The pressuremeter is a versatile piece of ground investigation equipment that can be used
to test any type of soil or rock in situ. It quantifies in-situ stress, stiffness, strength and …

This paper summarises the outcomes of the symposium held in Newcastle, Australia in
September 2016 on predicting the geotechnical behaviour of embankments constructed on …

Settlement prediction is critical for soft ground projects. Traditional predictions using
laboratory and field test data, however, can suffer from a lack of accuracy, which results in a …

The behaviour of two sections of a test embankment constructed in Ballina, Australia, was
predicted by finite element analyses before (Class-A) and after (Class-C) knowing the field …

In situ monitoring provides valuable information to update the predictions of the
embankment settlement on soft soils. Observational data obtained at different monitoring …

An existing effective stress limit plasticity solution for piezocone penetration tests (CPTu) is
calibrated to evaluate the effective stress friction angle () for undrained conditions for a …

A model prediction using FE modeling is performed for a trial embankment on soft clay in
Ballina, Australia. The comparison between the prediction and the in situ measurement …

Geotechnical observational method (OM) that aims to improve predictions of geotechnical
structure responses (eg, embankment settlement) based on the monitoring data can be …

A membrane-type vacuum consolidation system, including surcharge loading and
prefabricated vertical drains, was applied to rapidly consolidate soft clay beneath a circular …

A viscoplastic model is presented for creep and strain rate behavior of soils with particular
reference to capturing drained, undrained, primary, and tertiary creep. The model is …