone resistance and sleeve friction can be employed for estimation of pile unit toe and shaft resistances, respectively. In this paper, group method of data handling (GMDH)-type neural networks optimized using Genetic algorithms (GAs) are used for modelling the...

Solution is developed for the build!up\ steady and post!arrest dissipative pore ~uid pressure _elds that develop around a conical penetrometer advanced in a poroelastic medium[ The analog with cone penetrometer testing is direct\ and is used to enable continuous distributions of permeability and di}usivity to be determined\ with depth[ Solution for a point normal dislocation migrating in a poro...

The Standard Penetration Test (SPT) is the most popular example of dynamic probing, a large category soil testing techniques. Understanding and interpretation these tests hampered by difficulties reproducing them under controlled laboratory conditions. virtual calibration chamber technique, based on Discrete Element Method (DEM), may supplement or substitute this complex experimentation. In pap...

The paper considers moving locally predefined (MLP) finite element remeshing technique for deep penetration of the rigid cone into homogeneous and porous medium. Remeshing presents a computational tool implemented in the form of postprocessor type software compatible with standard FEM codes. It involves a transfer operation combining both the moving least square method based on stress patch rec...

We study the lags with which new technologies are adopted across countries, and their penetration rates once they are adopted. Using data from the last two centuries, we estimate both the extensive and the intensive margins of technology adoption. We document two new facts: there has been convergence in adoption lags between rich and poor countries, while there has been divergence in penetratio...

Pentesting is becoming an important activity even for smaller companies. One of the most important economic pressures is the cost of such tests. In order to automate pentests, tools such as Metasploit can be used. Post-exploitation activities can, however, not be automated easily. Our contribution is to extend Meterpreter-scripts so that postexploitation can be scripted. Moreover, using a multi...