Abstract: From the considerations of the truncated diffuse double layer due to partial saturation, an equilibrium equation is written in terms of the soil state parameter viz. void ratio, e, void ratio at liquid limit, e=wG, degree ...

Abstract: Overconsolidated soils exhibit a bilinear e-log p relationship. During virgin compression, microstructural units form larger stable groups, thereby reducing the operating specific surface and, in turn, net osmotic repulsive ...

Abstract: The Cam‐clay models, or any other plasticity‐based models, do not make distinction between the mode of stress transfer in coarse‐ and fine‐grained soils. An examination of behavior at micro level in fine‐grained soils, ...

Abstract: The performance of reinforced earth structures depends on the mobilization of interfacial shearing resistance between soil and reinforcement. This criterion typically eliminates the use of fine‐grained soil as a backfill ...

Abstract: The development of the Cam‐clay model, based on critical state concepts associated with the plasticity theory, is a consequence of the geotechnical engineer's desire to simply predict the behavior of fine‐grained soils ...

Abstract: This paper presents a model for bonded or cemented soils within the framework of hardening plasticity. The model is based on the concepts that (1) the strength of a cemented soil can be considered to be made up of two ...

Abstract: The in situ behavior of buried flexible pipes is considerably influenced by uncertainties in external load, pipe, and soil properties. To take care of the uncertainties, while the conventional design methodology incorporates ...