The probable maximum precipitation (PMP) for many stations in Iran and other places using the Hershfield formula is routinely estimated as the mean plus 15 standard deviations processed from one-day yearly maximum rainfall ...

This paper proposes a new ant colony based optimizer to improve the traffic flow in a city. For this reason, a new structure of urban traffic control system has been introduced, which uses an ant colony optimizer as its ...

In this research the Discrete Element Method is employed to determine the seismic three dimensional bearing capacity of rectangular foundations. A rigid but moving slip body resting on its base is assumed to define the ...

In recent years determining bearing capacity of piles from in-situ testing data as a complement of static and dynamic analysis has been used by geotechnical engineers. In this paper, different approaches for estimating the ...

Underground excavations are of immense interest to mining engineers worldwide. Underground projects are often complex in nature where geological features, geomechanical parameters of rock mass and stress play important ...

Two dimensional finite element (FEM) and boundary integral equation methods (BIEM) are used to determine the uplift forces on a half-buried submarine pipeline in a sandy seabed. The main assumptions are potential flow ...

In this study, the behavior of nine steel frames having various infill properties under reversed-cycling loading were investigated experimentally. The steel frame systems consist of a single story with span/height ratios ...

In this paper, the bending behavior of unbraced CSB is investigated and some empirical equations are proposed to predict the bending coefficient of Cb. The acquired results are compared with some published papers in the ...

Composite Reinforced Concrete (RC) wall system refers to a cantilever composite wall, where steel or Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) components are embedded in or attached to an RC wall. The results of an analytical and ...

A modified predictive optimal linear control (MPOLC) algorithm is proposed for controlling the seismic response of elastic structures. This algorithm compensates for the time delay that occurs in real control applications ...