Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering: Recent submissions
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Model for Lateral Swelling Pressure in Unsaturated Expansive Soils
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)Unsaturated expansive soils annually cause major economic losses and structural damages to foundations and earthen structures, primarily due to exhibiting large amounts of swelling and shrinkage when subjected to variations ... -
Spring-Based Trapdoor Tests Investigating Soil Arching Stability in Embankment Fill under Localized Surface Loading
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Pile-supported (PS) embankments have been used increasingly to support highways and railways on soft subsoils. In addition to the self-weight of the embankment, this embankment system is often subjected to surface localized ... -
Effect of Water–Rock Interaction on the Axial Capacity of Drilled Caissons Socketed in Claystone Bedrock
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)A large number of bridges and structures in Colorado are supported by drilled caissons and shafts socketed in weak clay-bearing rocks (e.g., Denver blue claystone and Pierre shale). During the construction of caissons ... -
Multiscale Modeling of Anchor Pullout in Sand
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Pullout of plate anchors from granular sands is investigated using a novel computational multiscale approach. We employ the material point method (MPM) to solve a large deformation boundary value problem and adopt the ... -
Cavitation of Water in Soil
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Despite increasing awareness that cavitation can be a potential mechanism for drainage of water from soil, comprehensive understanding of its effects on soil water retention (SWR) remains largely elusive. A major obstacle ... -
Soil Sorptive Potential–Based Paradigm for Soil Freezing Curves
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)The soil freezing curve (SFC) is a fundamental constitutive relationship between liquid water content and temperature under subzero (0°C or 273.15 K) conditions. SFC governs mechanical and hydrologic behavior of soil ... -
Mitigation of Liquefaction Triggering and Foundation Settlement by MICP Treatment
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)Centrifuge modeling was used to study the performance of loose sand treated with microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) to improve liquefaction resistance to triggering and reduce the total and differential ... -
Undrained Cyclic Response of K0–Consolidated Stiff Cretaceous Clay under Wheel Loading Conditions
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Optimal whole life design for railways, highways, runways, and metro lines requires an accurate assessment of how their underlying geomaterials respond to large numbers of wheel-loading cycles. This paper presents an ... -
Behavior of a Pile Group Supporting a Precast Pile Cap under Combined Vertical and Lateral Loads
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)A half-scale field test was conducted on a pile group installed at a stiff clay site. The pile group consisted of eight steel H-piles, with a battered pile at each corner, and connected to a precast pile cap using preformed ... -
Liquefaction Susceptibility of Saturated Coral Sand Subjected to Various Patterns of Principal Stress Rotation
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)The influences of consolidation conditions and rotation patterns of principal stress on the liquefaction susceptibility of saturated coral sand have emerged as an interesting problem in recent years. This paper presents ... -
Displacement Hazard Analysis of Earth Structures Affected by Subduction Zone and Shallow Crustal Earthquakes
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Common practice for evaluating the seismic performance of earth dams uses design ground motions selected to be consistent with a target design response spectrum, which are subsequently used in dynamic analyses that estimate ... -
Effects of Strain History and Induced Anisotropy on Reliquefaction Resistance of Toyoura Sand
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Recent earthquake events have indicated that liquefaction histories can greatly affect the reliquefaction resistance of saturated sandy ground. This paper reports a fundamental experimental study of medium-dense/dense ... -
Enhanced Simplified Method for Pseudostatic Analysis of Seismic Internal Forces in Rectangular Underground Structures
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Current simplified analysis methods for rectangular underground structures subjected to earthquake action present in US design codes or analogous documents are based on the structure shear distortion assessment by means ... -
Evaluation of Roundness Parameters in Use for Sand
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Particle granulometry plays an important role in the engineering behavior of many sands. However, the evaluation of particle shape and size has historically been a tedious and labor-intensive process. The recent availability ... -
Development of Subsurface Geological Cross-Section from Limited Site-Specific Boreholes and Prior Geological Knowledge Using Iterative Convolution XGBoost
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)The delineation of vertical geological cross-sections is an essential task in geotechnical site characterization and has a profound impact on subsequent geotechnical designs and analyses. It is a long-lasting challenge, ... -
Large-Strain Damping of Sands: Parameter Effects
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)A recently developed damping calculation method for undrained load-controlled cyclic tests was implemented on some 70 cyclic triaxial and direct simple shear tests conducted by various researchers on a range of different ... -
Field Soil Suction Profiles for Expansive Soil
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Soil suction–based analyses are paramount to proper design of foundations in expansive soils, yet availability of field soil suction profiles from direct measurement is limited. A method was developed, using directly ... -
Liquefaction Mitigation of Silty Sands Using Rammed Aggregate Piers Based on Blast-Induced Liquefaction Testing
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)To investigate the liquefaction mitigation capability of rammed aggregate piers (RAP) in silty sand, blast liquefaction testing was performed at a soil profile treated with a full-scale RAP group relative to an untreated ... -
Model Tests to Determine Properties of Concrete and Aggregates in Verification Core Holes at the Bottom of Drilled Shafts
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Verification core holes are important tools in ascertaining the properties of the bed rock at the bottom of drilled shafts. However, it is unknown whether verification core holes fill during concrete placement; if they ... -
CPT-Based Design Method for Axial Capacities of Drilled Shafts and Auger Cast-in-Place Piles
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)The paper presents observations from a newly compiled database of static load tests comprising 68 instrumented drilled shafts and auger cast-in-place piles in sands, sand mixtures, silt mixtures, and clays at 37 sites ...