Abstract: A series of single-staged consolidated drained direct shear tests are carried out on recompacted completely decomposed granite (CDG) soil—a typical residual soil in Hong Kong, under different matric suctions and net normal ...

Abstract: The strength of soil-nails depends on the behavior of the soil-cement grout interface at saturated and unsaturated conditions. Nowadays, pressure grouted soil-nails are considered to provide better interface strength than ...

Abstract: An interface between compacted soil and a structure is commonly encountered in various geotechnical engineering projects, e.g., soil nails, retaining walls, shallow foundations, pile foundations, and so on. The interface ...

Abstract: The dilatancy of a soil is significantly influenced by matric suction, and it affects the apparent friction angle and shear strength of the soil. To examine the influence of dilatancy on interface behavior, a series of ...

Abstract: An innovative masonry building system, the semi-interlocking masonry (SIM) building system, is being developed in the Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability at The University of Newcastle, Australia. The ...

Abstract: This paper presents an experimental program in which 16 full-scale clay brick unreinforced masonry walls were constructed and tested under in-plane cyclic shear loading. These walls have been divided into four sets of ...