... © 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only piles & piling reinforcement soft rocks Floor heave occurs frequently in roadways and chambers in underground coal mines characterised by high geo-stress and soft surrounding rock...

... and structural parameters with UCS. fabric/structure of soils rocks/rock mechanics soft rocks microscopy The extensive exploitation of gypsum rocks, widely used in building industries, requires a good knowledge of mechanical properties and parameters that influence them. Nevertheless, gypsum...

... represented in the graph through horizontal error bars. Since sample 2 failed during the test preparation in the pre-charge phase, results refer to a total number of seven samples. 28 08 2018 28 12 2018 28 12 2018 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2019 anisotropy soft rocks...

... = 2 c cos ⁡ ϕ i 1 + sen ϕ i Combining equations (3) and (4) , the horizontal force of Evans (1962) becomes offshore engineering piles & piling soft rocks 5 F h , E = c cos ⁡ ϕ i 1 + sen ϕ i 2 z...

... pressure. 26 02 2015 06 04 2015 07 07 2015 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2015 laboratory tests permeability soft rocks time dependence Multi-loading triaxial compressive creep tests, which aim to measure permeability, were performed at room temperature (25 ± 1·5...

.... clays fabric structure of soils microscopy radioactive waste disposal soft rocks strain localisation 17 07 2014 02 09 2014 20 10 2014 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2014 The hydromechanical behaviour of mudstones has been extensively investigated...

... state. The total porosity of COx argillite varies between 12 and 18%. The initial water content of COx argillite varies between 5 and 9% and the water is mainly held in the clay minerals. clays laboratory tests partial saturation radioactive waste disposal soft rocks suction Much...

... geomaterials, including soft rocks, have been largely studied, the physical micro-scale mechanisms governing the material deformation are still poorly understood. In this study, laboratory techniques have been developed to allow a non-invasive investigation of the internal deformation of sandstones during...