In this paper, seismic recommendations for earth and rock fill dams are presented. These recommendations will be included into the Seismic Design Chapter of the seismic d [...]

Many researches in recent years have approved that the nonlinear behavior of soils has significant effect on the surface ground motion. The laboratory experiments on the [...]

The flake-shaped sand soils, containing quartz, chlorite and muscovite minerals, are widely distributed throughout the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Comp [...]

Light-wood frame structure system came into being in North America in middle period of 19th century and has a history of more than one hundred years. At present light-woo [...]

Pushover analysis method is a simple and effective method in seismic analysis and design of structures. Because of the restriction of the surrounding foundation, the defo [...]

This paper presents the design, research and related joints’ details of a 31-story composite frame-core wall structure, which is located in Beijing City, a region of se [...]

Mine ventilation system is critical for maintaining safe working conditions in an underground coal mine. At present, there exist some problems in developing mine ventilat [...]

Water displays supercritical state when ground temperature and pressure exceeded critical point (374℃ and 22.1 MPa). Lithosphere would expand resulting in the developme [...]

Comparing with the common quartz sand soils composed of the circular-shaped particle, the flake-shaped sand soils have remarkable differences in physical mechanics proper [...]