by GCO | Aug 28, 2020 | experts
In 1952, Japan faced newfound autonomy. The Americanoccupation following World War II ended, and as the decade progressed, the devastating effects of the atomic bomb — both physical and psychological — began to recede into the country’s...
by GCO | Aug 28, 2020 | News
How to stand out beside the world’s tallest building? That was the challenge facing Dutch architecture firm UNStudio when it received a commission to build a new tower on Dubai’s Sheikh Zayed Road, directly opposite the 828-meter Burj Khalifa. But the...
by GCO | Aug 28, 2020 | Geotechnical
Aouthor(s) Ge Gao ; Mohamed A. Meguid, Ph.D., M.ASCE ; Luc E. Chouinard, Sc.D. ; and Chong Xu, Ph.D Abstract The earthquake-induced rock avalanche in the Tangjia Valley was the most notable geological disaster triggered by the Lushan earthquake in 2013. In...
by GCO | Aug 28, 2020 | Geotechnical
Aouthor(s) Junied Bakr; Syed Mohd Ahmad; and omenico Lombardi Abstract This paper investigates the structural and global stability of a cantilever-type retaining wall under seismic loading using numerical modelling. A new and robust approach is proposed to...
by GCO | Aug 28, 2020 | Geotechnical
Aouthor(s) Yao Li, S.M.ASCE; Yunming Yang; Hai-Sui Yu, M.ASCE; and Gethin Roberts Abstract Stress–strain responses of Leighton Buzzard sand are investigated under bidirectional shear. The tests are conducted by using the variable direction dynamic cyclic simple...
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