One-dimensional compression behavior of calcareous sand and marine clay mixtures

D Xu, M Huang, Y Zhou - International Journal of Geomechanics, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
More and more oceanic projects involve calcareous sand–marine clay mixtures which
behave totally different from pure calcareous sand and marine clay. The effect of clay …

Analytical approach for crack identification of glass fiber reinforced polymer–sea sand concrete composite structures based on strain dissipations

D Xu, Q Liu, Y Qin, B Chen - Structural Health Monitoring, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Glass fiber reinforced polymer bars have potential application in the seawater sea sand
concrete. In this study, an analytical method was proposed to examine the internal crack …

Prediction of secant shear modulus and damping ratio for an extremely dilative silica sand based on machine learning techniques

A Baghbani, T Choudhury, P Samui, S Costa - Soil Dynamics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A better understanding of soil response to dynamic loads, including earthquakes, can result
in safer designs that can reduce casualties. The damping ratio and shear modulus are …

DEM investigation of strain behaviour and force chain evolution of gravel–sand mixtures subjected to cyclic loading

Z Nie, Q Qi, X Wang, Y Zhu - Particuology, 2022 - Elsevier
The strain characteristic and load transmission of mixed granular matter are different from
those of homogeneous granular matter. Cyclic loading renders the mechanical behaviours …

Effect of initial density, particle shape, and confining stress on the critical state behavior of weathered gap-graded granular soils

XS Shi, K Liu, J Yin - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Weathered gap-graded soils are a common geological body in mountainous regions, and
they are widely used as construction materials. The shear strength is the controlling …

Effect of particle characteristics stress on the mechanical properties of cement mortar with coral sand

J Shen, XU Dongsheng, Z Liu, H Wei - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The coral sand is widely used as a construction material in the world. The mechanical
behavior of cement mortar made by coral sand would be quite different from that made by …

Macro and micro investigation of gravel content on simple shear behavior of sand-gravel mixture

DS Xu, JY Tang, Y Zou, R Rui, HB Liu - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
The gravel content (GC) may influence the mechanical properties of sand-gravel mixture
(SGM) used in earth structures and may compromise the stability of such structures. The …

Effect of particle size on the failure behavior of cemented coral sand under impact loading

D Xu, Z Zhang, Y Qin, Y Yang - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of particle size distribution (PSD) of coral sands on the failure behavior of
cemented coral sand specimens is investigated in this study. A series of static and impact …

A hybrid FBG-based load and vibration transducer with a 3D fused deposition modelling approach

DS Xu, ZQ Su, B Lalit, Y Qin - Measurement Science and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A fibre Bragg grating (FBG)-based load and vibration transducer (FLVT) was developed
using a 3D fused deposition modelling (FDM) approach. A newly FLVT was designed by the …

Experimental investigation of particle size effect on the self-healing performance of microcapsule for cemented coral sand

D Xu, W Chen, X Fan - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Urea-Formaldehyde (UF) microcapsule with in situ polymerization was
fabricated with controlled particles size distributions in order to improve the self-healing …