Due to the complex nature of the piled raft foundation, its realistic design relies on the
more rigorous computer based methods using either finite element or finite difference
based soft wares. This study develops a ...
Chat (Catha Edulis) is the current highly expanded and a commercially available crop in eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It becomes one of Ethiopia's largest crops by cultivated area, the country's second-largest ...
Currently, Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) is being used as alternative to
conventional steel reinforcement to minimize deterioration and maintenance costs of
damaged steel RC member. This is partly due to CFRP’s ...
The study presents a comparative numerical study of footings that are inclined braced depth for
both centric and eccentric loading. The numerical work has been carried out using ANSYS nonlinear analysis method. The ...
Tropical rivers have important role in sediment and nutrient transfer to oceans and coastal areas, sediment storage in continental basins and in the global hydrological cycle. The information on sediment concentration in ...
Residual soils (RS) are soils which are weathered or decomposed from a parent rock
material. This study addresses the effect of compaction on engineering properties of RS
found in and around Bahir Dar city, using different ...
Soil erosion is a serious threat in the Leza watershed. Deforestation, overgrazing, and poor land management accelerated the rate of erosion. To develop effective erosion control plans and to achieve reductions in ...
The construction industry in developing countries like Ethiopia is booming at a faster
growth rate due to an ever-increasing population and urbanization. The industry uses
concrete as the main input. Thus, it increases ...
Assessing the quality of groundwater for a better management of the water sources is essential.
This study is aimed at evaluating the groundwater quality of Debre Tabor town. Twelve
groundwater samples were collected ...
The present study evaluates the hydrological effects of climate change on the change in
precipitation and temperature over the Andassa catchment in the upper Blue Nile Basin based on
downscaled RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 scenarios ...
In this study, the impact of reinforcement details on the behavior of a reinforced concrete
dapped end beam is investigated. The performance of four regularly used alternative
reinforcement layouts (one of which is ...
Groundwater resources have a fundamental importance to meet the rapidly increasing agricultural, livestock and domestic water supply requirements in the region especially in Robit watershed. This resource is almost the ...
Irrigation enhances agricultural production and improves the food supply, income of rural population,
opening employment opportunities for the poor, supports national economy by producing industrial crops
that are used ...
Many structural elements found in the structural system subjected to significant torsional moments that will alter the design values in reinforced concrete members. Torsional failure of structures is sudden and it needs ...
Reinforced concrete (RC) jacketing is one of the most used techniques to improve load
carrying capacity of reinforced concrete structures. The interface shear strength between
substrate and overlay concrete affects ...
Due to the rapid growth of the population in the world, the need for infrastructure is
also on the increase. Because of this, meeting the global demand for reinforced
concrete is now becoming more challenging ...
Steel slag is an industrial waste product from steel manufacturing industries. It has potential
to use in construction industry as a replacement material for crushed coarse aggregate. In
this research it has been found ...
Marble and volcanic scoria are abundantly found in Ethiopia. The chemical composition for
marble and scoria used in this study indicates, marble has 50% CaO and scoria has 54% SiO2. As
these two chemical oxides are the ...
In this paper, the issue of failure assessment in the drinking water distribution system was presented. This specific study was conducted on the water distribution system on the main campus of Bahir Dar Institute of ...