This paper focuses on the characterization of the fine-grained soils of Pucallpa and on theoretical and numerical analyses of their bearing capacity. A review of data related with field investigation and laboratory testing ...

The functioning of hybrid bearings is characterized by the fact that the supporting pressure of the bearing is generated by external lubrication. Using hybrid bearings have the advantage of combined characteristics of ...

This study assessed the elasto-plastic behaviour of soil aggregates and of the soil matrix in three soils of central Chile in terms of their structural development, clay content and internal tension. Soil samples (cores ...

This paper presents and discusses Ménard Pressuremeter test results used to predict bearing capacity of pounded piles installed in a tropical sandy soil. Fifteen pre-bored pressuremeter tests were carried out at the ...

This paper presents and discusses Ménard Pressuremeter test results used to predict bearing capacity of pounded piles installed in a tropical sandy soil. Fifteen pre-bored pressuremeter tests were carried out at the ...

This paper presents the effect of two types of geogrid inclusion on the bearing capacity of a rigidcircular footing resting on sand. The improvement achieved with uniaxial and biaxial geogrids iscompared. Load tests were ...

This paper presents a probabilistic analysis of pile foundations in the design phase considering Reliability Theory in order to improve the final decision about the foundation system. Two semi-empirical predicting methods ...

The search for better performance in internal combustion engines and machines which use hydrodynamic journal bearings has motivated recent studies in lubrication field, with the application of computational fluid dynamics. ...