Abstract: Numerical simulations and calibration of hypoplasticity constitutive parameters for Chicago clays are presented based on laboratory tests conducted on high-quality block samples and field tests from excavations located in ...

Abstract: In this study, inclined shear tests (ISTs) coupled with acoustic emission (AE) monitoring and discrete element method (DEM) numerical simulations were employed to investigate the influence of the water/binder (w/b) ratio ...