International Journal of Geomechanics: Recent submissions
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Analytical Analysis of the Scattering Problem of Plane SV Waves Caused by a Circular Arc Canyon in an Unsaturated Half-Space
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Because the porous multiphase nature of circular arc canyon media has an essential influence on the scattering of seismic waves, elastic media, as well as saturated porous media, do not fully respond to the actual properties ... -
Interfacial Wave Propagation at Spring Contact of Functionally Graded Fiber-Reinforced and Isotropic Elastic Semi-Infinite Media
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)An analytical approach has been presented in this research article to investigate the propagation properties of Stoneley waves at an imperfect interface between two elastic semi-infinite media with distinct properties. A ... -
Finite-Volume Method Implementation of the Modified Cam-Clay Constitutive Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study addresses the challenge of numerically simulating nonlinear elastoplastic behavior in solid mechanics via the finite-volume method (FVM) that has not been traditionally dominant in the field. The study presents ... -
Interaction between Adjacent Soil-Arching Effect in Homogeneous Clay and the Corresponding Stability Analysis of Underground Voids: Insights from Trapdoor Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Nature- and human-induced underground voids appear frequently, posing threats to the performance and stability of infrastructures. The interaction between underground voids in clay lacks attention. This study employed the ... -
Identification and Extension of an Advanced Gas Hydrate Sediment Constitutive Model Using the Autocalibration Technique
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Energy extraction from gas hydrate sediments in marine environments significantly affect the seafloor stability, as these hydrates get perturbed from their thermodynamically stable conditions. Therefore, understanding the ... -
Shakedown Analysis of Porous Mohr–Coulomb Materials: A Computational Homogenization Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper presents a computational approach to define the effective fatigue criterion of porous Mohr–Coulomb materials under cyclic loads. The homogenization theory for periodic microstructures is combined with kinematic ... -
Upper-Bound Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings Rested on Unsaturated Sands and Subjected to Eccentric and Inclined Loading
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This article deals with the load-bearing capacity of strip foundations resting on unsaturated sands and subjected to eccentric and inclined loading. The numerical simulations are performed by modifying the conventional ... -
Effect of Vertical Strain and Hydration Time on Mechanical Behavior and Microstructure of Expansive Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In this study, the effects of vertical strain and hydration time on the mechanical behavior and microstructure of expansive soils are examined, addressing the challenges they pose to engineering structures due to ... -
Numerical Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Dynamic Response of Railway Subgrade Induced by Heavy-Haul Trains Based on FEM Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Research on the dynamic response of subgrades is essential for designing heavy-haul railway subgrades. Therefore, a dynamic stress field test was carried out on the Daqin Railway using a three-dimensional dynamic soil ... -
Adaptive Criterion for Iterative Hydromechanical Coupling in Black-Oil Reservoir Using Pseudocompressibility
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Geomechanical analysis of oil reservoirs requires the solution of a coupled stress flow problem of highly discretized volume of rock. A proper solution to such problems might have a high computational cost, and the larger ... -
Dynamic Response of an Exponentially Graded Unsaturated Porous Transversely Isotropic Half-Space
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper investigates the dynamic response of an exponentially graded unsaturated porous transversely isotropic half-space under time-harmonic loading. Transversely isotropic elasticity coefficients and material density ... -
Evolution Law of Fractured Rock Permeability under Cyclic Loading and Unloading
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Gob is formed by large-scale voids during underground coal mining. The overlying strata of gob collapses from the bottom up. The fractured zone of overlying strata in the gob is subjected to repeated loading and unloading ... -
Optimization of Factors of Safety and Displacements of Unsaturated Soil Slopes by the Bioinspired Metaheuristic Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The present work introduces an analytical framework based on the limit-equilibrium method for the determination of the local factor of safety (FS) and global factor of safety (FSG), and local displacements along the critical ... -
Dynamic Performance of Two-Tiered Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Walls under Cyclic Loading
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Tiered geosynthetic-reinforced soil (GRS) walls in transportation engineering are often applied in high-retaining soil structures and are typically subjected to traffic cyclic loading. However, there has been limited ... -
Plane Wave Attenuation in Periodic Pile Barriers with Sliding Interfaces
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study investigates the impact of a sliding interface, characterized by zero tangential traction, on the dynamics of Bragg scattering (BSPBs) and locally resonant periodic pile barriers (LRPBs). Using a massless spring ... -
Seismic Analysis of Slopes with Tension Cutoff Considering Vertical Seismic Excitation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The Mohr–Coulomb (M-C) yield criterion provides an exaggerated tensile strength of bonded soils, leading to misestimation of slope stability, particularly under seismic excitation. In this paper, the concept of tension ... -
Anisotropic Influence on the Mechanical Behavior of Aeolian Sand under True Triaxial Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Granular materials usually copossess inherent and stress-induced anisotropy that significantly influences their mechanical behaviors. This paper presents a series of true-triaxial tests on aeolian sands to consider the ... -
Behavior of Floating Stone Columns in Soft Clay: Field Tests and Numerical Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The use of floating stone columns (FSCs) has recently been adopted to improve the stability of thick soft clay deposits, though their behavior is not yet fully understood. To provide a comprehensive understanding, field ... -
Nonlinear Consolidation Analysis of Stone Column Composite Foundations Considering Radial and Vertical Flows within the Stone Column and the Variation of Well Resistances
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The clogging effect caused by installing stone columns is depth dependent. The movement of soil particles into the stone column, which is induced by the consolidation of soils, further resulting in a clogging effect on the ... -
The Strength Law of Coconut Shell Fiber–Reinforced Soils Based on the Hardin–Drnevich Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)A large diameter triaxial specimen of 61.9 mm was made by mixing coconut shell fibers with red clay soil. The shear strength of coconut shell fiber–reinforced soil was investigated using a dynamic triaxial shear test with ...