Abstract: A new model is presented for characterizing the response of soils within the boundary zone around piles. The proposed concept provides for a continuous variation of soil properties with smooth transition into the outer ...

Abstract: There is considerable uncertainty in the determination of effective stress strength parameters of cemented soils from undrained triaxial tests. Large negative excess pore pressures are generated at relatively large strains ...

Abstract: Characterizing the strength of weakly cemented and sensitive soils in the laboratory is difficult because of the difficulty in obtaining high-quality replicate samples necessary for defining the failure envelope. Multistage ...