Abstract: Soil arching is a common phenomenon in pile-supported, geosynthetic-reinforced or unreinforced embankments resting on soft soil. Although the system behavior under static loading is well known (soil arching and bearing ...

Abstract: The elastic modulus of a granular assembly composed of spherical particles in Hertzian contact usually has a scaling law with the mean effective pressure p as K∼G∼p1/3. Laboratory test results, however, reveal that the ...