{"title":"Load-controlled cyclic T-bar tests: a new method to assess effects of cyclic loading and consolidation","authors":"C. O'Loughlin, Z. Zhou, S. Stanier, D. White","doi":"10.1680/JGELE.19.00030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGELE.19.00030","url":null,"abstract":"Full-flow T-bar and ball penetrometer tests are often used to measure intact and remoulded soil strengths, with the latter determined after several large-amplitude displacement cycles. In offshore ...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"10 5 1","pages":"7-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81450560","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":"The coupled effect of suction and net stress on the air permeability of compacted soils","authors":"S. Roy, S. Rajesh","doi":"10.1680/jgele.19.00056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.19.00056","url":null,"abstract":"The coupled effect of net mean stress and suction on the air permeability of compacted soils has been investigated in this study. The air permeability of compacted soils was conducted at various pr...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"25 1","pages":"50-56"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82227878","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":"A DEM method for simulating rubber tyres","authors":"Z. Ren, Y. Cheng, X. Xu","doi":"10.1680/jgele.19.00064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.19.00064","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, recycled rubber tyres were found to be an economical and environmental-friendly reinforcement material in geotechnical engineering. Although the use of rubber tyre-reinforced soil has bec...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"36 1","pages":"73-79"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89470813","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":"A statistical inference of hydraulic shear and clogging in internally unstable soils","authors":"S. Dassanayake, A. Mousa, L. Sheng, C. Chian","doi":"10.1680/jgele.19.00082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.19.00082","url":null,"abstract":"Water-retaining earth structures often experience cyclic hydraulic flow patterns, which are believed to alter the soil fabric. Gap-graded soils are identified to be internally unstable. These soils...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"32 1","pages":"67-72"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87912692","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}
J. Wang, E. Andò, P. Charrier, S. Salager, P. Lambert, B. François
{"title":"Micro-scale investigation of unsaturated sand in mini-triaxial shearing using X-ray CT","authors":"J. Wang, E. Andò, P. Charrier, S. Salager, P. Lambert, B. François","doi":"10.1680/JGELE.18.00214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGELE.18.00214","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the micro characteristics of unsaturated sand in triaxial shearing by using X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT). To obtain higher resolution, a mini-triaxial set-up is designed...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"23 1","pages":"269-277"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2019-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88304279","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":"Characterisation of the multi-scale fabric features of high plasticity clays","authors":"F. Cotecchia, S. Guglielmi, F. Cafaro, A. Gens","doi":"10.1680/jgele.18.00230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.18.00230","url":null,"abstract":"An investigation of the microstructural features of a high-plasticity clay, in both its natural conditions and reconstituted in the laboratory, is described. Scanning electron microscopy is used he...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"46 1","pages":"361-368"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2019-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79011226","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. L. Molina, É. Azéma, N. Estrada, S. Fityus, John Simmons, A. Lizcano
{"title":"Impact of grading on steady-state strength","authors":"S. L. Molina, É. Azéma, N. Estrada, S. Fityus, John Simmons, A. Lizcano","doi":"10.1680/JGELE.18.00216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGELE.18.00216","url":null,"abstract":"In the mining industry, waste dumps are earthen structures typically built by loose waste tipping. They may reach heights of hundreds of metres and undergo large deformations. For this reason, thei...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"67 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2019-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79029288","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":"Geostatistical analysis of strain localization in triaxial tests on sand","authors":"E. Salvatore, R. Spacagna, E. Andò, M. Ochmański","doi":"10.1680/JGELE.18.00228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGELE.18.00228","url":null,"abstract":"Strain localisation influences the behaviour of sheared soils in a way that the assumption of the continuum loses validity and may become inapplicable. This occurrence affects the interpretation of...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"89 5 1","pages":"334-339"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2019-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83634720","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 micro-features of fossil diatom on the macroscopic behaviour of soils","authors":"B. Caicedo, D. Zuluaga, C. Slebi","doi":"10.1680/JGELE.18.00204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGELE.18.00204","url":null,"abstract":"Diatomaceous soils frequently occur in lacustrine and marine deposits. They are usually thought of as one type of material with unusual geotechnical properties characterised by high Atterberg limit...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"4 1","pages":"322-327"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2019-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89049703","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":"Acoustic emission monitoring of crushing of an analogue granular material","authors":"S. Luo, E. Ibraim, A. Diambra","doi":"10.1680/JGELE.18.00231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGELE.18.00231","url":null,"abstract":"A two-dimensional (2D) analogue material formed of rod cylinders of chalk is tested under one-dimensional (1D) oedometric loading conditions. Passive non-destructive acoustic emission (AE) monitori...","PeriodicalId":48920,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique Letters","volume":"121 2 1","pages":"305-313"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2019-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91036466","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}