Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering: Recent submissions
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Degradation Behavior of Two Multilayered Textured White HDPE Geomembranes and Their Smooth Edges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/05/01)The longevity of two white multilayered textured geomembranes, manufactured with a smooth edge for welding, is examined when immersed in synthetic municipal solid waste leachate at five temperatures (40, 55, 65, 75, and ... -
Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Particle Migration in Gap-Graded Granular Soils: Insights from Experimental Observations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/03/01)This study presents physical observations and insights into particle migration characteristics throughout the suffusion process. Using a purpose-built coaxial permeameter cell, suffusion experiments were conducted on ... -
Thermal Response of Energy Screw Piles Connected in Series
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/07/01)Energy piles are a consolidated underground heat exchanger alternative to traditional boreholes in ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems. Previous works focused on assessing the differences between piles and boreholes, ... -
Inclined Pullout Capacity of Suction Anchors in Clay over Silty Sand
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/06/01)This study presents a range of numerical modeling to evaluate the pullout capability of suction anchors subjected to inclined mooring loading in a clay-over-silty-sand deposit. Comprehensive numerical models were generated, ... -
Effects of Principal Strain Direction and Intermediate Principal Strain on Undrained Shear Behavior of Sand
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/07/01)Anisotropic characteristics of granular soil consolidated to various initial stress states were evaluated under generalized strain paths using hollow cylinder torsional shear tests. Fraser River sand samples prepared by ... -
Characteristics of Copper Tailings in Direct Simple Shearing: A Critical State Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/05/01)Tailings dams, which are storage structures for tailings, often are constructed using the tailings itself. A large number of tailings dam failures have been reported recently, especially due to static liquefaction, and can ... -
Failure of Frozen Sandstone under Uniaxial Compression with Interpretation of Pressure Melting of Pore Ice from Electrical Resistance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/06/01)Understanding the failure process in frozen porous rock is of great importance to both geomorphology research and engineering design in cold regions. The mechanical behavior of frozen porous rock has its own particularity ... -
What Spatial Area Influences Seismic Site Response: Insights Gained from Multiazimuthal 2D Ground Response Analyses at the Treasure Island Downhole Array
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/01/01)Site-specific subsurface conditions are known to significantly influence the frequency content and amplitude of seismic ground shaking. When attempting to model these effects, known as seismic site effects, most studies ... -
Numerical Study of the Effect of Ground Improvement on Basal Heave Stability for Deep Excavations in Normally Consolidated Clays
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/07/01)The ground-improvement technique is commonly used to restrain the wall displacement induced by excavation and resist the basal heave for deep excavations in soft clays. In this paper, a three-dimensional finite-element ... -
Role of Nano- and Crystalline Silica to Accelerate Chemical Treatment of Problematic Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/07/01)A research study was conducted to accelerate engineering property improvements by using novel silica-based coadditives along with a traditional calcium (Ca)-based stabilizer. Silica-based compounds, crystalline-silica (CS) ... -
Estimation of Shaft and Base Resistances of Cast-in-Place Piles in Israel from Analysis of Pile Loading Tests
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/04/01)Existing approaches for the estimation of shaft and base resistances of drilled, cast-in-place piles have been compared on the basis of data collected from local geotechnical consultants, from load tests performed as part ... -
Effect of Viscoplasticity on Localization in Saturated Clays and Plastic Silts
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/04/01)A numerical study is presented of the effects of viscoplasticity on localization processes in sensitive, saturated clays and plastic silts. Numerical simulations of laboratory specimens of sensitive, viscoplastic soil ... -
Prompt Quantitative Risk Assessment for Rain-Induced Landslides
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/05/01)An extreme rainstorm can cause thousands of landslides and kill hundreds of people. In the changing climate, fatal rainstorms become more frequent and intense. The current landslide emergency management evaluates hazard ... -
Effect of Gradation on the Strength and Stress-Dilation Behavior of Coarse-Grained Soils in Drained and Undrained Triaxial Compression
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/05/01)Geotechnical engineering practice commonly estimates the properties and behavior of well-graded soils using methods and relationships developed based on the behavior of clean, poorly graded coarse-grained soils. The influence ... -
A Unified Approach for the Analysis of CPT Partial Drainage Effects within a Critical State Soil Mechanics Framework in Mine Tailings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/06/01)Results from both laboratory and in-situ cone penetration tests (CPTs) on predominantly sandy silt platinum tailings from an operational mine in South Africa are reported. The CPTs were conducted with four different cone ... -
A Unified Formula for Small-Strain Shear Modulus of Sandy Soils Based on Extreme Void Ratios
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/02/01)Small-strain shear modulus (G0) is a fundamental property required in dynamic analyses. For sandy soils, G0 may be affected strongly by particle characteristics such as uniformity coefficient (Cu), mean particle size (d50), ... -
Rapid Surface Deployment of a DAS System for Earthquake Hazard Assessment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/05/01)Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is a relatively new technology used in many geophysical applications. The versatility, high spatiotemporal resolution, and sensitivity to surface waves make DAS ideal for rapid deployment ... -
DeltaVs: A Method for Detecting Significant Layer Boundaries in Surface Wave Inversion Results
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/02/01)Surface wave testing is a powerful tool for noninvasive seismic site characterization. It includes a wide variety of active-source and passive-wavefield methods [e.g., spectral analysis of surface waves (SASW), ... -
Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings Seated on Unreinforced and Geosynthetic-Reinforced Granular Layers over Spatially Variable Soft Clay Deposits
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/06/01)In the literature, the influence of spatial variability of the undrained shear strength of foundation soils on the bearing capacity of footings is limited to footings seated directly on the foundation. This is an unlikely ... -
Macromechanism Approach for Vulnerability Assessment of Buildings on Shallow Foundations in Liquefied Soils
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/03/01)The damage caused by seismic shaking and liquefaction-induced permanent ground deformation has conventionally been assessed as two separate problems often by different engineers. However, the two problems are inherently ...