...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...

... rights reserved 2021 acceleration liquefaction pore pressures The magnitude scalogram represents the distribution of the magnitude with time and frequency. Magnitude is the value of the CWT coefficient. Magnitude zero implies that particular frequency is absent in the signal...

... 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...

... 2 ∂ h e ∂ t = C v ∂ 2 h e ∂ z 2 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2020 coastal engineering liquefaction pore pressures Tsunamis cause significant damage to coastal buildings and infrastructure worldwide by causing sediment...

... factor of safety values in the short term. Thereafter, the dissipation of NEPWP threatens the long-term stability of the excavation. By removing the stresses, the change in pore pressure immediately after unloading and over time can be defined as follows (Skempton, 1954 ; Vaughan & Walbancke, 1973...

... of clay layers are still governed by the Terzaghi effective stress. ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2018 clays numerical modelling pore pressures The concept of effective stress introduced by Terzaghi (1936) is widely employed in geomechanics. The Terzaghi effective stress...

... 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...

... pore pressures Numerous examples in recent earthquakes revealed that structures were prone to be extensively damaged when a fault rupture emerged directly beneath or close to these structures (Faccioli et al., 2008). Associated with comprehensive study of field observations...

... of sand under plane-strain conditions . Géotechnique   62 , No. 2 , 121 – 135 , 10.1680/geot.9.P.111 . 24 02 2017 04 05 2017 05 05 2017 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2017 laboratory tests partial saturation pore pressures A non-plastic air-fall volcanic...

... 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...

... al., 2009 , 2010). Fig. 2. Average monthly rainfalls measured at three different stations of the study region Fig. 3. Rate of movements measured with GPS sensor S2 and inclinometer I12 (at 19 m depth); piezometric levels logged by means of the P7 electric pore pressure cells...

... 12 2015 12 2 2015 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2015 pore pressures suction snow ice and frost A typical type of soil (silty clay) from along the Qinghai–Tibet railway was tested. The grain size distribution and Atterberg limits of the soil are shown in Table 1...

... a The balance of momentum for the porous medium reduces to the equilibrium equation ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2014 finite-element modelling partial saturation pore pressures repeated loading It is economical when compared with other solutions (e.g. the cost of production...

... 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...

... 2013 17 04 2013 15 05 2013 ICE Publishing: all rights 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...

..., S_r, and the matrix suction, s, is a key input for determining the behaviour of unsaturated soils. compaction laboratory tests partial saturation pore pressures suction ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2012 8 7 2012 20 8 2012 20 9 2012 The degrees...