Outputs (23)

Effect of cavities on the behaviour of model pile under axial loading in sand (2017)
Journal Article
Al-Jazaairry, A., & Toma-Sabbagh, T. (2017). Effect of cavities on the behaviour of model pile under axial loading in sand. Proceedings of the World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, 2(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.11159/icgre17.107

Presence of cavities in soils is an important area of interest within the field of geotechnical engineering. A better understanding of the behaviour of such soils, particularly in locations where the presence of gypsum deposits is apparent, will have... Read More about Effect of cavities on the behaviour of model pile under axial loading in sand.

Effect of cavities on the behaviour of laterally loaded pile in sand (2017)
Journal Article
Al-Jazaairry, A., & Toma-Sabbagh, T. (2017). Effect of cavities on the behaviour of laterally loaded pile in sand. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 12(6), 567-577. https://doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2017.1305137

This paper sheds the light on the interaction between piles under lateral loading conditions embedded in sandy soils and adjacent to cavities. The experimental study comprised a full laboratory testing programme carried out on small scale piles embed... Read More about Effect of cavities on the behaviour of laterally loaded pile in sand.

Model tests on piled raft subjected to lateral soil movement (2017)
Journal Article
Toma-Sabbagh, T., & Al-Abboodi, I. (2017). Model tests on piled raft subjected to lateral soil movement. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 12(4), 357-367. https://doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2017.1296061

Passive loadings due to lateral soil movement-induced activities are highly influencing the serviceability and safety of constructions. This research aims to investigate the influence of axial loads, sand density and the depth of moving soil on the l... Read More about Model tests on piled raft subjected to lateral soil movement.

Effect of cavities on the behaviour of strip footing subjected to inclined load (2017)
Journal Article
Al-Jazaairry, A., & Toma-Sabbagh, T. (2017). Effect of cavities on the behaviour of strip footing subjected to inclined load

One of the important concerns within the field of geotechnical engineering is the presence of cavities in soils. This present work is an attempt to understand the behaviour of strip footing subjected to inclined load and constructed on cavitied soil.... Read More about Effect of cavities on the behaviour of strip footing subjected to inclined load.

Effects of axial loads and soil density on pile group subjected to triangular soil movement (2017)
Journal Article
Al-Abboodi, I., & Toma-Sabbagh, T. (2017). Effects of axial loads and soil density on pile group subjected to triangular soil movement

Laboratory tests have been carried out to investigate the response of 2x2 pile group subjected to triangular soil movement. The pile group was instrumented with displacement and tilting devices at the pile cap and strain gauges on two piles of the g... Read More about Effects of axial loads and soil density on pile group subjected to triangular soil movement.

Effect of filtration coefficient determination method on the scale effect in water-saturated fine-grained soils (2017)
Journal Article
Rosine, T., & Toma-Sabbagh, T. (2017). Effect of filtration coefficient determination method on the scale effect in water-saturated fine-grained soils. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 53(6), 376-380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-017-9415-y

The methods of calculating the filtration coefficient k from data obtained in tests performed under the conditions of one-dimensional consolidation in terms of consolidation coefficient cv , compressibility av and volume compressibility mv, average... Read More about Effect of filtration coefficient determination method on the scale effect in water-saturated fine-grained soils.

The impact of the diameter to height ratio on the compressibility parameters of saturated fine-grained soils (2015)
Journal Article
Rosine Larissa, T., & Toma-Sabbagh, T. (2015). The impact of the diameter to height ratio on the compressibility parameters of saturated fine-grained soils. International journal of research in engineering and technology, 4(6), 8-19

Compressibility parameters of fine-grained soils are mainly influenced by soil mineralogy, moisture content and soil diameter to height ratio (D/H). The British and American standards suggested that to obtain accurate engineering properties; it is ne... Read More about The impact of the diameter to height ratio on the compressibility parameters of saturated fine-grained soils.

Modelling the response of single passive piles subjected to lateral soil movement using PLAXIS (2015)
Journal Article
subjected to lateral soil movement using PLAXIS. International journal of engineering research and technology (Ahmedabad), 4(3), 176-180. https://doi.org/10.17577/IJERTV4IS030269

Response of single pile subjected to lateral displacements of soil mass using 3D finite element software (PLAXIS) is studied. Embedded pile feature in which the pile composed of beam elements with special interface elements to represent pile-soil int... Read More about Modelling the response of single passive piles subjected to lateral soil movement using PLAXIS.

Construction waste management in India : an exploratory study (2012)
Journal Article
Arif, M., Bendi, D., Toma-Sabbagh, T., & Sutrisna, M. (2012). Construction waste management in India : an exploratory study. Construction innovation (London. Online), 12(2), 133-155. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714171211215912

Purpose – The growth of Indian economy has brought with it significant increase in construction activities. These increased construction activities have further highlighted the problem of waste generation on construction sites. The purpose of this pa... Read More about Construction waste management in India : an exploratory study.

Knowledge retention in construction in the UAE (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Arif, M., Egbu, C., & Toma, T. (2010, September). Knowledge retention in construction in the UAE. Presented at 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, Leeds, UK,

With employees leaving construction organizations for all sorts of reasons, it is imperative that organizations look at ways to retain their knowledge. This paper presents a four step process in order to ensure knowledge retention. The four steps inc... Read More about Knowledge retention in construction in the UAE.