OBJECTIVE Explore relationships between World Trade Center (WTC) exposures and sarcoidosis. METHODS Sarcoidosis has been reported after exposure to the WTC disaster. We ascertained biopsy-proven post-9/11 sarcoidosis among WTC Health Registry enrollees. Cases diagnosed after Registry enrollment were included in a nested case-control study. Controls were matched to cases on age, sex, race or e...

To reduce the differential settlement of pile group foundations, a squeezed-branch optimization method based on an improved particle swarm algorithm is proposed in this paper. This translates problems design into pile-bearing-plate distribution using theory variable-stiffness leveling. In process, divided groups according to top axial force pile. The finite element analysis software used solve ...

in the realistic manner, piles are similar to the slender columns that soil around them acts as a lateral support. the piles situated in the liquefiable soil layers, loss their lateral supports due to the liquefaction resulted from the seismic ground motion. in this case, pile has the potency of axial instability similar to the unsupported columns. this instability can lead to the lateral buckl...

In this paper, the shaking table tests of a Seismic–Soil–Pile–Superstructure Interaction (SSPSI) in medium-soft and hard base soil were carried out. Silted clay with unit weight 1.70 g/cm3 shear wave velocity 175 m/s was adopted to simulate soil, while composite obtained by adding 20% quicklime silted 1.75 300 tests. By inputting artificial seismic motion time history different amplitudes synth...

Previous case histories have shown that soil liquefaction severely damaged many structures supported on pile foundations during earthquakes. As a result, evaluating the potential for instability is an important consideration for the safe and resistant design of deep foundation against earthquakes. In this study, the liquefaction susceptibility of saturated sand interacting by single concrete pi...

In this paper effect of pile-soil consideration in obtaining seismic response offshore structure is assessed due to earthquake loading. InducedSeismic force is one of the most important excitations for the dynamic response of an offshore structure. According to API, Seismic forces should be accounted in platform design for seismically active regions in order to determine the allowable seismic r...