Application of pile-raft foundations, which are known as “compound foundations”, is a suitable alternative in the case of heavy load structures. The interaction behavior of pile raft foundations makes these systems very complex to analyze. Different methods have been proposed to determine the bearing capacity of piled raft systems and distribution of loads between the components, i.e. pile grou...

Application of pile-raft foundations, which are known as “compound foundations”, is a suitable alternative in the case of heavy load structures. The interaction behavior of pile raft foundations makes these systems very complex to analyze. Different methods have been proposed to determine the bearing capacity of piled raft systems and distribution of loads between the components, i.e. pile grou...

Arterial stiffness can be measured as regional stiffness expressed as pulse wave velocity (PWV), local stiffness expressed as distensibility coefficient or PWV, and systemic stiffness. Many devices are commercially available to measure arterial stiffness of different vascular territories. However, not all vascular territories have shown predictive value for cardiovascular events.1,2 Predictive ...

We examine the buckling shape and critical compression of confined inhomogeneous composite sheets lying on a liquid foundation. The modes are controlled by bending stiffness sheet,...

Abstract T‐stubs and L‐stubs loaded in tension are generally assumed contact with a rigid foundation. The prying force stiffness of these components depend on this hypothesis. For double web angle riveted connections, the rests deformable beam/column web. objective present paper is to take into account effects deformability development area, rivet forces tensile stiffness. An enhanced theory be...

Steady state harmonic response of nonlinear soil-structure interaction problems is addressed in this paper. Due to well-known stiffness degradation phenomenon, the steady-state study referred small-medium strain condition whereas no significant pore water pressure change observed (e.g. clayey soils and sands drained conditions). A novel cyclic hysteretic model based on Preisach formalism propos...

Bioinspired Continuum Robots In article number 2201616, Ji Liu, Haijun Peng, Jianing Wu, and co-workers present a three-segment continuum robot constructed by class-3 tensegrity structure, inspired the mechanism of an elephant trunk for regulating local stiffness. It relies on stiffness tunable material to achieve robotic programmable characteristics. This study may provide foundation potential...

The paper considers a rectangular orthotropic insulated slab on an elastic foundation, modeled by homogeneous isotropic layer rigidly connected to non-deformable foundation. Elastic and nonlinear calculations of this plate opening. calculation flexible foundation in formulation is carried out iteratively the method B. N. Zhemochkin. To determine coefficients canonical equations free terms, mixe...