Abstract: Granular materials deposited under gravity usually exhibit inherent fabric anisotropy, which leads to profoundly varying strength under different loading directions in regard to the bedding plane that has been observed ...

Abstract: New observations of experimental facts are made in this study to understand the physical essentials regarding the changes in mobilized maximum stress and phase-transformation stress states of saturated sands subjected to ...

Abstract: The relationship between dilatancy and anisotropy is a fundamental aspect of anisotropic behavior of granular materials. Existing test data directly investigating this relationship are scarce and conflicting. Discrete ...

Abstract: An improved method based on pseudostatic and limit-equilibrium analysis is proposed for evaluating seismic (static plus dynamic) active earth pressures induced by backfill behind movable rigid retaining walls. The proposed ...

Abstract: The classical critical state theory of granular mechanics makes no reference to the anisotropy of the material and has thus raised questions over the uniqueness of the critical state when fabric anisotropy is taken into ...

Abstract: The mechanical response of granular material to the rotation of stress principal axes is an issue of both practical and theoretical importance in soil mechanics. This study used a two-dimensional (2D) discrete-element ...

Abstract: As part of the LEAP (Liquefaction Experiments and Analysis Projects), many centrifuge model tests on a sheet pile retaining wall were conducted at six different centrifuge facilities around the world. Each centrifuge ...

Abstract: A series of drained tests for sands with inherent fabric anisotropy were conducted with an automatic hollow cylinder apparatus. The samples were subjected to cyclic rotation of principal stress axes while the magnitudes ...