Triggered by reactivation of the strike-slip North Anatolian Fault, the disastrous Mw 7.4 Kocaeli (Turkey) earthquake also produced normal faulting in the pull-apart basin of Gölcük. Surface scarps from such faulting reached almost 2.5m in height. Several structures were crossed by the surface rupture. As expected, many of them either collapsed or were severely damaged. But, surprisingly, sever...

The article considers the information modeling of buildings together with foundation within system and stages its implementation. workflow for building a 3D geotechnical model includes surface relief data, field laboratory test soil lithology, geometric characteristics structure load. Automated systems processing interpretation data are used to determine soils. Mathematical behavior foundations...

Based on the nonlocal Timoshenko beam theory, the dynamic stability of functionally gradded (FG) nanoeams under axial load is studied in thermal environment, with considering surface effect. It is used power law distribution for FGM and the surface stress effects are considered based on Gurtin-Murdoch continuum theory. Using Von Karman geometric nonlinearity, governing equations are derived bas...

The expansion of underground structures is important in urban areas with high population density. In most large cities in the world, urban development is spreading along the structures. These structures are generally located at shallow depth; therefore study of shallow tunnels in urban areas is critical for development. During the excavation of tunnels in urban areas, creating the asymmetric se...

This paper reviews the problem of a thin rigid rod sliding on a horizontal surface in the plane, which is commonly cited as an example of the inconsistency of planar rigid-body Newtonian mechanics. We demonstrate the existence of a consistent solution, using Routh's analysis of rigid-body impact. Copyright © 1987 Carnegie-Mel lon University This work was supported under grants from the System D...