Centrifuge tests have been carried out on kaolin clay slopes subject to variations in surface rainfall and humidity corresponding, at model scale, to successive wet and dry seasons in the field. An analysis of the phase ofepisodic regional softening is presented ...

<p>Deep excavations frequently cause problems, and sometimes trigger catastrophic collapses, especially in soft clay. In principle, these problems are well understood, but designers may fall between the two stools of naive empiricism and overelaborate finite ...

<p>Many piled foundations have been destroyed under significant cyclic loads in earthquakes. Centrifuge modelling of a single pile subjected to cyclic loads has been conducted to investigate the influence of cyclic loads on the axial performance of the single ...

<p>This paper describes a statistical method to explore the velocity profiles of granular flows down rough inclines. Using 3D Discrete Element Method (DEM), granularmaterial is released from a box onto a slope and allowed to flow indefinitely. Fluctuating ...

<p>Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is used to calibrate a decision-making tool based on an extension of the Mobilized Strength Design (MSD) method which permits the designer an extremely simple method of predicting ground displacements during construction. This ...

This Technical Note presents a back-analysis of the axial response of some field-scale tubular displacement piles installed by jacking. This study was motivated by the recent development of large pile-jacking rigs.

In this paper are presented centrifuge tests simulating the installation of jacked piles that were conducted in dense uniform fine silica sand.

In this paper the corresponding physical phenomena of liquefaction are briefly described. Among them are: compressibility of soil skeleton, dilation, contraction, elastic versus plastic deformation, interaction between pore water and soil skeleton, compressibility ...

In this paper the conventional approach to pipeline stability design is reviewed and compared with experiments. A failure mechanism of pipelines on liquefied seabeds is analyzed. An analytical model to predict the pipelines sinking depth is proposed, and the ...

<p>The horizontal arching mechanism transfers horizontal earth pressures acting on flexible retaining wall panels to stiffer neighbouring elements via soil shear stresses. In this research, the horizontal arching mechanism and lateral displacements of fixed ...