Due to the importance of surface and subsurface settlements to prevent damages to building foundations and sensitive structures in the urban cities, in this study, the ABAQUS finite element software has used to conduct a series of numerical modeling analysis on ground surface settlement caused from the asynchronous excavation of twin-tunnel. The effects...
View ArticleThe worldwide consumption of electric energy destined for air conditioners, expected to triple by 2050, can be lessened by geothermal piles, which transfer heat from the internal environment of buildings to the subsoil. This paper shows the influence of pile geometry and properties of soil, pile, and pipe materials on the heat transfer of a geothermal p...
View ArticleThis special issue of Soils and Rocks includes 8 state-of-the-art research studies, a case history, and 2 review papers on the behavior of energy geostructures and the thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of soils. Energy geostructures are an emerging technology, which permit geotechnical engineering structures to be used as geothermal heat exchangers as we...
View ArticleThe presence of unsaturated flow in tropical lateritic soils of unknown hydromechanical behavior may lead to severe geotechnical problems. It is known that soil-water characteristic curves (SWCC) are a valuable tool to define this behavior and facilitate the suction estimation, acting on tests performed with no control of such parameter. This article ai...
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