Saad Iqbal A transportation system may be defined as consisting of the fixed facilities, the flow entities, and the control system that permit people and goods to overcome the friction of geographical space efficiently in order to participate in a timely manner in some desired activity. At first glance this definition may appear to be either trivial … Read more
This video describes methods and steps that must be taken to repair and cracked and deflected slab. The steps include supporting existing slab repairing the cracks with grout and then chipping existing surface on which new dowels are drilled and new non-shrink grout is being poured. Video of the Method You can unblock and watch … Read more
The purpose of this book is to provide background information and criteria that can be used as a guide to the improvement of existing design procedures and specifications for bolted and riveted joints. To achieve this goal, extensive research work performed in the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, the Nether-lands, England, Norway, Japan, and elsewhere … Read more
The interest in seismic stratigraphic techniques to interpret seismic datasets is expanding continuously. The advent of sophisticated subsurface reservoir studies and 4D monitoring, for optimizing the hydrocarbon production in existing fields, do demonstrate the importance of the 3D seismic methodology. The added value of reflection seismic has clearly been proven in the last decades and … Read more
This document is a report with worked examples summarizing the general rules, basic design principles and design methods for geotechnical design following Eurocodes. It comprises an overview of Eurocode 7 with focus on the design requirements, actions and design situations, and limit states. Different aspects to be considered for designing shallow foundations, gravity walls, embedded … Read more