T. Orr, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland The authors have presented an interesting paper concerning a fundamental problem for geotechnical engineers: the bearing capacity of circular foundations on sand. In this paper the authors have included an equation for the factor Na in the bearing capacity equation for circular foundations on the ground surface, which has been determined from the results ...

It has now been well established that the depth of bedrock is a key parameter in assessing the impact of local site conditions on seismic hazard analysis. Where conventional geotechnical testing like standard penetration test (SPT) or cone penetration test (CPT) requires a far greater cost and manpower to be used for such purposes, geophysical testing like ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and mul...

The advancement of civil engineering plays a major role in determining the nation's development. Generally, geotechnical has great influence as there is building on ground. facts show that are still many problems arise during development process. One supporting factors dealing with these research sector various fields. This aims to determine related Geotechnical Engineering through bibliometric...

Every year, malaria claims over a million lives around the globe. From which Ethiopia is a predominantly malaria prone country like most of sub Saharan African countries with about 75% of the landscape being favorable for the breeding of malaria vector and putting over 50 million people at risk. Attempts have been made to control the disease by eliminating the parasite. However, unknown spatial...

We propose a risk measure and construct an infectious diseases hazard map for India. Given outbreak location, index is assigned to each city using effective distance that depends on inter-city mobilities instead of geographical distance. demonstrate its utility SIR model augmented with air, rail, road data between top 446 cities. Simulations show the from location reliably predicts time arrival...

Flood is one of the most devastating natural hazards which lead to the loss of lives, properties and resources. It has therefore become important to create easily read, rapidly accessible flood hazard map, which will prioritize the mitigation effects. This study addresses the need for an efficient and cost-effective methodology for preparing flood hazard maps in Ghana, particularly those region...

Geotechnical data is often produced and managed by several producers in isolation, their own formats standards, which aim to meet the unique needs of specific users. In Federal District Brazil there a large amount geotechnical from academic research, public private sector, but Government does not have adequate information management despite using that constantly. This work presents conceptual m...