Buildings built on shrink-swelling soils may experience serious damage due to volumetric strains. These strains are produced by drying-wetting cycles generated when water content fluctuates in the mass of soil. In order to study this behavior, theoretical models taking into accou...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/34402
Consolidation is the reduction of soil volume with time. This phenomenon generates a stresses transfer process beginning with the application of load and subsequent increase in pore water pressure. This increase in pore water pressure generates a flow of water that reduces the vo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/30219
Aims: To develop a flow-moisture model that allows determining the variation of suction over time, as well as the suction stresses, using the finite element method in a two-dimensional model of unsaturated soil through an analogy with a transient thermal problem. Study Design: Th...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3231007
This work has focused on the analysis of minimum dimensions of housing while its occupants maintain a proper comfort within it according to several requirements: proxemics, ergonomics, anthropometry as well maintaining an energy efficiency of the house. The current analysis is re...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18170