{"title":"Soil sounding location optimisation for spatially variable soil","authors":"M. Chwała","doi":"10.1680/JGELE.20.00012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGELE.20.00012","url":null,"abstract":"A novel approach for estimating foundation bearing capacity, conditioned by soil sounding locations in the case of spatially variable soil properties, is proposed in the study. This method uses a k...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"27 1","pages":"409-418"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90797837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Yuan, Xianfeng Liu, E. Romero, P. Delage, O. Buzzi
{"title":"Discussion on the separation of macropores and micropores in a compacted expansive clay","authors":"S. Yuan, Xianfeng Liu, E. Romero, P. Delage, O. Buzzi","doi":"10.1680/jgele.20.00056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.20.00056","url":null,"abstract":"The behaviour of clayey soils is strongly correlated to their microstructure and evolution thereof. Microstructural investigations have contributed to understanding soil behaviour and have supporte...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":"454-460"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87037880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Wang, B. Lehane, M. F. Bransby, L. Wang, Y. Hong
{"title":"A simple approach for predicting the ultimate lateral capacity of a rigid pile in sand","authors":"H. Wang, B. Lehane, M. F. Bransby, L. Wang, Y. Hong","doi":"10.1680/jgele.20.00006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.20.00006","url":null,"abstract":"Rigid piles are widely used as foundations to resist lateral load. A calculation to confirm that the ultimate lateral geotechnical capacity of such piles is not exceeded is required for ultimate li...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"50 1","pages":"429-435"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77752460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elastic stiffness of circular footings on clay overlying sand under general loading","authors":"Yifa Wang, M. Cassidy, B. Bienen","doi":"10.1680/JGELE.20.00045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGELE.20.00045","url":null,"abstract":"Foundations are commonly situated on layered soil deposits, where the elastic stiffnesses may differ from values calculated using solutions for single-layer elastic media. This paper reports elasti...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"22 1","pages":"1-28"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74903988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of wetting/drying cycles on pore characteristics in sandstone from Wanzhou, China","authors":"X. Yang, L. Cao, Fei Zhao, Q. Sun","doi":"10.1680/JGELE.20.00042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGELE.20.00042","url":null,"abstract":"The microstructure and appearance of sandstone samples from the bank slope of the Three Gorges Reservoir of the Yangtze River in Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China were evaluated before and after w...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"114 1","pages":"1-26"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76725733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cone penetration testing on silty tailings using a new small calibration chamber","authors":"J. Ayala, A. Fourie, D. Reid","doi":"10.1680/JGELE.20.00037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGELE.20.00037","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents the results of the first cone penetration testing on predominately silty gold tailings in a calibration chamber, with results interpreted within the critical state soil mechanic...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"52 1","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85182269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermally induced deformation of coarse-grained soils under nearly zero vertical stress","authors":"Y. Pan, J. Coulibaly, A. F. Rotta Loria","doi":"10.1680/jgele.20.00013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.20.00013","url":null,"abstract":"In the last few decades, the deformation of soils induced by temperature variations has received increasing attention due to the limited understanding of its governing mechanisms and variables, and...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"36 1","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75624711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Model test and DEM investigations into effects of cavities on a single pile in weak rock","authors":"T. T. Nguyen, S. Matsumura, Shima Kawamura","doi":"10.1680/jgele.19.00004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.19.00004","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of different cavity locations on the bearing capacity of pile foundations. To accomplish the purpose, a series of model tests was carried out on ...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"1 1","pages":"216-226"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90626821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Asymptotic state boundaries and peak states in barodesy for clay","authors":"G. Medicus","doi":"10.1680/jgele.19.00088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.19.00088","url":null,"abstract":"With constant stretching of soil, the memory is gradually swept out and the so-called asymptotic states are reached: asymptotic states are proportional stress paths as well as particular curves in ...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"65 1","pages":"262-269"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87255130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drained cylindrical cavity expansion analysis in anisotropic soils considering 3D strength","authors":"Changyi Yang, Haohua Chen, Jingpei Li","doi":"10.1680/JGELE.19.00043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGELE.19.00043","url":null,"abstract":"Anisotropic behaviour and three-dimensional (3D) strength are two significant properties of soils. This paper incorporates the spatially mobilised plane (SMP) criterion into the anisotropic critica...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"23 1","pages":"346-352"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78780167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}