The ground is a natural grand system; it is composed of myriad constituents that aggregate
to form several geologic and biogenic systems. These systems operate independently and …

Both traffic and water conveyance tunnels' networks are being extended in many earthquake-
prone areas as to its faulting sense. Active fault and tunnel intersections lead to an intense …

Although tunnels are vulnerable to Permanent Ground Displacement (PGD) due to a fault
crossing, studies in assessing this intersection are limited, and most of the existing studies …

In this study, sophisticated numerical methods and constitutive models were used to study
the effect of combined fault rupture deformation and subsequent seismic excitation on a …

The current paper evaluates the response of a tunnel subjected to strike-slip fault rupture
with experimental and numerical approaches. Some state-of-art techniques were adopted in …

Knowledge from historical earthquake events indicates that a submarine tunnel crossing
active strike-slip faults is prone to be damaged in an earthquake. Previous studies have …

Sand roughness is now accessible to measurement. Incorporating this parameter into sand
models using the discrete element method (DEM) is known to improve bulk small strain …

The deformation process and failure mechanism of rock mass with increased density of
initial joints subjected to confined stress state are investigated in this study using discrete …

The deformation process and failure mechanism of rock mass with increased joint
roughness subjected to unconfined compression are investigated in this study using discrete …

It is attempted in this study to alleviate the destructive influences of rigid foundation-fault
rupture interaction using various mitigation schemes. The efficiency of such mitigation …