International Journal of Geomechanics: Recent submissions
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Characterizing the Permeability of Kansas Concrete Mixes Used in PCC Pavements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Reliable and economical design of portland cement concrete (PCC) pavement structural systems relies on various factors, among which is the proper characterization of the expected permeability response of the concrete mixes. ... -
Centrifuge Model Test and FEM Analysis of Dynamic Interactive Behavior between Embankments and Installed Culverts in Multiarch Culvert Embankments
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)A multiarch culvert embankment is a new type of filling structure for which several precast arch culverts are installed continuously in the direction of the road extension. The key points in the design are to estimate the ... -
Strain-Rate Effects in Shear Highlighted by a Dynamical Systems Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Soil shear can be described as a dynamical system in which particles move at random shear strains into the steady-state flow structure in a process governed by simple friction. This paper studies strain-rate effects in ... -
Fully Nonlinear versus Equivalent Linear Computation Method for Seismic Analysis of Midrise Buildings on Soft Soils
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)In this study, the accuracy of a fully nonlinear method against an equivalent linear method for dynamic analysis of soil-structure interaction is investigated comparing the predicted results of both numerical procedures. ... -
Prediction of Blast-Induced Vibration Parameters for Soil Sites
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)In the recent past, the topic of blast loads on structures has received considerable attention from researchers. Site-specific empirical models for blast-induced vibration parameters like peak particle velocity (PPV), peak ... -
Vibration Characteristics of a Tunnel Structure Based on Soil-Structure Interaction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Considering the interaction mechanisms between a subway tunnel’s structure and the surrounding soil, a new theoretical method was established to analyze the vibration characteristics of the tunnel structure. The tunnel ... -
Limit Equilibrium Model for Rock Joints Based on Strain Energies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Limit equilibrium models of forces that act on joints in rock masses have a disadvantage in that it is impossible to explicitly integrate joint roughness amplitude because the models consider only the nondimensional ... -
Experimental Study on the Effects of Initial Conditions on Liquefaction of Saturated and Unsaturated Sand
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Soil liquefaction is one of the most common geohazards that is often the root cause of damage and disruption to the civil infrastructure systems. It has been tacitly considered to only occur in loose saturated sand or ... -
Constitutive Model for Strength Characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This paper presents modification of the derivation of a previously proposed constitutive model for the prediction of stress-strain behavior of municipal solid waste (MSW) incorporating different mechanisms, such as immediate ... -
Bearing Capacity of Circular Footings on Reinforced Soils
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)A method is presented for determining the ultimate bearing capacity of a circular footing reinforced with a horizontal circular sheet of reinforcement placed over granular and cohesive-frictional soils. It was assumed that ... -
Numerical and Experimental Study of Overtopping and Failure of Rockfill Dams
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This paper aims to present and validate a numerical technique for the simulation of the overtopping and onset of failure in rockfill dams caused by mass sliding. This goal is achieved by coupling a fluid dynamic model for ... -
Nonlinear Power-Type Failure Laws for Geomaterials: Synthesis from Triaxial Data, Properties, and Applications
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Nonlinear power-type failure envelopes of the form -
Ground Shock Resistance of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)A simple analytical method has been developed that characterizes plane shock wave propagation through reinforced soil and the dynamic interaction between soil and retaining wall panels. The shock wave attributable to an ... -
Anisotropy of Undrained Shear Strength Induced by K0 Consolidation and Swelling in Cohesive Soils
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Strength anisotropy should be introduced into stability analyses, because the shear direction differs at each sliding point. However, few experiments evaluating the effects of anisotropic consolidation on undrained shear ... -
Erratum for “Measuring and Modeling Proportion-Dependent Stress-Strain Behavior of EPS-Sand Mixture” by An Deng and Yang Xiao
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Nonlinear Cross-Anisotropic Model for Soils at Various Strain Levels
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Nonlinearity and anisotropy of stress-strain responses are important factors influencing the behavior of soil. To describe this complex behavior of soils, a hypoelastic constitutive model is developed based on cross-anisotropic ... -
Numerical Modeling of Geotextile-Reinforced Embankments over Deep Cement Mixed Columns Incorporating Strain-Softening Behavior of Columns
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Geotextile-reinforced embankments over deep cement mixed (DCM) columns are widely used for the construction of highway embankments over soft clay with low shear strength and high compressibility. Numerical modeling based ... -
Particle-Scale Insight into Deformation Noncoaxiality of Granular Materials
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This paper explores the mechanism of deformation noncoaxiality from the particle scale. A multiscale investigation has been carried out with the particle-scale information obtained from discrete element simulation on ... -
Prediction of Multidimensional Deformation Behavior Based on Observed Values
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)In this study, a method is developed for predicting the future deformation of soft ground, based on measured data. Because it is difficult to predict the deformation behavior of soft ground on the basis of laboratory ... -
Disturbed State Concept–Based Solution for Consolidation of Plastic Clays under Cyclic Loading
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This paper presents a simplified solution for consolidation of plastic clays under cyclic loading in disturbed state concept (DSC) framework. When normally consolidated (NC) clay undergoes cyclic loading, at the beginning ...