Abstract: The spatial variability of soil properties in situ is often modeled by trend surfaces and residual variations about trend. With the advent of computer‐aided design, statistical procedures are now routinely applied to trend ...

Abstract: This paper presents a laboratory investigation of undrained triaxial shear behavior of a natural low-plasticity silt from Halden, Norway in the intact, disturbed, and reconstituted states. Sherbrooke block sample and ...

Abstract: While improvements in equipment and sampling methods have enabled collection of better quality samples of soft clays for more reliable engineering design and performance prediction, current sample quality assessment methods ...

Abstract: This paper presents results of a laboratory investigation of the influence of the nonuniform stresses imposed by the Geonor direct simple‐shear (DSS) apparatus on measured stress‐strain behavior. The investigation concentrated ...

Abstract: The foundation soil of an offshore Arctic gravity structure is subjected to complex loading conditions. In addition to radial shear stresses induced by the weight of a structure, large horizontal shear forces from ice loads ...

Abstract: Multiscale experiments were conducted to investigate the thixotropic behavior of a naturally occurring illite-rich marine clay with a moderate salinity and of a manufactured, highly purified kaolin clay at respective liquid ...

Abstract: Full-flow penetrometers (the T-bar and ball) are increasingly used on sites with thick deposits of soft clays, particularly prevalent offshore. Full-flow penetration tests were performed at five international well-characterized ...