Urbanization is the most powerful and visible force that has fundamental changes Land Use Land Cover around globe. High population increment leads to a quick expansion of urban growth, causing changes in Land use Land ...

A three-dimensional finite element technique was used to analyze behaviour of laterally loaded single pile subjected to pure static lateral load. The main objective of this study is to assess the influence of the pile ...

Road connectivity is one of the key components for development, as it promotes access to economic and social services, generating increased income and employment. However, the construction of such economically vital ...

This study has been carried out in order to determine the optimum blending proportion of cinder gravel with volcanic ash and lime. In this regard, an investigation into the improvement of the natural cinder gravel by ...

Damage due to soil swelling is very noticeable in wide spectrum of structures such as roads, buildings, canal linings, landfill liners, etc. To evaluate severity of swelling and to design for the best and most economical ...

Currently there is a belief within the geotechnical Engineering Profession that there is not strong form of correlation between plastic index with linear, volumetric shrinkages properties for a soil [16]. This project would ...

A building subjected to earthquake is expected to show inelastic behavior that the deformation in a member does not remain proportional to the internal force. A non-linear analysis accounts for the inelastic response. ...

One-dimensional consolidation test is one of the commonly conducted laboratory tests used to determine the stiffness and compression properties of fine grained soils. Study on predicting bearing capacity and compressibility ...

The CBR test is the most widespread method of determining the bearing strength of pavement materials and is fundamental to pavement design. Almost all road construction manuals of Ethiopia recommend CBR tests for flexible ...

The most commonly used types of shallow foundations are isolated footings, strap footings and combined footings. A team of expertise involving engineers, draftspersons, quantity surveyors, and others frequently do the ...