..., the convergence criterion need to be met within 50 iterations, and the statistical significance of the coefficients have been checked. Table 1 summarises the fitting parameters of the equations for each data set in addition to the soil parameters. partial saturation statistical analysis temperature...

... reduction method. 15 10 2019 07 04 2020 08 04 2020 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2020 numerical modelling slopes statistical analysis Engineering practice often uses characteristic soil property values, which are meant to account for (among other things...

... as the mechanical loading condition. The distribution of pore tortuosity provides new insights into the microstructural evolution induced by shearing which is also closely correlated with the inherent variations in the microstructures. Fabric/structure of soils Microscopy Statistical analysis Employing...

... . 07 12 2018 13 06 2019 13 06 2019 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2019 fabric/structure of soils sands statistical analysis Boundary-value problems in geotechnical engineering are always more frequently solved with numerical codes whose constitutive models...

... of the distribution prevented more detailed investigation. 09 03 2018 07 07 2018 30 07 2018 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2018 numerical modelling slopes statistical analysis Fig. 4. Top left: probability of failure against F G , F ~ . Left: Sliding...

... is established for predicting the stability coefficients. 02 02 2018 13 05 2018 13 05 2018 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2018 neural networks slopes statistical analysis Simple and complex slopes are generally analysed using limit equilibrium, limit analysis...

... of soils and suggest the need of stricter criteria to determine the minimum size of chemically treated specimens for laboratory testing. ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2018 chemical properties fabric/structure of soils statistical analysis Soil improvement based on particle...

...: all rights reserved 2016 landslides numerical modelling statistical analysis MPM uses two types of discretisation: (a) a background mesh for computation, which is regularly reset to limit mesh distortions and (b) a set of material points representing the material, which store all state...

... microscopy particle-scale behaviour sands statistical analysis Discrete element method (DEM) analysis taking into account particle morphology plays an important role in understanding the micro- and macromechanical properties of natural sand, which has been of interest to geological...

... analysis rocks rock mechanics statistical analysis The strength of rocks with planes of anisotropy (e.g. foliation, cleavage, schistosity or sedimentary structures) has long been known to vary with the orientation of the applied major principal stress relative to the anisotropic structure...

... fabric/structure of soils statistical analysis time dependence The conventional concept of thixotropy describes the reversible, time-dependent gel–sol transition due to shearing of non-Newtonian fluids such as clay dispersions (Mewis, 1979 ; Woodcock, 1985 ; Barnes, 1997 ; Martin et al...

... 24 05 2013 14 06 2013 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2013 discrete-element modelling particle crushing/crushability particle-scale behaviour rocks/rock mechanics statistical analysis Discrete-element modelling (DEM) (Cundall & Strack, 1979) has been widely used...

... 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...

... resistance after removing the underlying depth-dependent trend, σ_res. 4 5 2012 27 6 2012 13 7 2012 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2012 in situ testing site investigation statistical analysis According to Phoon & Kulhawy (1999) , three primary...