Abstract: A database containing seismic piezocone soundings performed in the geotechnically well-characterized Pisa clay has been used to verify the validity of the existing empirical relationships linking vertical yield stress to ...

Abstract: A series of dilatometer test profiles were carried out in a calibration chamber on Toyoura sand using a standard blade and a special research dilatometer. Pluviated sand samples were prepared using various combinations of ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of 254 drained triaxial compression tests. The results are analyzed with the aim of obtaining a phenomenological description of secant Young's modulus variation according to different test ...