... of the b-value and other test conditions. Corresponding author Zhen-Yu Yin (zhenyu.yin@polyu.edu.hk) 19 05 2025 05 02 2026 © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only anisotropy calcareous soils coral sand cross...

...Bo Zhou; Changheng Li; José E. Andrade Recent geotechnical and geological applications have highlighted numerous challenges associated with conventional particle-size-based soil classification, particularly for the special calcareous soils widely used in marine and offshore constructions...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only calcareous soils liquefaction particle crushing/crushability Fine sediments were classified according to USCS, as standardised in ASTM D2487-11 (ASTM, 2011a). Fall cone tests were performed to determine the sediment LL (BS1377-2, BSI, 1990...

... calcareous soils coral reef coral sand cyclic triaxial shear high confining pressure isotropic compression particle breakage particle crushing South China Sea triaxial test Research and Development Program of China 2022YFC3102402 National Natural Science Foundation of China...

... 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2022 calcareous soils microstructure sampling sands structural analysis Carbonate sands are a special kind of geological material that is widely distributed on beaches and the seabed worldwide (Randolph & Gourvenec, 2011). Owing...

... to be problematic with high carbonate content, in situ void ratio and sensitivity, leading to greater uncertainty associated with the available soil resistance compared to non-calcareous soils (e.g. Jewell & Khorshid, 1988 ; Erbrich & Hefer, 2002 ; Mao & Fahey, 2003 ; Koh et al., 2017...

... the differences. The results and analyses contribute towards better understanding of different soil behaviours under shallow foundations in different sands. calcareous soils centrifuge modelling footings/foundations in situ testing particle crushing/crushability soil/structure interaction Two...

... relaxation) suggesting greater resistance against particle rearrangement and fewer particle movements towards a different grain packing in the calcareous soil structure. These factors suggest that for the same penetration resistance carbonate sands would have a higher liquefaction resistance compared...

... calcareous soils centrifuge modelling in situ testing sands The use of the large-scale, calibration chamber for cone penetration test (CPT) interpretation in sands is considered a robust and advantageous method for developing correlations for the engineering properties of sands (Chapman, 1974...

... Thomas Telford Ltd 2017 calcareous soils fabric/structure of soils offshore engineering particle-scale behaviour sands Shelly carbonate sands are widely spread throughout the world's seabed where offshore structures such as pipelines and platforms are founded. These sands comprise...

.... (2006)), but with a prototype mass of 126·8 t, 29% higher than the T-98 anchor. The increase in mass is consistent with industry designs for calcareous soils, where additional mass is considered to be required to overcome the higher strength of calcareous sediments. An anchor release cord attached...

... 2013 Thomas Telford Ltd 2013 calcareous soils fractals particle crushing/crushability A large-diameter ring-shear (LRS) test, using the Sydney University MKII Ring Shear (Airey & Kelly, 2008), which has a centreline diameter of 1 m, was performed on each initial grading. Samples...

... partie suspendue. Elle présente une amélioration significative par rapport aux pratiques actuelles qui consistent à appliquer à l'enfouissement statique calculé un coefficient dynamique empirique. calcareous soils offshore engineering soil/structure interaction f dyn = w...

... with normalised velocity for both the T-bar and spudcan, second to compare these silt results to other published experimental data on kaolin clay soils, and third to investigate the relationship between bearing pressure on a T-bar and a spudcan footing. bearing capacity calcareous soils centrifuge modelling...

... expérimentales permettant de démontrer que le sable mémorise les contraintes volumétriques survenues précédemment, lors de l'application consécutive de formes de charges cycliques, et l'équilibre n'ayant pas été atteint. calcareous soils compaction dynamics sands Although the critical state...

... particules peuvent ne pas subir une charge intégrale dans un certain cycle, elles peuvent être écrasées dans les cycles suivants sans aucune variation de l'amplitude des charges cycliques. calcareous soils laboratory tests sands Dynamic loading of embankment, foundation and pavement...

... de sables concassés est fonction des conditions hydrodynamiques imposées. calcareous soils drainage laboratory tests mineralogy particle crushing/crushability sands Soils possess particles that carry and do not carry skeletal loads: the non-skeletal particles rest inside the porous...

... similaire pour des spécimens lâches et denses. En outre, les courbes de contrainte - déformation normalisées des tests cycliques indiquent des courbes de base coïncidant pratiquement avec les courbes monotones équivalentes. calcareous soils earthquakes failure laboratory tests In recent...

... are presented in Figs 5 and 6 respectively. The following observations are made for Set 2. 27 09 2006 12 01 2007 © 2007 Thomas Telford Ltd 2007 calcareous soils laboratory tests mineralogy particle crushing/crushability sands Fig. 5. Fragment gradation curves obtained...

..., maintenu entre chaque cycle, n'a pas influencé de manière significative la capacité ou la rigidité de la réponse, mais le chargement de la pile à sa capacité élastique maximum a réduit de manière significative la rigidité de la réponse en compression. calcareous soils centrifuge modelling piles...