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Determining Maximum Chemico-Osmotic Pressure Difference across Clay Membranes
(ASCE, 1/1/2020 1)Significant research conducted over the last 20 years has shown that engineered clay barriers for chemical containment applications can behave as semipermeable membranes that restrict the migration of aqueous-phase ... -
Impact of Solution Chemistry on Deposition and Breakthrough Behaviors of Kaolinite in Silica Sand
(ASCE, 1/1/2020 1)Understanding the transport and deposition behavior of particles within porous media is of importance because clogging can degrade the long-term performance of hydraulic infrastructure (e.g., artificial recharge system, ... -
Laterally Loaded Battered Piles in Sandy Soils
(ASCE, 1/1/2020 1)A technique to predict the response of laterally loaded battered piles in sandy soils is developed based on soil–pile interaction. The proposed method employs the concepts of the strain wedge (SW) model, which were originally ... -
Assessing Liquefaction Resistance of Fiber-Reinforced Sand Using a New Pore Pressure Ratio
(ASCE, 1/1/2020 1)Mixing discrete flexible fibers into sand is a reinforcement technology that increases the sand’s strength as well as ability to resist liquefaction. This study demonstrates the mechanisms by which the applied loads are ... -
Epistemic Uncertainty in Site Response as Derived from One-Dimensional Ground Response Analyses
(ASCE, 1/1/2021)One-dimensional ground response analyses (GRAs) are often used with an expectation that they provide unbiased estimates of site effects. Under that hypothesis, epistemic uncertainty in site response arises mainly from ... -
Large-Scale Shake Table Tests on a Shallow Foundation in Liquefiable Soils
(ASCE, 1/1/2021)The significant damage observed during recent earthquakes resulting from liquefaction of shallow saturated soil deposits beneath structures has illustrated the need for further research in the area of liquefaction-induced ... -
Poisson’s Ratio Characteristic Curve of Unsaturated Soils
(ASCE, 1/1/2021)Poisson’s ratio is an elastic property needed as input in a wide range of geotechnical engineering applications. Despite experimental evidence, there is currently no model in the literature to explicitly account for the ... -
Depth-Dependent Seabed Properties: Geoacoustic Assessment
(ASCE, 1/1/2021)Offshore geoengineering requires reliable sediment parameters for analysis and design. This study proposes a robust framework for effective stress-dependent geotechnical and geoacoustic properties for seabed analysis based ... -
Delaney Park Geotechnical Array Dynamic Properties Inferred from the Magnitude 7.1 2018 Anchorage, Alaska, Earthquake Sequence
(ASCE, 1/1/2021)We used waveforms from the 2018 MW 7.1 Anchorage earthquake and six selected aftershocks, ranging from MW 4.2 to 5.7, to quantify site properties including shear-wave velocity profile, predominant frequencies, borehole ... -
Thermal Consolidation Theory
(ASCE, 1/1/2021)This study presents an analytical formulation to predict the generation and dissipation of thermal pore pressures and volumetric strains in low permeability soils. The developed relations facilitate mimicking the transient ... -
Analytical–Empirical Approach for Estimating Kinematic-Response Relationships between Hydrate-Bearing Soils and Standard Soils
(ASCE, 1/1/2021)Methane hydrate within a soil pore space may significantly modify the mechanical behavior of the sediment. Previous studies have shown that the influence of hydrate on methane-hydrate-bearing sediments (MHBS) is dilative ... -
Undrained Seismic Compression of Unsaturated Sand
(ASCE, 1/1/2021)Unsaturated soils in engineered geostructures like embankments or retaining walls may experience seismic compression during earthquakes due to particle rearrangement associated with large-strain cyclic shearing. Although ... -
Case History: Failure of the Reinforced Soil Slope at Yeager Airport, Charleston, West Virginia
(ASCE, 1/1/2021)The 73-m-tall (240-ft) reinforced soil slope (RSS) that supported Runway 5 at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia failed catastrophically on March 12, 2015 after a service period of about 8 years. In the context ... -
Centrifuge Modeling of Fines Content Influence on Liquefaction Behaviors of Loose Gravelly Soils
(ASCE, 1/12/2023 )The effects of fines content on the liquefaction behavior and the dynamic response of gravelly soils were evaluated in this study. A total of six models of level-ground profiles of two saturated gravel-sand-fines mixtures ... -
Epistemic Uncertainty Treatment in Seismically Induced Slope Displacements Using Polynomial Chaos
(ASCE, 10/1/2020 )Performance-based probabilistic approaches (PBPAs) for estimating seismically-induced slope displacements (D) provide hazard-consistent estimates through the evaluation of D hazard curves (DHCs), and hence, its use in ... -
Response of Sands to Multidirectional Dynamic Loading in Centrifuge Tests
(ASCE, 10/1/2020 )Dynamic centrifuge tests were performed to investigate multidirectional loading effects on the shear and volumetric response of saturated sands under partially drained, level-ground conditions. These tests illustrate that ... -
Numerical Simulations of Fourth Avenue Landslide Considering Cyclic Softening
(ASCE, 10/1/2020 )Cyclic softening of fine-grained soils poses a significant hazard to geotechnical infrastructure in many parts of the world. Methods to numerically evaluate the cyclic softening and subsequent localization behavior in clays ... -
Improving Hydraulic Conductivity Estimation for Soft Clayey Soils, Sediments, or Tailings Using Predictors Measured at High-Void Ratio
(ASCE, 10/1/2020 )Consolidation parameters are required to support the disposal management of soft soils or mine tailings. The estimation of these parameters from simple correlations using easily measured properties can be advantageous, and ... -
Nonlinear Determination of Suction Compression Index in Expansive Soils for Heave Prediction
(ASCE, 10/1/2020 )Climatic conditions easily allow for volume change of expansive soils. This happens due to the wetting and drying cycles that affect the moisture active zone. The suction compression index (γh) is the key parameter that ... -
Conceptual Hydraulic Conductivity Model for Unsaturated Soils at Low Degree of Saturation and Its Application to the Study of Capillary Barrier Systems
(ASCE, 10/1/2020 )Accurate modeling and prediction of the variation of the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soils at a very low degree of saturation has important implications in various engineering problems. Physical processes underlying ...