State of the Art: MICP soil improvement and its application to liquefaction hazard mitigation
The field of biogeotechnics has emerged from the realization that processes intrinsic to
natural systems can provide new approaches and inspiration through which the efficiency …
natural systems can provide new approaches and inspiration through which the efficiency …
Soil–environment interactions in geotechnical engineering
A Gens - Géotechnique, 2010 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The range of problems that geotechnical engineers must face is increasing in complexity
and scope. Often, complexity arises from the interaction between the soil and the …
and scope. Often, complexity arises from the interaction between the soil and the …
A constitutive mechanical model for gas hydrate bearing sediments incorporating inelastic mechanisms
Gas hydrate bearing sediments (HBS) are natural soils formed in permafrost and sub-marine
settings where the temperature and pressure conditions are such that gas hydrates are …
settings where the temperature and pressure conditions are such that gas hydrates are …
A constitutive model for unsaturated cemented soils under cyclic loading
C Yang, YJ Cui, JM Pereira, MS Huang - Computers and Geotechnics, 2008 - Elsevier
On the basis of plastic bounding surface model, the damage theory for structured soils and
unsaturated soil mechanics, an elastoplastic model for unsaturated loessic soils under cyclic …
unsaturated soil mechanics, an elastoplastic model for unsaturated loessic soils under cyclic …
A constitutive model for soft clayey rocks that includes weathering effects
Microstructural and mineralogical observations of claystones reveal the presence of clay
aggregates bonded by a skeleton of inert minerals such as calcium carbonate. The …
aggregates bonded by a skeleton of inert minerals such as calcium carbonate. The …
On the hydromechanical behaviour of argillaceous hard soils-weak rocks
A Gens - Proceedings of the 15th European conference on soil …, 2013 - ebooks.iospress.nl
The paper examines some aspects of the hydromechanical behaviour of argillaceous hard
soils and weak rocks. After considering the wide variety of this class of materials, some …
soils and weak rocks. After considering the wide variety of this class of materials, some …
[HTML][HTML] A fully coupled damage-plasticity model for unsaturated geomaterials accounting for the ductile–brittle transition in drying clayey soils
This paper presents a hydro-mechanical constitutive model for clayey soils accounting for
damage-plasticity couplings. Specific features of unsaturated clays such as confining …
damage-plasticity couplings. Specific features of unsaturated clays such as confining …
Thermo-hydraulic characterisation of soft rock by means of heating pulse tests
Low-permeability clayey rocks, currently considered as suitable host rocks for high-level
nuclear waste disposal, pose a challenge for the determination of thermal, hydraulic and …
nuclear waste disposal, pose a challenge for the determination of thermal, hydraulic and …
A bounding surface mechanical model for unsaturated cemented soils under isotropic stresses
This paper presents a model that describes the gradual yielding of unsaturated cemented
soils subjected to isotropic loading. The model relies on the definition of a “cementation …
soils subjected to isotropic loading. The model relies on the definition of a “cementation …
Isotropic yielding of unsaturated cemented silty sand
Unsaturated cemented soils are frequent both as designed materials and as naturally
occurring layers. Both desiccation and cementation act separately as hardening …
occurring layers. Both desiccation and cementation act separately as hardening …