... absorption capacity Finite element modelling UN SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities Table 2 presents key parameters from rockfall trajectory analysis, vital for determining Rockfall Protection Embankment (RPE) dimensions. Based on falling rocks' kinetic energy, the identified section...

... to simulate the soil-geosynthetic interface behaviour. Moreover, a three-dimensional finite element model of the direct shear test was developed using ABAQUS software and a user-defined subroutine was implemented to consider the hyperbolic interface model. The results indicated a very good agreement between...

... Geosynthetics Shallow foundations Ring foundations Geogrid Finite element modelling Reinforced soil is used in many different areas of civil engineering, notably in retaining walls, seawalls, embankments, dams, bridge abutments and foundation slabs. The horizontal placement of reinforcement...

... to results from a two-dimensional finite element model and three other one-dimensional models reported in the literature. The comparison reveals that the proposed model gives similar results with respect to the settlement of a geosynthetic-reinforced granular base on soft soft and the mobilised tension...