...Evrim Sopacı; Haluk Akgün This study presents statistical analyses and correlations between the geotechnical parameters of the Antalya tufa rock mass ( ATRM ), whose variances have been observed to be large during the interpretation of the laboratory test results. The research covers laboratory...

... no conflict of interest. 30 09 2025 23 12 2025 © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only fibre Bragg grating (FBG) fibre–soil interface free-fall sphere test laboratory tests material point method (MPM) monitoring...

...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...

...-element method laboratory tests modelling particle image velocimetry shear plane shear stress distribution undrained shear strength vane shear test The principle of VST involves slowly inserting a cross-shaped vane into the soil and rotating it at a constant rate. The torque is measured...

... deformation of peat is thus not considered here. 24 03 2022 09 10 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2025 field testing & monitoring finite-element methods laboratory tests organic soils Table 1 shows the soil parameters required for soil/water...

... laboratory tests maximum curvature approach membrane stiffness organic content peat shear strength stress analysis stress level Figure 2. (a) Compression index (C_{c); (b) coefficient of volume compressibility (mv) Table 2. Details of oedometer tests from previous}...

... ⁡ ( k l c ) ⩾ 0.9 13 04 2023 31 07 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2024 deformation coordination laboratory tests optical fibre sands subsidence Land subsidence (LS) is an environmental geological phenomenon that is defined...

... 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...

... & 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). As the oil and gas industry moves into areas of deeper water, diverse anchor concepts are being developed...

... Terzaghi et al. (1996)). COV, coefficient of variation; SEY, standard error of the Y estimator clay plasticity index cone penetration test effective stress friction angle geomaterial characterisation in situ testing laboratory tests The effective stress friction angle (ϕ...

... 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...

... Limited: All rights reserved 2022 geotechnical engineering laboratory tests granular materials strain stress analysis stress path A large amount of monitoring data has shown that the repeated rise and fall of water level or wet–dry cycles tend to lead to the accumulation of permanent...

... 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 San Cristobal mine, Mazarrón, Spain. This mining district is located about 40 km from the city of Cartagena and was intensively exploited until the 1960s to obtain lead (Pb), zinc (Zn) and silver (Ag). 11 06 2021 12 07 2021 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2021 laboratory...

... laboratory tests ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2014 13 8 2013 08 1 2013 where Δt is the constant time interval and H is the thickness of the soil sample. Even though Asaoka's method is simple, and does not involve any complicated graphical...

... is presented in Table 2 and a flowchart indicating the steps to be followed is shown in Fig. 1 . 12 08 2004 19 07 2005 © 2006 Thomas Telford Ltd 2006 laboratory tests plasticity soil classification In geotechnical engineering, the term ‘soil classification’ implies...