... 2025 discrete-element modelling granular materials micro–nano geomaterials statistical analysis stress analysis Grounding continuum descriptions of granular soil behaviour on particle-scale micromechanics adds theoretical consistency to soil mechanics but is also advantageous form...

... underneath the sleepers, due to the rail load (c) calculating the incremental 3D stresses in the substructure including the subgrade. 15 09 2023 14 03 2024 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 design methods joints railway tracks rock stress analysis A jointed...

... earthquakes finite-element modelling footings/foundations slopes stress analysis Under static loading conditions and with reference to the case of horizontal ground, the bearing capacity of shallow foundations is usually evaluated using the well-known trinomial formula proposed by Terzaghi...

... pavements & roads stress analysis soil/structure interaction Ballasted track is the dominant track structure in freight rail lines. Recently, ballasted track has also gained more attention in passenger railways and even high-speed rail (HSR) lines, especially in regional rapid transits...

... © 2018 Thomas Telford Ltd 2018 laboratory tests particle crushing/crushability repeated loading rocks/rock mechanics stress analysis The demand on railway operators to increase axle loads on freight rail lines is growing constantly, but trains operating at greater axle loads can...

...P.-Z. Zhuang; H.-S. Yu This paper presents a unified analytical solution for elastoplastic stress analysis around a cylindrical cavity under biaxial in situ stresses during both loading and unloading. The two-dimensional solution is obtained by assuming that the connected plastic zone is statically...

... deformation field instrumentation numerical modelling retaining walls stress analysis Compared with analytical and experimental studies, numerical simulations can provide evaluations on a comparatively wider range of parameter values and, consequently, more comprehensive results. Extensive studies...

... among zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni) and lead (Pb), and the stability of Zn, Cu, Ni and Pb benefits from a longer curing time and the use of magnesia. © 2018 Thomas Telford Ltd 2018 chemical properties laboratory tests pollution migration/control soil stabilisation stress analysis...

... from the statistical analysis of the case histories and the analyses performed are also presented herein. © 2017 Thomas Telford Ltd 2017 dams deformation seepage settlement statistical analysis stress analysis The concrete-face rockfill dam (CFRD) has become a preferred dam type...

.... laboratory tests particle crushing/crushability sands shear strength stress analysis stress path Fig. 6. Triaxial tests on the original sand neglecting particle breakage (CU, consolidated undrained): (a) effective stress obliquity ratio against axial strain; (b) excess pore water pressure...

... 2016 © 2016 Thomas Telford Ltd 2016 discrete-element modelling partial saturation stress analysis A unified mechanical description of granular soils in biphasic (liquid saturated or dry) conditions and triphasic (unsaturated) conditions is still lacking, with the effective stress...

... to the different soils, binders, mixing processes and curing periods in the two studies. Fig. 4. Column–clay interface layer Fig. 5. Extruded columns after testing embankments ground improvement model tests pore pressures settlement stress analysis Soil–cement columns...

... 10 2014 01 05 2015 © 2015 Thomas Telford Ltd 2015 cut-off walls and barriers permeability pollution/migration control stress analysis trenches where σ_h is the horizontal total stress in the backfill, and its values at the end of backfill placement...

... using an approximation procedure proposed by Kooi & Verruijt (2001), an analytical solution developed by Radi (2011) or a numerical stress analysis with conventional shapes (Gerçek, 2005). However, the problem is much more complex in a transversely isotropic medium because the solution not only...

... Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany. 29 3 2013 2 8 2013 © 2013 Thomas Telford Ltd 2013 numerical modelling partial saturation stress analysis The simulation of the mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils requires the definition of a constitutive stress...

... 21 6 2013 © 2013 Thomas Telford Ltd 2013 anisotropy clays constitutive relations fabric/structure of soils plasticity stress analysis For anisotropic clays there is a plethora of analytical expressions for YS and PPS, whose RH in most cases can be studied independently...

... Thomas Telford Ltd 2013 model test piles sands stress analysis stress path Considerable uncertainty exists over the stress conditions developed around displacement piles, particularly when considering sands in which vertical tip stresses may exceed those acting on the shaft by orders...

... numerical modelling shear strength stress analysis It is clear that an understanding of the mechanical behaviour of granular media is highly dependent upon comprehension of the micromechanical response of these systems. To interpret the mechanical behaviour of granular materials, the fabric should...

... membrane, Mini-ICP3 identified a new shallow-depth stress concentration with this design; fitting a circumferential collar to oppose inward membrane spreading helped reduce this imperfection. model test piles sands stress analysis stress path Establishing the stress conditions around piles...

... and crack patterns are discussed. An analytical stress analysis has been developed to aid these discussions. The flaws can be imperfections caused during preparation, such as microcracks and delaminations, foreign inclusions such as air bubbles, and high-stiffness particles such as sand or gravel particles...