High rise buildings are built with steel columns encased in concrete. Such columns carry very…

There are mainly two types of R.C.C. footings: 1. One way reinforced footings. 2. Two…

The rate of consolidation always slows down significantly toward the end of the consolidation period.…

Carillo (1942 and Asaoka (1978) developed Eq. 4.2 to express the average degree of consolidation…

Introduction All materials will undergo volume change when subjected to stress change and soils are…

The Janbu tangent modulus method is not different to—does not contrast or conflict with—the 'conventional'…

General The Janbu approach, proposed by Nilmar Janbu in the early 1960s (Janbu 1963; 1965;…

Linear stress-strain behavior follows Hooke’s law (“elastic modulus method”) according to Eq. 3.1. The "elastic…

Introduction A foundation is a constructed unit that transfers the load from a superstructure to…

To provide a direct comparison between the Robertson (1990) profiling chart and the Eslami-Fellenius chart,…