YaBeSH Digital Library: Recent submissions
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Cosserat Elastoplastic Finite-Element Model Incorporating Structural Properties of Natural Soil and Case Study of the Saint-Alban Embankment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractNatural soils often exhibit significant structural characteristics such as heterogeneity, anisotropy, and strain softening, which can severely affect soil strength and are crucial for the bearing capacity and ... -
Strength–Stiffness–Suction Relations of Compacted Silt
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThis study aimed to develop the strength–stiffness–suction relations of compacted red mudstone fill (RMF) material through a comprehensive experimental program that included water retention, uniaxial compression, ... -
A Closed-Form Equation for Soil Sorptive Potential
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractCapillarity and adsorption are the two physical mechanisms responsible for matric suction, and thus they determine soil’s hydrologic and mechanical properties under saturated and unsaturated conditions. Adsorption ... -
Pipe–Soil Interaction with Large Lateral Movement on Undrained Clay: An LDFE Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractA critical design challenge for pipelines laid directly on the seabed in deepwater is comprehending and, consequently, managing the effects of thermal- and pressure-induced lateral buckling for both light and heavy ... -
Particle Size Distribution of Sand by Water Pressure during Sedimentation: The u-Sed Test
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractA simple new test for determining the particle size distribution (PSD) for the full ASTM sand size range (0.075–4.75 mm) is introduced. It utilizes the recording of water pressures during sedimentation of ... -
Hybrid Finite-Element and Material Point Method for Modeling Liquefaction-Induced Tailings Dam Failures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThis paper presents a hybrid finite-element method (FEM) and material point method (MPM) approach for modeling liquefaction-induced tailings dam failures from initiation through runout. We apply this method to ... -
Modeling and Stress Analysis of Ballasted Tracks: Integrated Finite-Element and Discrete Support Techniques
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract This paper presents a computational study focused on establishing the criticality of rail cant in redistributing stresses within ballast tracks. A three-dimensional finite-element model (FEM) was developed and ... -
Experimental Investigation on the Pullout Performance of Rock-Socketed Micropiles under Oblique Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractMicropiles are an important solution for power transmission in high-altitude mountainous areas and are often subjected to oblique tensile loads from strong winds. However, the pullout performance of micropiles under ... -
Fusion of Limited Site-Specific Borehole Logs and Geophysical Data from a Different Site for Three-Dimensional Subsurface Geological Modeling Using Multiscale Generative Adversarial Network
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThree-dimensional (3D) modeling of subsurface stratigraphy is a challenging task because site-specific measurements (e.g., boreholes) for ground investigation (GI) are often sparse and limited. Geophysical ... -
X-Ray Microtomography Measurements of Coevolving Particle Size and Shape
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThis study measures simultaneous changes in particle size and shape during grain crushing and proposes quantitative metrics to track their coevolving statistical distribution. Idealized granular materials with ... -
Innovative Subsurface Compacted Rubble Rafts for Severe Liquefaction Remediation in Christchurch, New Zealand
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThis paper presents the results and evaluation outcomes of a successful pilot project that employed a novel technology: the subsurface compacted rubble raft (SCRR) ground-improvement method. The project, undertaken ... -
Novel Combined Grid PHD–PVD Vacuum Preloading Method for Treatment of Blow-Filled Slurry: Large-Scale Physical Model Test
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractA novel ground improvement technique utilizing combined grid prefabricated horizontal drains (PHDs) and prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) with vacuum preloading is introduced for the treatment of blow-filled ... -
Creep Deformation and Long-Term Strength of Ice-Rich Permafrost in Northern Alaska
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThe degradation of permafrost alters deformation and long-term strength, posing challenges to existing and future civil infrastructure in Northern Alaska. Long-term strength is a critical parameter in the design ... -
Investigation of Creep Behavior and Its Effect on Dilatancy of Rockfill Materials through Large-Scale Triaxial Testing
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractA series of triaxial creep tests were carried out on the rockfill material to investigate its creep behavior. The variations in the creep strain and particle breakage of the rockfill material were analyzed, as well ... -
Multiphysics Assessment of Mexico City Soils: Structure and Thixotropy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThe unique properties of Mexico City soils arise from their complex lacustrine–alluvial–volcanic origin. This study employed multiphysics techniques to characterize both intact and remolded specimens: stiffness and ... -
Parsimonious Universal Function Approximator for Elastic and Elastoplastic Cavity Expansion Problems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractPhysics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have prevailed as an effective universal function approximator to solve a wide range of governing partial differential equations (PDEs) and ordinary differential equations ... -
Normalized Shear Modulus and Material Damping Models for Transitional Silts with Application to the Pacific Northwest
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractShear modulus reduction and material damping models for transitional silts are developed using a database of cyclic torsional-shear and cyclic direct simple shear test specimens from experimental programs conducted ... -
Hydraulic Properties of Unsaturated Soils Estimated from Infiltration Test Columns Monitored with Gamma-Ray Tomography
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract This study investigates the hydraulic behavior of unsaturated porous media, focusing on water movement during infiltration under a hydraulic gradient applied to the soil’s upper surface. An analytical solution to ... -
Weather-Induced Landslide Activity in Clayey Slopes: Modeling for the Design of Site-Scale Early Warning Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractBased upon both phenomenological and numerical analyses, current landslide activity in clayey slopes has been found to be recurrently prompted by the soil–vegetation–atmosphere interaction taking place in the very ... -
Physics-Informed Data-Driven Modeling of Unsaturated Soils under Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Loading Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractUnderstanding the behavior of unsaturated soils under thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) loading is crucial for addressing challenges related to climate change, geohazard mitigation, and the design of infrastructure. ...