Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering: Recent submissions
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Experimental Investigation of Rate Effects on the Uplift Response of Surface and Skirted Circular Shallow Foundations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Shallow foundations can mobilize uplift resistance due to the negative excess pore pressure generated underneath the foundation. However, quantifying the magnitude of this uplift resistance remains uncertain due to the ... -
Experimental and Coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian Numerical Analyses of the Pullout Behavior of a Bearing Bar Reinforcement System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In recent years, there has been a re-emerging interest in using inextensible reinforcement systems in reinforced earth structures. Regarding the pullout mechanism, optimum arrangements of inextensible reinforcement systems ... -
Evaluation of the Performance of Hybrid Geosynthetic–Reinforced Soil Walls Subjected to Rainfall in a Geotechnical Centrifuge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In the present study, the centrifuge modeling approach was utilized to investigate the efficacy of dual-functional hybrid geosynthetics as reinforcement in alleviating the destabilizing effects of rainfall on geosyntheti ... -
Evaluation of Different Methods for Cone Resistance Assessment from Dynamic Penetration Tests
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Dynamic penetration tests (DPT) are largely applied for soil in situ characterization. Cone resistance assessment from DPT is usually based on driving formulas derived from Newtonian approach. These are nevertheless often ... -
Estimation of Timing of Liquefaction Using Spectral Energy Ratio
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The significant reduction in the stiffness of liquefied soil is accompanied by a decrease in the shear wave velocity, which ultimately results in the softening of the liquefied site. Time–frequency response analysis can ... -
Efficiency and Characteristics of MICP in Environments with Elevated Salinity, Diminished Oxygen, and Lowered Temperature: A Microfluidics Investigation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) shows significant potential for improving soil strength, but environmental factors greatly influence its mechanisms and effectiveness. The feasibility of using MICP in ... -
A Small-Strain Hypoelastic Constitutive Model and Application to Foundation Field Tests for Initial Stiffness Evaluation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The small-strain stiffness of soil measured through dynamic tests can be utilized in the finite element method to simulate static conditions. Although numerous soil constitutive models incorporated the elastic law of the ... -
Effective Stress and Suffusion Onset at Local and Global Scales in Centrifuge Permeameter Tests
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study presents the results from a series of centrifuge tests conducted in a novel permeameter capable of measuring both global and layer permeability. Six tests were undertaken at gravitational accelerations ranging ... -
Distributed Fiber-Optic Monitoring of Free-Field Soil Response under Normal Faulting: Full-Scale Experiment and Analytical Solution
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Reasonable assessment of free-field soil strain is fundamental to quantifying the hazards induced by normal faulting. Previous studies provided insights into the propagation mechanisms of fault rupture within the overlying ... -
Device for Load-Redistribution between Existing Piles and Underpinning Micropiles
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)A micropile preloading method using bolt-fastening was studied to improve the constructability and economic feasibility of underpinning micropiles for the vertical expansion of a building with existing pile foundation. Due ... -
A Practical Numerical Model of Embedded Mooring Chains in Clayey Soils
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Interactions between mooring chains and the seabed are crucial in the estimation of the capacities of mooring anchors for floating facilities in deep water. This paper presents a computationally efficient numerical approach ... -
Deformation Mechanisms in Stratigraphically Layered Liquefiable Deposits near Buildings on Shallow Foundations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Most natural granular deposits are spatially variable due to heterogeneities in soil hydraulic conductivity, layer thickness, relative density, and continuity. However, existing simplified liquefaction evaluation procedures ... -
A Novel Analytical Solution for Slurry Consolidation Induced by a Vacuum-Assisted Prefabricated Horizontal Drain
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Vacuum preloading via prefabricated horizontal drains (PHDs) is an efficient technique to accelerate the consolidation of dredged soft soils. However, this technique lacks a clear and concise theoretical solution to the ... -
Contribution of Osmotic Suction to Suction Stress for Unsaturated Saline Clay and Its Suction Stress Characteristic Curve
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The presence of water and salt transport in complex hydrochemical environments allows for continuous changes in the suction state of clay (matric suction, osmotic suction, and their interactions). The interaction between ... -
Construction of Quasi-Site-Specific Geotechnical Transformation Models Using Bayesian Sparse Dictionary Learning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Transformation models commonly are used in geotechnical practice to estimate design parameters (e.g., friction angle ϕ) required for geotechnical design and analysis from measurement data obtained from laboratory or ... -
Conical Failure Surface of Medium-Dense Hostun Sand in Undrained Multidirectional Simple Shear Tests
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Realistic seismic shearing is usually not limited to a single direction. A number of studies on the effect of multidirectional shearing have proven that soil behaves differently under multidirectional loading compared with ... -
A New Associative Yield Function for Suction-Embedded Plate Anchors in Undrained Clay
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study proposes a new associative yield function (f*) for suction-embedded plate anchors in undrained clay, addressing the limitations of the commonly used yield function (f). Firstly, 2,520 three-dimensional finite-element ... -
Centrifuge Modeling of the Installation Advancement Ratio Effect on the Cyclic Response of a Single-Helix Screw Pile for Floating Offshore Wind
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Upscaled screw piles have been proposed as anchors for offshore floating wind applications, but this upscaling can result in a significant increase in vertical installation forces. Previous studies have shown that the use ... -
Carbon Footprint and Seismic Fragility Assessment of a Bridge–Foundation–Ground System Using Stone Columns as Liquefaction Countermeasures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Sustainability has emerged as a paramount concern in the construction and development of built infrastructure. This study delves into the environmental impact and vulnerability of an idealized bridge–foundation–ground ... -
Axial and Circumferential Behavior of Rock-Socketed FRP-SSC Composite Piles Monitored by Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Traditional pile foundations in harsh marine environment may experience steel corrosion or concrete deterioration. Besides, conventional measuring devices such as strain gauges and vibrating wire extensometers are sensitive ...