OPTIMIZATION OF EMBEDDED RETAINING WALLS UNDER THE EFFECTS OF GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE USING A RELIABILITY-BASED AND PARTIAL FACTOR DESIGN APPROACH

Optimization of Embedded Retaining Walls Under the Effects of Groundwater Seepage Using a Reliability-Based and Partial Factor Design Approach

In this paper, a comparative analysis of the effects Electric Nail of groundwater, seepage and hydraulic heave on the optimal design of embedded retaining walls is carried out.The optimization model for an optimal retaining wall (ORW) minimizes the total length of the retaining wall considering design constraints.The model is extended to include th

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Resting-associated vocalization emitted by captive Asian house shrews (Suncus murinus): acoustic structure and variability in an unusual mammalian vocalization.

Shrews have rich vocal repertoires that include vocalizations within the human audible frequency range and ultrasonic vocalizations.Here, we recorded and analyzed in detail the acoustic structure of a vocalization with unclear functional significance that was spontaneously produced by 15 adult, captive Asian house shrews (Suncus murinus) while they

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