Abstract: This paper presents and discusses the results of a three-dimensional numerical study performed to evaluate the effects of vertical loads on the response of laterally loaded piles in both homogeneous and layered soils. Piles ...

Abstract: This paper examines the potential influence of particle-size distribution on stress-dilatancy behavior of granular materials from the results of 35 conventional drained triaxial compression tests. Seven different grain-size ...

Abstract: Shear-wave velocity, Vs, is a mechanical geotechnical parameter required for the dynamic response of geomaterials. This property can be advantageously assessed both in the field and in the laboratory. Although field tests ...

Abstract: Although much has been discussed on the liquefaction phenomenon and cyclic behavior of saturated sands, relatively little has been clarified on the difference between their cyclic behavior under simple and triaxial shear ...