Abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated that macroscopic liquefaction behavior is closely related to the evolution of the microstructure (fabric) of soils. Here we perform three-dimensional (3D) discrete-element method (DEM) ...

Abstract: The critical-state theory (CST) serves as the foundation of modern soil mechanics and has gained widespread acceptance for explaining the behavior of granular materials. The classical CST does not address the fabric ...

Abstract: Recent case histories have demonstrated that soil liquefaction can occur repeatedly at a site during a sequence of earthquake events. Field observations and laboratory tests imply that reliquefaction resistance can be ...