Abstract: The cavity-contraction method has been used for decades for the design of tunneling and prediction of ground settlement by modeling the cavity-unloading process from an in situ stress state. Analytical solutions of undrained ...

Abstract: Rubber–sand mixture (RSM), an environmentally friendly material, has been used in the pavement subgrade. Previous studies investigate the cyclic response of RSM with various rubber contents by triaxial devices under traffic ...

Abstract: Stress–strain responses of Leighton Buzzard sand are investigated under bidirectional shear. The tests are conducted by using the variable direction dynamic cyclic simple shear (VDDCSS). Soil samples are anisotropically ...

Abstract: This paper describes a numerical study of drained pressuremeter tests in sand using a one-dimensional finite-element method in conjunction with an advanced soil model MIT-S1, and input parameters corresponding to Toyoura ...

Abstract: The contraction behavior of monotonically expanded cavities is intriguing as it offers insights into certain geotechnical scenarios, especially for pressuremeter tests, where the unloading data is equally informative as ...

Abstract: Triaxial compression tests were carried out on artificially structured soil samples at confining pressures of 25, 37.5, 50, 100, 200, and 400 kPa. A binary-medium constitutive model for artificially structured soils is ...

Abstract: The surfaces of real sands are often rough and a discrete element modeling of rough granulates is very important to understand the behavior of real sands. This paper presents a two-dimensional discrete element method (DEM) ...