The AASHTO code of practice for design of bridges shows that the ductility level for foundation is given equal to one. Bridges are classified in three classes. For class of essential and normal bridges a question for not to use ductility level due to the importance of bridges’ costs is become an important item in different countries particularly in Middle east. This paper aimed to study on pe...

numerous techniques have been presented by different researchers to analyze piled raft. in order to analyze pile foundation, soil can be modeled as spring, continuous medium, or porous media. pile can also be modeled as spring or continuous medium. this study includes three main stages: a short description of different types of analysis methods of pile foundation, writing a computer program bas...

The numerical prediction of vibration in buildings due to underground railways involves modelling many physical phenomena. Not least these is the dynamic soil-structure interaction that exists between various elements system. majority existing models assume railway tunnel and building’s foundation negligible, with two sub-systems behaving as though they are uncoupled. This paper presents some i...

The present study compared the performance of soldier pile and concrete bearing pad anchored wall facings. Using Abaqus finite element software, two case studies have been precisely represented for the facing designs and effects of the parameters of soil type, spacing of anchors and facings, surcharge and facing sizes were investigated. The analysis results indicate that the soldier pile method...

Mechanical mastication is increasingly prescribed for wildfire mitigation, yet little is known about the ecological impacts of this fuels treatment. Mastication shreds trees into woodchips as an alternative to tree thinning and burning the resulting slash, which can create soil disturbances that favor exotic plants. Previous research on mastication has not simultaneously considered both the res...

It is very difficult to predict the load carrying capacity of bored piles because of the Complications that may arise such as difficult ground conditions , presence of ground water, method of boring, method of concreting, quality of concrete, expertise of the construction staff, the ground conditions and the pile geometry. Therefore the Pile design must be accompanied by in situ load testing. M...