Abstract: Laboratory bearing capacity model tests were performed on both reinforced and unreinforced sand loaded by a strip footing. The effects of soil density and reinforcing strip length were investigated. The tests show that a ...

Abstract: The results of model tests of 18 ground anchors vertically buried in sand are described in this paper. Also described are tests on half‐section model anchors which were tested to observe movement and behavior during uplift ...

Abstract: To support a theory proposed to explain the mechanism causing blast‐induced liquefaction, a series of high pressure undrained isotropic compression tests have been performed on Monterey No. 0 and Eniwetok sands. These tests ...

Abstract: Compacted soils wetted under load can both swell and collapse (subside) depending on their condition and the magnitude of the vertical overburden stress. One‐dimensional compression tests were conducted to clarify the ...

Abstract: Results from centrifuge and 1‐g model tests of projectile penetration into granular soils are described. Solid spherical projectiles in four calibers were fired into uniform samples of dry sand at approximately 305 m/s. ...

Abstract: A“double‐triaxial” test procedure similar to the double‐oedometer test was developed to determine the wetting‐induced collapse potential of soils subjected to anisotropic stress states. Based on a series of double‐triaxial ...

Abstract: As high earth dams, deep compacted highway embankments, and Other thick compacted fills become more common, it is imperative that engineers consider and control the potential for wetting‐induced collapse in compacted fills. ...