This paper revisits the expansion problem of a spherical cavity in an elastic–plastic soil
mass with a finite radial extent under drained conditions, which proves to be non-self-similar …

A cavity expansion-based method is proposed in this paper to correlate the relevant findings
with the piezocone penetration test (CPTu) data in clays. The rigorous and explicit solution …

The expansion of a thick-walled hollow cylinder in soil is of non-self-similar nature that the
stress/deformation paths are not the same for different soil material points. As a result, this …

The contraction behavior of monotonically expanded cavities is intriguing as it offers insights
into certain geotechnical scenarios, especially for pressuremeter tests, where the unloading …

Elastic-plastic contraction solutions of a cavity within an infinite soil mass are widely used to
estimate ground response curves of deep tunnels. The pressure-convergence response of …

Many scenarios in geotechnical engineering involve cavity unloading from a loaded state
under different boundary conditions, especially for thick-walled cylinder tests in laboratory …

The strain-softening and dilatancy behavior of soft rock is affected by the loading history and
the development of structure. This study regards soft rock as a structured and …

This paper proposes a powerful hybrid Eulerian–Lagrangian (HEL) approach for the
analysis of cavity expansion problems. The new approach is applied to analysing the non …

This study presents a large‐strain analysis for cylindrical cavity unloading–contraction
problem in strain‐softening geomaterials. Based on the unified strength theory (UST) and …

Cylindrical cavity exhibits non-self-similarity during contraction process following expansion.
Previous studies solve this problem with total strain approach and simple constitutive …