Effects of the soil water content and relative roughness on the shear strength of silt and steel plate interface

YH Li, MF Lv, YC Guo, MS Huang - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
Using a self-developed large-scale direct shear apparatus, 72 series of tests on the interface
of a silt-steel structure and 18 series of direct shear tests of silt were performed. The effects …

[PDF][PDF] State of the Art Report. Advances in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics: Constitutive modelling, experimental investigation, and field instrumentation

N Khalili, E Romero, FA Marinho - … of the 20th ICSMGE-State of the Art …, 2022 - unsw.edu.au
This state-of-the-art covers advances in the constitutive modelling, experimental
investigation and field measurement of suction for unsaturated soils. It consists of three …

Impact of biochar produced from hardwood of mesquite on the hydraulic and physical properties of compacted soils for potential application in engineered structures

R Hussain, KK Ghosh, K Ravi - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar is a carbon-rich porous material obtained after pyrolysis of labile biomass in oxygen
deficit condition. The production of biochar from invasive weed mesquite biomass could be …

Interface behavior from suction-controlled direct shear test on completely decomposed granitic soil and steel surfaces

L Borana, JH Yin, DN Singh… - International Journal of …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
A soil-structure interface is defined as the contact surface between a soil and a structure
through which stresses are transferred from the soil to the structure or vice versa. The …

[PDF][PDF] Accumulated permanent axial strain of a subgrade fill under cyclic high-speed railway loading

WB Chen, JH Yin, WQ Feng, L Borana, RP Chen - Int. J. Geomech, 2018 - researchgate.net
The ballastless track system (BTS) is widely adopted in the construction of high-speed
railways (HSRs), in which the vehicle-induced cyclic stresses are evenly transferred to …

Influence of matric suction on nonlinear time-dependent compression behavior of a granular fill material

WB Chen, K Liu, WQ Feng, L Borana, JH Yin - Acta Geotechnica, 2020 - Springer
The site formation for the construction of a new airport in a mountainous region is typically
performed by cutting and filling a hill section. The fill materials are subjected to seasonal …

Influence of lateral swelling pressure on the geotechnical infrastructure in expansive soils

Y Liu, SK Vanapalli - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Lateral swelling pressure (LSP) can pose significant threats to the safety and stability of the
geo-infrastructure. For this reason, it is necessary to take into account the influence of LSP in …

A constitutive model for unsaturated soil–structure interfaces

A Lashkari, M Kadivar - International Journal for Numerical and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A constitutive model for simulation of the behavior of unsaturated interfaces is presented
here. The model is an extension of an existing critical state compatible interface model for …

Modified shear displacement method for analysis of piles in unsaturated expansive soils considering influence of environmental factors

Y Liu, SK Vanapalli - International Journal of Geomechanics, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Pile foundations are widely used in regions with expansive soils to transfer the loads from
superstructures to a rigid soil stratum, thereby alleviating stability and deformation problems …

Seasonal variation of the shaft resistance of CFA piles in unsaturated soil: a case study

JGMX Zacarin, BO Da Silva… - Canadian …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Excessive settlements or failure of piles observed in some Brazilian unsaturated soil sites
indicates that the shaft resistance can vary with the seasonal variability of top soil water …