Abstract: A simple method is proposed for the evaluation of earthquake-induced settlements in dry sands. The method consists of a set of equations that can be used to predict directly the settlements of a sand layer subjected to ...

Abstract: In Southern California the conventional method for evaluating surficial stability has a bias towards cohesion. It suggests that surficial failures are more likely in slopes made of sandy and gravelly soils, than those ...

Abstract: According to Drucker's postulate, materials should become unstable when the second increment of plastic work is negative. A series of conventional triaxial tests on fully saturated and partly saturated specimens is performed ...

Abstract: Based on the condition that a stable material is able to sustain a small perturbation in load, the stability of an elasto‐plastic granular material with non‐associated flow is analyzed, and necessary conditions for mechanical ...

Abstract: We document a case history of Northridge earthquake induced movement of a coherent landslide mass comprised principally of weathered, previously sheared siltstone. Information on the residual shear strength of the material ...