GeotechniquePub Date : 2020-11-10DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.19.sip.002
T. de Gast, P. Vardon, M. Hicks
{"title":"Assessment of soil spatial variability for linear infrastructure using cone penetration tests","authors":"T. de Gast, P. Vardon, M. Hicks","doi":"10.1680/jgeot.19.sip.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.19.sip.002","url":null,"abstract":"Soil spatial variability has a significant impact on the reliability of geotechnical structures. In particular, the horizontal variability is of importance for linear infrastructure, which has only...","PeriodicalId":55098,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1680/jgeot.19.sip.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67484818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeotechniquePub Date : 2020-11-03DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.18.p.213
A. Vranna, T. Tika, A. Papadimitriou
{"title":"Laboratory investigation into the monotonic and cyclic behaviour of a clean sand stabilised with colloidal silica","authors":"A. Vranna, T. Tika, A. Papadimitriou","doi":"10.1680/jgeot.18.p.213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.18.p.213","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a laboratory investigation into passive stabilisation of liquefiable sands by means of colloidal silica (CS). In order to examine the improvement of the mechanical behaviour of ...","PeriodicalId":55098,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1680/jgeot.18.p.213","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43708873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeotechniquePub Date : 2020-10-21DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.20.p.128
T. Vo, Yanzhi Wang, A. Russell
{"title":"The fall cone test in unsaturated soil and tailings pastes","authors":"T. Vo, Yanzhi Wang, A. Russell","doi":"10.1680/jgeot.20.p.128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.20.p.128","url":null,"abstract":"The fall cone test (FCT) is usually performed in saturated paste-like geomaterials to determine their undrained shear strength or liquid limit. Here the test is used to determine strength when a ge...","PeriodicalId":55098,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1680/jgeot.20.p.128","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43360955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeotechniquePub Date : 2020-10-06DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.19.p.386
S. Kontoe, F. Summersgill, D. Potts, Youngsuk Lee
{"title":"On the effectiveness of slope-stabilising piles for soils with distinct strain-softening behaviour","authors":"S. Kontoe, F. Summersgill, D. Potts, Youngsuk Lee","doi":"10.1680/jgeot.19.p.386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.19.p.386","url":null,"abstract":"The stabilisation of slopes with rows of discrete vertical piles is a commonly adopted method for both cuttings and embankment slopes. The majority of existing design procedures consider the pile o...","PeriodicalId":55098,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2020-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1680/jgeot.19.p.386","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47776310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeotechniquePub Date : 2020-09-29DOI: 10.1680/JGEOT.19.P.354
L. Monforte, M. Arroyo, J. Carbonell, A. Gens
{"title":"Large-strain analysis of undrained smooth tube sampling","authors":"L. Monforte, M. Arroyo, J. Carbonell, A. Gens","doi":"10.1680/JGEOT.19.P.354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGEOT.19.P.354","url":null,"abstract":"Borehole tube sampling is a key process of geotechnical engineering. The paper presents numerical analyses of smooth tube sampling in clay using the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM). The soil ...","PeriodicalId":55098,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2020-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1680/JGEOT.19.P.354","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42493103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeotechniquePub Date : 2020-09-29DOI: 10.1680/JGEOT.19.P.358
E. Rosenbrand, V. V. van Beek, A. Bezuijen, S. Akrami, J. Terwindt, A. Koelewijn, U. Förster
{"title":"Multi-scale experiments for a coarse sand barrier against backward erosion piping","authors":"E. Rosenbrand, V. V. van Beek, A. Bezuijen, S. Akrami, J. Terwindt, A. Koelewijn, U. Förster","doi":"10.1680/JGEOT.19.P.358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGEOT.19.P.358","url":null,"abstract":"Backward erosion piping poses a severe threat for embankments founded on sandy deposits. The physical mechanism by which a pipe progresses upstream beneath the embankment is conceptually understood...","PeriodicalId":55098,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2020-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1680/JGEOT.19.P.358","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41409549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeotechniquePub Date : 2020-09-14DOI: 10.1680/JGEOT.18.P.207
C. Ng, J. Ni, A. Leung
{"title":"Effects of plant growth and spacing on soil hydrological changes: a field study","authors":"C. Ng, J. Ni, A. Leung","doi":"10.1680/JGEOT.18.P.207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JGEOT.18.P.207","url":null,"abstract":"Effects of plant growth on soil hydrological changes need to be considered for long-term vegetation management of geotechnical infrastructure. Most existing studies focused on one particular plant ...","PeriodicalId":55098,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2020-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1680/JGEOT.18.P.207","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46505377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeotechniquePub Date : 2020-09-14DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.18.t.030
S. Nadimi, J. Fonseca, E. Andò, G. Viggiani
{"title":"A micro finite-element model for soil behaviour: experimental evaluation for sand under triaxial compression","authors":"S. Nadimi, J. Fonseca, E. Andò, G. Viggiani","doi":"10.1680/jgeot.18.t.030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.18.t.030","url":null,"abstract":"This note evaluates the ability of a combined discrete–finite-element approach to replicate the experimental response of a dry sand under triaxial compression. The numerical sample was created by v...","PeriodicalId":55098,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2020-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1680/jgeot.18.t.030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67484700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeotechniquePub Date : 2020-09-14DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.17.p.300
Zhihua Wang, Jinlong Ma, Hongmei Gao, A. Stuedlein, Jian He, Binghui Wang
{"title":"Unified thixotropic fluid model for soil liquefaction","authors":"Zhihua Wang, Jinlong Ma, Hongmei Gao, A. Stuedlein, Jian He, Binghui Wang","doi":"10.1680/jgeot.17.p.300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.17.p.300","url":null,"abstract":"The geotechnical earthquake engineering profession has struggled with the inherent complexity of the multiphase soil response to cyclic loading owing to the progressive nature of the generation of ...","PeriodicalId":55098,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2020-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1680/jgeot.17.p.300","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47019943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}