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 ...

The change in river morphology in river systems is described by river bank erosion, river bed level change and lateral channel change. The alluvial river channels in Lake Tana sub basin in the upper Blue Nile basin have ...

The construction industry in Ethiopia is the major sector where public and private stakeholders are investing a huge amount of fund and it has a fundamental role in the socio-economic development of the country. The Ethiopian ...

Correlations are important to estimate engineering properties of soils particularly for project where there is a financial limitation, lack of test equipment or limited time. Although correlations are commonly used in the ...

Debre Markose-Merawi Asphalt Road (220km) found in northwestern part of Ethiopia. Being a trunk road, part of the road connecting Addis Ababa to Khartoum, it was designed in 1998 for the expected cumulative traffic of ...

The knowledge of temperature effect on index properties and thus the understanding of its behavior is very essential for a complete understanding of the various cases of Geotechnical Engineering problems and for conducting ...

The amount of damage caused by expansive soils is alarming. Damages sustained by structures include distortion and cracking of pavements and on-grade floor slabs; cracks in grade beams, walls, and drilled shafts; jammed ...

Expansive soils have the inherent property of swelling when they have adsorbed water and shrinking when they are dried. This property of expansive soil causes to damage structures constructed on it. To minimize the impact ...

Particle shape plays an important role in the engineering behavior of the soil in terms of its permeability, packing density, dilatancy and shear strength. Dilatancy is the ability of granular soil to change in volume ...