A developed model was applied to displacement vectors acquired from a project that monitored the vertical movements of a building in the main campus ofNigdeUniversity. The estimated subsidence and its corresponding standard ...

Laboratory and field methods that are used to determine the soil water characteristic curve (h-θ function) are expensive and time consuming. A physical model for predicting the h-θ function based on the soil particle-size ...

In the present paper, simulations of tidal currents in the Persian Gulf using depth average flow solver version of NASIR (Numerical Analyzer for Scientific and Industrial Requirements) software are verified. The hydrodynamic ...

The explicit solutions of the Green and Ampt infiltration equation, by developing a modified Adomian Decomposition Method (MADM) and Variational Iteration Method (VIM) solution with an exact solution, are compared. These ...

This paper explains an experimental research program on the use of GFRP (Glass Fiber- Reinforced Polymer) for retrofitting small-scale slender R/C columns to enhance seismic performance. An important deficiency in many ...

Nowadays, seismic design of structures performed by any seismic code is based on resisting previous natural earthquakes. Therefore, the critical excitation method has been proposed in recent years to consider probable ...

The ultimate load capacities of conical and pyramidal shell foundations on unreinforced and reinforced sand were determined by laboratory model tests and numerical analysis. The results were compared with those for circular ...

Gravel-Clay mixtures are abundant materials in nature and are frequently used in certain civil engineering projects such as earth dams, levees and landfills. The advantage of using these soils lies in their low permeability ...

This paper presents the results of nonlinear finite element analysis of reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures, including the complete behavior of these systems from zero load to the ultimate load. Presented also are ...

Fixing integer ambiguities is a non-trivial problem, especially if we aim at computational efficiency and high performance (or success rate). For this reason it has been a rich source of Global Positioning System (GPS) ...

In this investigation, characteristics of vertical drops with subcritical flow at the upstream channel and sloping aprons at the downstream channel have been studied experimentally.  Flow characteristics such as pool depth, ...