International Journal of Geomechanics: Recent submissions
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Quantitative Risk Assessment of Seismically Loaded Slopes in Spatially Variable Soils with Depth-Dependent Strength
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Risk assessment of seismically loaded slopes is often a prerequisite for guiding decision-making and mitigation, which could be more difficult to quantify when taking the spatial variability of material properties into ... -
Stability Analyses of Shallow Rectangular Tunnels in Anisotropic and Nonhomogeneous Soils Using a Kinematic Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Conducting soil stability assessments around tunnels has always been a concern. However, most existing studies have regarded soil as an isotropic and homogeneous material. To overcome this limitation, within the framework ... -
Time-Lapse Shear-Wave Velocity Changes Corresponding to Stages of Soil Arching Using a Trapdoor and the Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)In this study, a subsidence simulator, also known as a trapdoor, is used to evaluate stages of soil arching (a load transfer mechanism), and related failure features are imaged using time-lapse surface-wave analysis in ... -
Effect of the Interaction of Fines and Granular Particles on Cyclic Liquefaction Resistance Using the Equivalent Granular Void Ratio and Capacity Energy Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)A series of strain-controlled cyclic triaxial tests were performed on Firoozkuh sand‒silt mixtures with wide ranges of fines content (FC), relative density (Dr), and effective confining stress ( -
Analytical Solution for Pipeline Settlement Law Using Shield Tunnel Excavation Underneath Based on Vlasov–Timoshenko Model Considering Lateral Soil Action
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This study used a two-stage method to derive an analytical solution for assessing the vertical displacement of an existing pipeline caused by the undercrossing construction of a shield tunnel. The aim was to evaluate the ... -
Investigation of the Dynamic Response Pattern and Instability Mechanism of a Bedding Rock Slope Subjected to Frequent Seismic Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The adverse effects of the frequent reservoir earthquakes (REs) and the severe degradation of the hydrofluctuation belt (HFB) on the long-term stability of bedding bank slope since the Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) ... -
Back-Calculation of Nonlinear Properties of Subgrade Using a New In Situ Nondestructive Testing Approach Based on Loading Sequence
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This study aims to develop a new in situ nondestructive testing (NDT) method to determine nonlinear parameters of subgrade soils and to establish a method to calculate the subgrade design modulus. The new method collects ... -
Analytical Solutions for the Deflection and Internal Force of a Hard Roof Subjected to a Piecewise Linear Supercharged Load
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Coal mining generally induces stress concentration around the goaf range, and the hard roof undergoes fracture and instability when the stress exceeds the tensile strength. It is crucial to investigate the mechanical ... -
Dynamic Properties of Undisturbed Guiyang Red Clay in the Small-Strain Range
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Red clay is commonly used as filler for roadbed or subgrade, but it always leads to engineering problems of uneven settlement and strength decay under cyclic dynamic loading because of its engineering characteristics such ... -
A Sustainable Reinforcement Method for Recycled Road Subgrade Demolition Waste as Road Bases Using Waterborne Polyurethane and Fiber
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The discard of recycled road demolition waste (RDW) leads to natural resource waste and environmental problems. The RDW is reused as road base, which is a sustainable application and promising construction technology with ... -
Unified Modeling for the Simple Shear Behavior of Clay and Sand Accounting for Principal Stress Rotations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Mechanical response of soils under simple shear conditions has long been a subject of significant interest in the field of geomechanics. When subjected to simple shear loading, soils experience rotations of the principal ... -
Engineering Potential of Pond Ash Geomaterial: A Lightweight Filling Solution
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This article presents a comprehensive study on the development and characterization of a novel lightweight filling material, pond ash geomaterial (PAGM), composed of pond ash, expanded polystyrene (EPS) beads, cement, and ... -
Transient Response of an Unsaturated Single-Layer Seabed Subjected to a Vertical Compressional Wave
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The seismic response of seabed is fundamental for researching the seismic response of marine structures. The one-dimensional transient response of an unsaturated seabed was studied in this paper. An analytical solution for ... -
3D Numerical Analysis of a Geogrid-Reinforced Piled Embankment: High-Speed Railway
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)A full-scale experimental geosynthetic-reinforced piled embankment (GRPE) and its numerical back analysis are presented in this article. The site is in Virvée (France) and is part of the new South Europe Atlantic high-speed ... -
Energy Evolution Characteristics of Sandstone under Different High-Temperature Pretreatments and Different Confining Pressures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)With the development of large-scale tunnel construction and green energy mining toward the depths of the Earth, the study of the mechanical properties and the deformation, and fracture characteristics of the surrounding ... -
A Modified Failure Wedge Model for Modeling Soil–Pile Interaction of Laterally Loaded Piles in Sand Considering Slope Effect
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The installation of many pile foundations near slopes inevitably exposes them to the influence of the slopes on the stiffness and strength of the soil–pile system, which is a significant issue involving geomechanics and ... -
A Refined Vlasov Foundation Model and Finite-Difference Method for Computing Slope Anchor Frame Resting on Nonsingle Bearing Strata
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The Vlasov foundation model and its variations belong to two-parameter elastic foundation beam models that can rationally reflect the displacement decrease law with increasing depth within the compressible elasticity layer. ... -
A Modified Wedge-Prism Model for Calculating the Limit Support Pressure of a Shallow Shield Tunnel Face in Unsaturated Sandy Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The limit support pressure significantly influences the stability of the shield tunnel face and deformation control during tunneling. Current research predominantly focuses on soils under dried or saturated conditions. ... -
Spatial Earth Pressure Analysis of V-Shaped Gully Shoulder Retaining Wall under Translational Mode
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Mountainous regions are often characterized by the presence of V-shaped gullies, necessitating the construction of retaining structures to support the embankments spanning across these gullies. The gully topography renders ... -
Hydromechanical Analysis of Collapse Settlement of Loess during Field Immersion Tests: Field Investigations and Numerical Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Loess is the most well-known collapsible soil. The field immersion test is one of the effective means to assess the in situ self-weight collapsibility of soil. However, the reason why huge differences appeared in collapse ...