International Journal of Geomechanics: Recent submissions
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H-Adaptive Updated Lagrangian Approach for Large-Deformation Analysis of Slope Failure
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This paper presents a novel approach to improving our understanding of complicated slope failure mechanisms that can occur in strain-softening material as well as to evaluating the accompanying postfailure deformation of ... -
Finite-Element Analysis on the Stability of Geotextile Tube–Reinforced Embankments under Scouring
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Scouring is a significant problem on river bank and coastal protection systems. Severe scouring can cause damaging consequences to geotextile tube embankment structures. In this study, five case scenarios of an embankment ... -
Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Verification of Fluid Flow through Deformable Rough Rock Joints
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Rock joints exert an enormous influence on the permeability of a rock mass because they act as interconnecting networks that provide pathways for fluids to permeate and flow within the rock structure. The apertures in rock ... -
Analytical Model of Soil-Water Characteristics Considering the Effect of Air Entrapment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Based on experimental data and the flow property analysis of the drying-wetting process of fluids under a microscope, a theoretical model is developed to consider the effect of air entrapment in the soil-water retention ... -
Framework for Coupling Flow and Deformation of a Porous Solid
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)In this paper, the flow of an incompressible fluid in a deformable porous solid is considered. A mathematical model using the framework offered by the theory of interacting continua is presented. In its most general form, ... -
Ultimate Bearing Capacity of a Strip Footing on Ground Reinforced by a Trench
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The ultimate bearing capacity of a strip footing on soil reinforced by a trench has been studied in the framework of limit analysis. Existing contributions were reviewed and were compared with numerical results predicted ... -
Numerical Analysis of an Instrumented Steel-Reinforced Soil Wall
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The paper describes the results and lessons learned using a FEM model to simulate quantitative performance features of the Minnow Creek steel-strip reinforced soil wall structure located in the United States. The Minnow ... -
Three-Dimensional Analysis of Geogrid-Reinforced Soil Using a Finite-Discrete Element Framework
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Three-dimensional analysis of soil-structure interaction problems considering the response at the particle scale level is a challenging numerical modeling problem. An efficient framework that takes advantage of both the ... -
Soil-Structure Interaction of Very Flexible Pipes: Centrifuge and Numerical Investigations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The unprecedented increasing cost of steel coupled with the superior mechanical and anticorrosion properties of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) creates a huge opportunity for FRP pipes to take the market share of steel and ... -
Numerical Modeling of Spudcan Deep Penetration in Three-Layer Clays
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This paper reports the results from numerical modeling of spudcan deep penetration through three-layer clays. Two typical seabed strength profiles commonly encountered in the field, and identified as critical for potential ... -
Optimization of Design of Column-Reinforced Foundations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)The design of foundations on soft ground reinforced by columns usually involves two important verifications, namely, checking for adequate bearing capacity and checking for acceptable settlement performance. This paper ... -
Exact and Approximate Solutions for Seepage through Semipermeable Cutoff Walls
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)An explicit analytical solution is developed for the problem of steady, two-dimensional seepage in the vertical plane through a fully penetrating, semipermeable cutoff wall. The flow is driven by a head drop across an ... -
Water Table Correction Factors for Settlements of Shallow Foundations in Granular Soils
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Shallow foundations are designed to limit settlements within tolerable limits. Additional settlements produced by the rise of the water table due to rain or floods can jeopardize the integrity of the foundation. This paper ... -
Coupled Nonlinear Finite-Element Analysis of Soil–Steel Pipe Structure Interaction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Numerical simulation of staged-construction modeling of large-diameter steel pressure pipes is accompanied by several complexities. Finite-element (FE) analysis was performed to simulate the behavior of buried steel pipes ... -
Assessment of the Elastic-Viscoplastic Behavior of Soft Soils Improved with Vertical Drains Capturing Reduced Shear Strength of a Disturbed Zone
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Soil disturbance induced by the installation of vertical drains reduces the horizontal soil permeability and shear strength in the disturbed zone. Thus, the soil disturbance contributes to the reduced overconsolidation ... -
Comparison of Measured and Theoretical Pressure Distribution below Strip Footings on Sand Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)The paper presents vertical pressure values occurring under the center line of uniformly loaded laboratory model tests of a surface strip footing on a sand bed. The vertical pressure distribution in medium dense sand was ... -
Novel Approach to Consolidation Theory of Structured and Collapsible Soils
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Consolidation is one of the most important concepts in geotechnics. The pioneer ideas of both Terzaghi and Biot, and its attendant phenomena have been shown to be widely applicable to a wide variety of soils. However, when ... -
Simplified Numerical Implementation in Slope Stability Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This paper mainly focuses on numerical implementations in slope instability computations through three simplified numerical procedures, i.e., FEM, mesh-free method (MFM), and spectral-element method (SEM), in one sample ... -
Deformation Analysis of Geotextile-Encased Stone Columns
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Based on the unit-cell concept, analytical solutions are presented to predict deformation behaviors of geotextile-encased stone columns at any depth below the top plane of the columns. Under vertical loads at the tops of ... -
Deformation-Based Limit State Analysis of Embankment Dams Including Geometry and Water Level Effects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The research presented in this paper is focused on the effect of various parameters on the deformation response of embankment dams and the corresponding performance limit states. The parameters considered include the ...