Lessons from recent earthquakes have provided a tough reality check of the traditional seismic design approach and technologies, highlighting urgent need for paradigm shift performance-based criteria objectives toward low-damage philosophy technologies whole building system. Modern society is asking “earthquake proof” resilient buildings that are able to withstand events without compromising th...

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Triaxial testing of argillaceous rocks and shales is significantly more challenging than conventional rock mechanical testing. The challenges are mainly related to the very low permeability these geomaterials, their sensitivity exposure atmosphere brines, which induces variations water content, suction effective stress. There currently no international standards guide service laboratories for r...

geotechnical investigations of waste fills are rarely undertaken, and consequently the geotechnical community has little knowledge of their engineering properties. in this study, a geotechnical testing program was conducted to evaluate the engineering properties of old municipal solid waste sampled in whamyung msw landfill site, busan, korea. the conducted tests included water content, specific...

Ballast, typically comprising large sized aggregate particles with uniform gradation, is an essential layer in the railroad track substructure. Functions of ballast include facilitating load distribution and drainage, maintaining track geometry and track stability, and providing track resilience and noise absorption. Throughout its service life, ballast goes through changes in gradation and par...