Abstract: This study presents a new empirical criterion for assessing the potential of internal erosion and suffusion of granular soils. This method considers the bimodal structure of a soil having a primary coarse fabric and loose ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of laboratory investigations into the deformation of coal fouled ballast stabilized with geogrid at various degrees of fouling. A novel track process simulation apparatus was used to simulate ...

Abstract: An analytical model is proposed to describe the filtration process applicable to a base soil-filter system. The Navier-Stokes equations for porous media are used to capture the hydrodynamic behavior, whereas, numerically, ...

Abstract: A series of large-scale laboratory experiments, along with numerical analyses, using the commercial finite-element software package, ABAQUS, were performed to investigate the installation of mandrel-driven prefabricated ...

Abstract: Improvement of soft clay deposits by the installation of stone columns is one of the most popular techniques followed worldwide. The stone columns not only act as reinforcing material increasing the overall strength and ...

Abstract: This study examines the effectiveness of a prefabricated vertical drain (PVD) installed in reconstituted soft clay, where a large cyclic triaxial device was used to simulate repeated loading representing a rail track ...