Impact of bidirectional seismic shearing on the volumetric response of sand deposits

A Reyes, J Adinata, M Taiebat - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2019 - Elsevier
Numerical simulation results of dry and saturated sand deposits subjected to both
unidirectional and bidirectional seismic shearing were carried out and compared to quantify …

Nonlinear 3-D modeling of dense sand and the simulation of a soil-structure system under multi-directional loading

OA Numanoglu, YMA Hashash… - Geotechnical …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
The seismic performance of nuclear power plants (NPPs) constructed on compacted, dense
sands depends on their cyclic response. NPPs founded on a thick deposit may experience …

Free-field soil response to bidirectional horizontal non-uniform ground motion from multi-point shaking table tests

J Han, Z Guo, Z Zhong, MH El Naggar, H Miao… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the dynamic nonlinear free-field soil response under bidirectional
horizontal non-uniform excitation through a series of multi-point 1 g shaking table tests. The …

SHANSEP-based interpretation of overconsolidation effect on monotonic shearing resistance of contractive nonplastic soils

J Chen, SM Olson - Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
The effect of overconsolidation on the monotonic shearing resistance of three nonplastic
soils (a clean sand, a clean sand and fine tailings mixture, and a fine tailings) was examined …

Free-field cyclic response of dense sands in dynamic centrifuge tests with 1D and 2D shaking

A Cerna-Diaz, SM Olson, OA Numanoglu… - Geotechnical …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
The seismic performance of many nuclear power plant (NPP) structures depends on the
cyclic shear stress-shear strain-volumetric strain behavior of dense, compacted coarse …

Water content of moist-tamped nonplastic specimens for constant-volume direct simple shear testing

J Chen, SM Olson, S Banerjee… - Geotechnical …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Constant-volume direct simple shear (DSS) tests on dry soils are an efficient means to
evaluate the behavior of cohesionless soils. However, cohesionless soil specimens …

Comparing shear response of dense sands from centrifuge and direct simple shear tests with published correlations

L Bhaumik, AA Cerna-Diaz, OA Numanoglu… - … Engineering and Soil …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
The mode of shear in the field induced by a seismic wave is commonly assumed to be best
captured by the cyclic direct simple shear (DSS) test. To investigate this assumption, this …

Numerical simulation of dense sand behavior under multi-directional seismic loading using a new 3-D constitutive model

OA Numanoglu, YMA Hashash, SM Olson… - … for Protection and …, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Saturated, dense sands subjected to strong shaking from earthquakes may not liquefy but
can experience total and differential settlements that can impair an overlying structure. Many …

Effect of shear strain rate on undrained shearing resistance of a clean silica sand measured in direct simple shear tests.

J Chen - Tailings and Mine Waste'20, 2020 - par.nsf.gov
A number of studies examining the effect of shear strain rate on undrained shearing
resistance of clean sands using conventional laboratory tests have been reported. Constant …