... 06 06 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2024 piles & piling soil/structure interaction theoretical analysis The methods for pile response can be categorised into two groups. One is the spring model, in which the soil–pile interaction is characterised...

... is the initial crack length. Equation (11) assumes a uniform distribution of hoop stress along the crack length, which is assumption (b). Theoretical analysis of indentation tests, similar to PLTs, shows that the hoop stress varies along the crack length (Yang et al., 2022a). Yet, as a first-order...

... are established, which can well characterise the evolution of the UCS and peak strain of rocks after different numbers of D–W cycles. 26 05 2021 05 07 2021 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2021 constitutive relations soft rock theoretical analysis A drying–wetting (D–W) cycle...

... footings/foundations site investigation theoretical analysis From an engineering perspective, the spatial variability in the strength properties of soils is one of the most important factors that impacts the bearing capacity of a foundation. To include those spatial variability in numerical...

... rights reserved 2020 Anisotropy plasticity theoretical analysis In the transformed stress space, the SMP revised AMCC model can be given as Fig. 1. Schematic of a cylindrical cavity expansion in anisotropic soil Numerous research studies have been carried out to analyse...

... interpretation of instability in EP materials: (a) material response; (b) normalised stability index By combining equations (3)–(5) , it follows 27 01 2019 28 03 2019 27 04 2019 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2019 creep partial saturation theoretical analysis...

... any physical ways. However, the value of e*_c can be obtained from a hypothesis suggested by Thevanayagam et al. (2002) . 01 10 2018 14 02 2019 17 03 2019 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2019 sands silts theoretical...

... void ratios for uniform sands. compaction sands theoretical analysis 17 05 2018 06 09 2018 07 09 2018 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2018 The limiting void ratios of granular soils are significantly influenced by gradation, particle size and particle shape...

... design/analysis piles & piling theoretical analysis Passive piles represent an efficient technique to stabilise landslides or to prevent their occurrence (De Beer & Wallays, 1970 ; Reese et al., 1992 ; Carder & Barker, 2005 ; Smethurst & Powrie, 2007 , among others...

... of a large pile group are both significantly decreased by this ‘pile group reinforcing effect’. 20 09 2015 20 02 2016 20 02 2016 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2016 piles & piling soil/structure interaction theoretical analysis A number of rigorous numerical...

... the stope (Helinski et al., 2007). consolidation mining and quarrying numerical modelling sedimentation theoretical analysis 6 ζ = 1 − exp − κ t − t z The cement hydration process produces a product (gel) with a density greater than the average of its...

... of point A, with 03 11 2014 10 12 2014 06 03 2015 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2015 earth pressure limit equilibrium methods retaining walls sands theoretical analysis The method proposed by Coulomb (1776) was the first rational method for analysis...

... rights reserved 2014 deformation plasticity stress analysis theoretical analysis Cavity expansion theory is concerned with the theoretical study of changes in stresses, pore water pressures and displacements caused by the expansion and contraction of cylindrical or spherical cavities...

... temperature effects theoretical analysis The operation of heat exchanger piles creates differential temperatures between the pile and the soil around the pile. The thermo-elastic radial expansion of the heat exchanger pile and consequent increased contact pressures at the pile–soil interface...

... effectiveness. ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2014 environmental engineering rocks/rock mechanics temperature effects theoretical analysis time dependence where the first term on the right-hand side denotes the solution for constant initial conditions. The solution given by equation (5...

... embedment depths (H/B>3). The proposed solution improves on the conventional cavity expansion theory and provides a new method for solving the non-asymmetric cavity expansion problem. anchors bearing capacity theoretical analysis Cavity expansion methods have been widely...

... of the problem, one of which is based on an energy consideration approach. ground movements landslides slopes theoretical analysis The importance of understanding flow slides using energy absorbed in the shearing of intact material was first addressed in 1967 by Bishop and has continued...

... constitutive relations elasticity particle crushing/crushability theoretical analysis Societal interest in technologies such as carbon dioxide sequestration (Wawersik et al., 2001) and underground storage of hazardous waste (Gens, 2010) has promoted renewed attention in the chemo-mechanics...

... equipment theoretical analysis An important issue concerning cone penetration testing in a calibration chamber is that the size of the test specimen is limited and that penetration resistance q_c may be influenced by the boundary conditions imposed by the chamber. Hence...

... 2011 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2011 constitutive relations landslides liquefaction partial saturation theoretical analysis As is well known, slope failures are the ultimate consequence of instability mechanisms taking place within soil deposits. The initiation...