... sphere test laboratory tests material point method (MPM) monitoring numerical modelling strain monitoring The test sand, classified as poorly graded angular sand (SP) according to the Unified Soil Classification System (ASTM, 1992), was sourced from a construction site in Xianlin University...

...Zhenhao Shi; Zizhen Tu; Jiangu Qian The dilatancy behaviour of clays significantly influences the stability and performance of underground engineering. In this work, comprehensive laboratory tests on both natural and reconstituted Shanghai clays are conducted to investigate the influence of natural...

... that of other high-plasticity clays, confirming that the clay contains a large amount of non-clay minerals such as quartz. The grain size distribution is shown in Figure 3(a) . According to the ASTM standard (ASTM, 2017), the soil is classified as silty clay. discrete-element method laboratory tests...

... in the trial embankment very well. 24 03 2022 09 10 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2025 field testing & monitoring finite-element methods laboratory tests organic soils Peat is known to be a very soft soil with peculiar engineering properties...

... Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2024 laboratory tests maximum curvature approach membrane stiffness organic content peat shear strength stress analysis stress level In some previous triaxial tests, it was found that peat does not show a shear failure mode but more...

... compaction of the layers for dry stack construction. Two IOT samples with different amounts of clay-sized particles but similar mineralogy (about 77% quartz and 19% iron oxide – typical of IOT in Brazil) were subject to three different laboratory tests simulating cyclic, compaction and vibration loading...

... deformation coordination laboratory tests optical fibre sands subsidence Land subsidence (LS) is an environmental geological phenomenon that is defined as the gentle or rapid sinking of the ground surface (Galloway and Burbey, 2011 ; Wu et al., 2008). It is caused by natural processes...

... 04 07 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2024 anchors & anchorages buried structures granular materials laboratory tests model tests Many existing offshore turbines are constructed in water depths between 20 and 60 m (Gavin et al., 2011...

... estimator 23 07 2022 07 12 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2023 clay plasticity index cone penetration test effective stress friction angle geomaterial characterisation in situ testing laboratory tests The effective stress friction angle...

... the behaviour of weakly bonded residual soil in the face of loading and unloading cycles using field plate load tests. Preliminary field and laboratory tests were carried out to characterise the residual soil at the experimental site. Monotonic and cyclic plate load tests – with circular and square plates...

... (p_{d) of 200 and 350 kPa. The test schemes are illustrated in Figure 4 , in which the critical state line (CSL) and the stress ratio at this time (M}=1.4) are also marked. Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2022 geotechnical engineering laboratory tests granular materials...

... and unpredictable settlements and related cracks. To investigate the non-homogeneous (conglomerate) rockfill's brittle behaviour in before–after and during triaxial tests, a series of laboratory tests under conventional stress paths were carried out using a large-scale triaxial apparatus. A numerical time-dependent...

... of the specimen. Table 1 shows all the sensors installed, their position and the variables recorded. laboratory tests unsaturated soils waste management & disposal The tailings studied in the column test belong to the tailings dam number 0976-3-0005 (IGME, 2004) of the San Cristobal mine...

... developments in field and laboratory testing of soils . 1985 , vol. 1 , Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, San Francisco, CA, USA : 57 – 153 . Leroueil   S . 10th Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium: Recent developments in consolidation...

... consist primarily of silt-size particles of uniform gradation. Bottom ashes and pond ashes are predominantly sand-size particles, well graded or poorly graded. 12 laboratory tests plasticity soil classification Fig. 1. Flowchart for classifying coal ashes Table 2. Coal ash...