Widely acceptable Photovoltaic (PV) technology faces the challenge of substantial land requirement. However, emerging PV technology over water bodies through floating solar panels can resolve this challenge and additionally ...

The overexploitation of natural freshwater resources has been observed in recent years, leading not only to a depletion of the groundwater table but also to degradation in the groundwater quality. This situation is more ...

Rapidly increasing urbanisation and subsequently ascending shortage of land in the urban areas has pushed the design engineers to switch to the utilisation of the vertical spaces in the form of high-rise buildings and ...

Soil–structure interaction due to its significant effect on the response of the structure had already gained importance and therefore been incorporated in the Indian seismic code IS 1893-Part 4:2005. Since the advent of ...

The environmental impact assessment (EIA) in regard to road widening of a 26 km stretch in Reasi District of Jammu and Kashmir (Union Territory) has been studied. Impact on the environment included temperature, deforestation, ...

The case of isolated rectangular footings being subjected to eccentric loads along both directions is very conventional as columns are ordinarily subjected to horizontal loads, vertical loads, and moments simultaneously. ...

This paper presents a simple and efficient equation for calculating the Fox depth correction factor used in computation of settlement reduction due to foundation embedment. Classical solution of Boussinesq theory was used ...

The waste management of large quantities of waste tires has become a major environmental concern over the years. To provide a viable and sustainable substitute to the current waste tire disposal techniques, attempts have ...

The slag and waste tires are among the major wastes associated with the mining and automobile sectors, respectively. The disposal of such large quantities of waste requires immediate attention. This manuscript focusses on ...