Abstract: In this study, the thaw consolidation properties of fine-grained permafrost soils are investigated in terms of the characteristics of the relationships between the effective stress (σv′), the void ratio (e), and the hydraulic ...

Abstract: Hydraulic conductivity of thawed consolidated slurries of a silty clay from Lachute, Quebec, Canada, subjected to closed-system freezing at different temperatures ranging from −2 to −12°C were determined from constant-head ...

Abstract: The large strain nonlinear thaw consolidation model developed by Dumais and Konrad is used to analyze the Inuvik experimental warm-oil pipeline built on ice-rich permafrost foundations. The predictions for the thaw penetration ...

Abstract: The recently developed framework for modeling grain breakage in granular materials is shown to be valid for saturated/unsaturated conditions. The model describes the initiation, development, and stabilization of breakage ...

Abstract: The forward modeling of the dispersion curve of a layered medium calculated from the spectral characteristics of Rayleigh waves requires an efficient algorithm for predicting the surface displacements of the medium under ...

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present macro- and micro-study on the yielding of microstructured geomaterials by numerical experiments. This target is achieved by carrying out 63 one-dimensional and biaxial compressions ...

Abstract: This paper presents an experimental study of the effect of porosity and particle size on the hydraulic conductivity and thermal conductivity of sand-sized crushed granite particles with diameters ranging from 0.08–10 mm. ...

Abstract: The mechanical behavior of the interface between gravelly soils and structures may play a significant role on the response of many soil-structure systems to loading. Under cyclic excursion of shear stress, the gravelly ...

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) ...