Realistic constitutive ground models are critical in the evaluation of soil‐structure interaction
problems and the assessment of key design parameters in the seismic analysis of …

Granite residual soil is widely used as a subgrade material in pavement engineering.
Previous studies have not investigated the influence of stress on the soil water retention …

The majority of extant analyses on slope stability assumed a two-dimensional plane-strain
condition and/or an intact slope. However, slope failures typically exhibit three-dimensional …

The present study presents a novel procedure to assess the seismic slope stability, using the
finite-element upper-bound method combined with the pseudo-dynamic approach. A …

The construction of tall buildings has recently undergone exponential growth in major cities,
creating new challenges in earthquake engineering and design. For instance, existing …

This study proposed an effective approach to accurately evaluate the three-dimensional
(3D) seismic bearing capacity of heterogeneous and anisotropic slopes in the framework of …

The available theoretical models for evaluating seismic active earth pressures are limited to
plane strain analyses and linear failure criterion. To fill this research gap, with a combination …

This study comprehensively analyzes seismic active earth pressure estimation for hunched
retaining walls. The analysis utilizes the horizontal slices method within the modified pseudo …

Earth-retaining structures comprise an important subject in civil engineering researches,
especially under dynamic loads. For the analysis and design of retaining walls in soils …

Internal stability assessment of geosynthetic-reinforced soil structures (GRSSs) has been
commonly carried out assuming plane-strain conditions and dry backfills. However, failures …