In this thesis, an alternative for stabilization of expansive soil by crushed and natural sand were examined separately. The test results revealed that there is a significant improvement on soil consistency. The classification ...

Soil reinforcement is now well established technique for geotechnical applications in most parts of the world. This thesis includes the application of soil reinforcement technique for slope stability of earth fill dams. ...

The solution to the problem of beams and plates on an elastic foundation has been attempted in the past using various subgrade models developed by many researchers, one of the pioneers being Winkler. Most recently, a new ...

Flood is a natural phenomenon that will remain a major hazard as long as people live and work in flood prone areas. It occurs when the volume of water in a river or stream exceeds the capacity of the channel. It also ...

Road construction on fine grained soils are challenges to geotechnical engineers and designers because of its low bearing capacity which results in cracks in the pavement structure as well as increase in the thickness of ...

Under the action of heavy loads, greater than the swelling pressure, the soil undergoes consolidation. The rate of consolidation depends on the applied load, coefficient of permeability, thickness, and compressibility ...

Most of the roads constructed in Ethiopia fail prematurely before serving the design life due to various causes arising from many factors. One of these roads failed before reaching design life time is the Addis Ababa-Modjo ...

Now-a-days, the high cost and lack of reinforcing steel in many parts of the world has directed to increasing interest in the possible use of other locally accessible materials for the construction. For this reason the ...

General slope stability concepts and the parameters and major considerations associated with slope stability problems are discussed. General features and theories of some of the available methods of analysis such as limit ...

This thesis work provides a comparison of seismic provisions having relevance to equivalent lateral force (ELF) and response spectrum analysis (RSA) according to some current seismic codes. The codes reviewed and compared ...