Abstract: In recent years, several empirical and semiempirical relationships have been proposed to predict the small-strain shear modulus of unsaturated fine-grained soils along different hydraulic and mechanical loadings paths. ...

Abstract: The ability of shallow bridge foundations to dissipate earthquake energy via rocking has gained significant attention by bridge engineers owing to recent efforts to quantify the performance of rocking footings. This paper ...

Abstract: To characterize the role of specimen disturbance and structure in the hydromechanical behavior of collapsible soils, two sets of wetting-induced collapse and suction-controlled triaxial tests were conducted on intact and ...

Abstract: The small-strain shear modulus Gmax is a key material parameter in modeling the behavior of soils subjected to dynamic loading. Recent experimental results indicate that seasonal weather interaction with near-surface soils ...

Abstract: This article presents an experimental laboratory study on the effect of plastic compression and stress history on the small strain shear modulus, Gmax, of unsaturated soils. In previous studies, most of the experiments for ...

Abstract: A new framework is developed to extend an existing small-strain shear modulus (Gmax) model to determine Gmax of unsaturated silty soils along different paths of the soil water retention curve (SWRC) including the scanning ...

Abstract: Two centrifuge model tests were used to examine the effect of soil interlayering on the measured cone-penetration resistance in a layered soil model. The first centrifuge model included four soil profiles: two uniform loose ...