The structural design of civil works is closely tied to empirical knowledge and the professional’s experience. Based on this, adequate designs are generated in terms strength, operability, durability. However, such can be optimized reduce conditions associated with structure’s execution, as costs, CO2 emissions, related earthworks. In this study, a new discretization technique based reinforceme...

Because of our geotechnical heritage that is steeped in empirical calibrations, model uncertainties can be significant. Even a simple estimate of the average model bias is crucial for reliability-based design. If the model is conservative, it is obvious that the probabilities of failure calculated subsequently will be biased, because those design situations that belong to the safe domain will b...

A series of triaxial compression tests with different confining pressures were conducted for gravels, road surface milling materials, and surface–base mixtures to investigate the stress–strain relationships these three kinds materials. On basis analysis test results, strength deformation geocell-reinforced materials geocell-encased predicted compared those gravels via constitutive model geocell...

The behavior of a reinforced soil system depends on parameters such as the structural geometry, execution steps, density and mechanical properties soil, reinforcement materials, deformation, flexural stiffness materials. A critical parameter in design soil-nailed is optimal use materials with respect to cost. It necessary find an that cost-effective within affecting nailed system. common proble...