Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering: Recent submissions
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Postliquefaction Reconsolidation Settlement of a Soil Deposit Considering Spatially Variable Properties and Ground Motion Variability
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)Assessment of earthquake-induced liquefaction is an important topic in geotechnical engineering due to the significant potential for damage to infrastructure. Some of the most significant infrastructure damage occurs due ... -
Effect of Particle Shape on Contact Network and Shear-Induced Anisotropy of Granular Assemblies: A DEM Perspective
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)The particle shape plays an important role in the macroscopic response of granular materials. Based on discrete element method (DEM) simulation results of triaxial tests on samples with different particle shapes, this study ... -
Centrifuge and Numerical Modeling of the Seismic Response of Buried Water Supply Reservoirs
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)Buried water reservoirs are increasingly being built to replace open aboveground municipal water supply reservoirs in urban areas to enhance water quality and utilize their surface footprint for other purposes such as ... -
Investigation of Piping Erosion in Embankment Dams with Downstream Filters
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)This paper describes the experimental methods developed to understand the piping erosion of impervious core and its interaction with downstream filters in embankment dams. Concentrated leaks through a dam core-filter system ... -
Bubble Growth and Release in Sediments during Water Level Drop: A Growth Model of Isolated Bubbles
(ASCE, 2024/04/01)Methane and other gases released from soft sediments are among the main sources of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In this paper, a growth model for isolated bubbles in the sediments was established based on the theory ... -
Thermomechanical Behavior of Energy Piles with Different Roughness Values in Unsaturated Soil
(ASCE, 2024/05/01)Energy piles are often partially or fully embedded in unsaturated soils, particularly in arid and semiarid regions; however, suction effects on their thermomechanical behavior have not been fully understood. In this study, ... -
Improved Liquefaction Resistance with Rammed Aggregate Piers Resulting from Increased Earth Pressure Coefficient and Density
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)During the last decades, liquefaction damages induced by earthquakes have underlined the importance of identifying effective soil improvement techniques for mitigation purposes. Vibratory methods, such as rammed aggregate ... -
Cyclic Resistance Models for Transitional Silts with Application to Subduction Zone Earthquakes
(ASCE, 2024/02/01)Regression models are presented to estimate the cyclic resistance of transitional silts as an alternative to semiempirical case history and stress history and normalized engineering parameter-based models using a database ... -
Cadia TSF Failure Assessment Considering Triggering and Posttriggering Mechanisms
(ASCE, 2024/04/01)Numerous recent failures of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) (e.g., the 2019 Brumadinho failure in Brazil, the 2018 Cadia failure in Australia) have occurred in the last decade, providing important case histories ... -
Determining Capillary Pore–Size Distribution of Soil from Soil–Water Retention Curve
(ASCE, 2024/02/01)Pore-size distribution (PSD) of soil is a fundamental property that determines flows of water, heat, chemicals, and electricity and controls distributions of stress and deformation. PSD can be intrinsically related to the ... -
Identification of Important Random Field Domain in Foundation Engineering through Reliability Sensitivity Analysis
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)In the random field model’s consideration of the spatial variability of soil, soil properties at different locations play different roles in the reliability analysis of the foundation. Investigating the importance distribution ... -
Effect of Mean Particle Size and Uniformity on Modulus Degradation of Nonlinearly Graded Marine Sands
(ASCE, 2024/05/01)This study investigated the effect of gradation, especially of mean particle size and uniformity of gradation, on the shear modulus degradation of natural marine sands compared to regraded clean sands. A series of fixed-free ... -
Liquefaction Potential and Sediment Ejecta Manifestation of Thinly Interbedded Sands and Fine-Grained Soils: Palinurus Road Site in Christchurch Subjected to 2010–2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence
(ASCE, 2024/05/01)The effect of spatial variability on the liquefaction prediction and liquefaction-induced ground failure of a soil profile with thinly interbedded layer of sand and clay was examined using simplified procedures and fully ... -
Constitutive Model for Thermo–Hydro–Mechanical Behaviors of Saturated Partially Frozen Cohesionless Soils: A Theoretical Pore-Scale Study
(ASCE, 2024/04/01)The thermo–hydro–mechanical (THM) behaviors of frozen soils are often modeled based on the thermodynamic fluxes of moisture and heat. However, existing models disregard the pore-scale granular interaction between the soil ... -
A Bounding Surface Model for Cemented Soil at Small and Large Strains
(ASCE, 2024/02/01)Many constitutive models have been proposed to describe the mechanical behavior of cemented soil at large strains (above 1%). Less attention has been paid to the highly nonlinear stress–strain behavior at small strains, ... -
Soil Shrinkage: Underlying Mechanisms Revealed by Intergranular Stress
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)When drying from a fully saturated state, soil transits from saturation to unsaturation, activating the effects of capillarity, adsorption, and osmosis. Traditionally, these effects have been elusive in modeling soil ... -
MPM Simulation of the Installation of an Impact-Driven Pile in Dry Sand and Subsequent Axial Bearing Capacity
(ASCE, 2024/04/01)Pile installation leads to significant changes in soil state (i.e., void ratio and effective stress) around the pile, which affects stiffness and bearing capacity. Currently, the driveability of piles is analyzed using ... -
Geotechnical Characterization of a Tidal Estuary Mudflat Using Portable Free-Fall Penetrometers
(ASCE, 2024/01/01)This study investigates the geotechnical characteristics of a soft tidal mudflat in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire. Laboratory testing of surficial sediment samples of the upper 10 cm and field observations from ... -
Permeable Plate Anchors: Accelerating Capacity Gain in Soft Clay
(ASCE, 2024/01/01)Plate anchors have become an attractive technology for anchoring offshore floating facilities such as floating renewable energy devices because they provide high holding capacity relative to their dry weight. This allows ... -
Reductions in Hydraulic Conductivity of Sands Caused by Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation
(ASCE, 2024/02/01)Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) modifies soil behavior and properties through the precipitation of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the pore space. It has gained prominence as one strategy for biologically ...