Estimation of a proper fundamental vibration period is an important issue in the process of the design and/or evaluation of a building. Mostly, infill walls are assumed as nonstructural element and ignored in the estimation ...

The determination of erosion and deposition patterns in channels requires detailed knowledge and estimations of the bed shear stress. In this investigation, the application of a Genetic Algorithm based Artificial (GAA) ...

The dependence of Conditional Mean Spectrum (CMS) and the corresponding standard deviation on different target period values has been investigated in this paper by means of two types of target spectra, i.e. based on Epsilon ...

In this paper, the coupling responses of water and high bent-type aqueduct under wind loads were studied by the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method. The natural vibration characteristics and transversal displacement, ...

Construction projects play an important role in the economic development of every country. Nevertheless, review of projects documents indicates that in most cases, the projects are not finished on schedule and on assigned ...

This paper presents a numerical investigation on the static behavior of stepped soil nail walls constructed in dry sandy soils. The finite element method was used to study influence of wall geometry and soil parameters on ...

Delays and disruptions are extremely challenging issues to deal with in project management. In this article, a novel optimization approach to the buffer sizing method is introduced aimed at maximizing the robustness of the ...

This paper presents numerical solution of Richards' equation for water flow through unsaturated porous media. Differential Quadrature Method (DQM) is employed for the first time to solve the governing equations in two space ...

Reinforced concrete (RC) structures located on ocean coasts are damaged by salt water so that the concrete deteriorates. Due to this deterioration of the concrete, the metal rebar inside starts to corrode because there is ...

In this research, a new three-dimensional limit equilibrium method was developed. In the proposed method, the slip surface was assumed to be spherical and slices were assumed along the slip surface radius converging to a ...