Degradation of geomaterials, that is, particle breakage, can be harmful to the full life-cycle
stability of practical engineering; for example, rockfill dam, energy-pile foundation, railway …

Grain crushing is commonly encountered in deep foundation engineering, high rockfill dam
engineering, railway engineering, mining engineering, coastal engineering, petroleum …

The discrete element method (DEM) is a numerical tool used for the modelling of granular
materials. However, accurate predictions of material behaviour can only be made if the input …

The shear stress–shear displacement relationship and shear strength parameters of the
interface between the pipe and the surrounding soil are important for designing the jacking …

Direct shear tests have been commonly used to study the frictional stresses during pipe-
jacking. Particle angularity and mineralogy will influence the shear strength with apparent …

This paper presents data from ring-shear and one-dimensional compression tests, which
have been used to cause breakage under large shear strains and large compressive …

The effects of particle shape and size distribution on the constitutive behavior of composite
soils with a wide range of particle size were investigated. Two comparable sets of …

In Vietnam, landslides frequently occur on cut slopes along the road system during the rainy
season. An understanding of the contributing factors and triggering mechanisms is essential …

Particle breakage is a typical characteristic of crushable granular soil under high pressure,
which has great effects on its stress–strain behaviors. The phenomenon of the critical state …

The residual strength of sliding basal soils plays a pivotal role not only in the movement of
bedding landslides controlled by clay-rich interlayers but also in remobilized granular …