Abstract: Abstract In this paper, an analytical solution for the scattering of plane SH waves by arbitrarily shaped tunnels in a nonlocal fractional-order viscoelastic half-space is presented by using complex variable theory. First, ...

Abstract: Unbound granular materials (UGMs) are widely used as road-base and subbase materials for bearing traffic loading. Significant road settlements can be caused by cyclic traffic loading after several years of operation. To ...

Abstract: In certain field conditions, the soil element is subjected to cyclic stress paths with both principal stress rotation and deviatoric stress variation. To better understand the response of soft clay under this type of stress ...

Abstract: To study the effects of traffic loading, three centrifuge tests were carried out on the response of a saturated clay ground under sinusoidally cyclic vertical loading. The clay ground was overconsolidated at its top to ...

Abstract: One-way cyclic loading induced by traffic loads will give rise to the cyclic variation of normal stress components of all three directions, including one vertical and two horizontal ones. The cyclic horizontal normal stress ...

Abstract: This paper presents an experimental study of the influences of initial major principal stress direction (ξ) and intermediate principal stress coefficient (b) on noncoaxial behavior of soft clay involved pure principal ...

Abstract: AbstractThroughout the service life of pile-supported infrastructures in soft soil, undrained cyclic loading induces excess pore pressure accumulation, causing soil strength degradation. Conversely, subsequent pore pressure ...

Abstract: AbstractWhen subjected to low-amplitude cyclic loading, the cumulative strain (εp) in clay is generally observed to follow a power-law relationship with the number of cycles (N). Analysis of long-term cyclic deformation ...