...C. Chao; L. J. Parra-Gómez; S. Muraro; W. Broere; C. Jommi Interpretation of element testing in soil mechanics can be enhanced to a large extent with the use of local pressure measurements, helping in quantifying the consequences of non-uniform stress, strain, and pore pressure fields within...

... a clear correlation between the saturation degree of filters and/or of the overall pore-pressure measurement system and the B parameter proposed, thus providing a proof of concept in laboratory settings. 24 04 2023 09 10 2023 © 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald...

.... Interestingly, the spikes belong to the sharp tips of the shear stress–shear strain curve. Immediately after the spike, acceleration deamplification is observed. Post-liquefaction deamplification (filtering) of the frequency components is also observed. acceleration liquefaction pore pressures...

... is included as the source term for residual pore-pressure accumulation, which represents the plastic volume change induced by cyclic shearing. The proposed framework is implemented into an explicit time matching finite difference platform with embedded Biot equations of consolidation, and validated against...

... 29 01 2020 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2020 coastal engineering liquefaction pore pressures Tsunamis cause significant damage to coastal buildings and infrastructure worldwide by causing sediment instability near the shoreline; consider, for instance, the recent...

.... Generated NEPWP just after excavation for benchmark 2. (a) K₀ = 1, (b) K₀ = 1·5 and (c) K₀ = 2 excavation pore pressures time dependence Generation of either pore-water pressures or pore-water tension plays a key role...

... than 1·5 nm. For the sake of comparison, results of molecular simulations of a confined Lennard–Jones fluid are also provided. In this case, Biot coefficients vary from a negative value up to more than 15 according to the pore size. clays numerical modelling pore pressures The concept...

... the development of excessive pore pressure induced by biogas production by way of denitrification, which created a hydraulic gradient in the pores in the sand and eventually resulted in water seepage through these pores towards the surface of the sand. The experimental degree of soil water saturation was reduced...

... on uncemented clay (CnF): (a) change of pore water pressure; (b) soil displacement vectors and location of PPTs 20 11 2017 22 01 2018 22 01 2018 centrifuge modelling geology pore pressures Numerous examples in recent earthquakes revealed that structures were prone...

.... laboratory tests partial saturation pore pressures The simple shear apparatus (Roscoe, 1953 ; Bjerrum & Landva, 1966) was conceived to overcome the limitations of the triaxial (TX) apparatus and the direct shear (DS) device, with soil specimens: (a) initially consolidated under...

... changes derived from the measured excess pore pressure data in the radial direction. The extent of the smear zone determined using this technique is compared with past approaches, where the variations in water content and lateral permeability were adopted to evaluate smear. The approach proposed herein...

... experienced significant deformation even at a higher factor of safety (i.e. the failure deviator stress/deviator stress at which the pore water pressure was fluctuated) under pore water pressure dynamics. 09 10 2015 12 01 2016 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2016 pore pressures...

... of this study are briefly recalled first. landslides pore pressures trenches Fig. 1. Schematic geological map of the Southern Apennines (after Scrocca et al. (2005) , modified) and location of the study region (included in the ellipse). 1 – marine and continental deposits, wedge basin...

... in the pores of a porous medium. JSME Int. J. Ser. B. , 1998 , 41 , No. 3 : 590 – 600 . Seto   JTC , Konrad   JM . Pore pressure measurements during freezing of an overconsolidated clayey silt. Cold Reg. Sci. Technol. , 1994 , 22 , No. 4 : 319 – 318 . Wen   Z , Zhang   T...

... 2014 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2014 finite-element modelling partial saturation pore pressures repeated loading Compressed air energy storage (CAES) technology allows for the economical storage of energy during periods of low demand to meet energy requirements...

... shown to arise from the dynamics of solid–liquid contact angles as a function of local liquid volume changes. 19 06 2013 03 09 2013 19 09 2013 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2013 discrete-element modelling particle-scale behaviour pore pressures sands suction water...

... reserved 2013 partial saturation pore pressures sand statistical analysis In soil mechanics, the definition of an objective criterion to evaluate the size of the representative volume element (RVE) and the homogeneity of tested specimens is often addressed because experimental data assume...

... compaction laboratory tests partial saturation pore pressures suction The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC), typically defined as the relationship between the degree of saturation, S_r, and the matrix suction, s, is a key input for determining the behaviour...