Improved py curve models for large diameter and super-long cast-in-place piles using piezocone penetration test data

X Liu, G Cai, L Liu, S Liu, W Duan… - Computers and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to rapid population growth and infrastructure demand in China, more effective use of
existing land is required. Infrastructure construction in coastal regions has driven rapid …

Cavity expansion-based interpretation of piezocone penetration test (CPTu) data in clays

PQ Mo, G Cai, KJ Wang, A Eslami, HS Yu - Géotechnique, 2023 - icevirtuallibrary.com
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 …

Determination of the coefficient of consolidation by piezocone tests under partially drained conditions

K Liu, D Wang, J Zheng - Géotechnique, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Dissipation tests after piezocone penetration are used widely to estimate the consolidation
behaviour of cohesive soils. Interpretation of dissipation tests is complicated in intermediate …

[HTML][HTML] Semi-analytical solution for drained expansion analysis of a hollow cylinder of critical state soils

H Yang, J Zhang, H Yu, P Zhuang - Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …

Numerical study of the piezocone test in sandy soil under different drainage conditions using a hypoplastic constitutive model

MJ Mashinchian, MM Ahmadi - International Journal of …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
The piezocone penetration test (CPT u) is a common geotechnical field test to evaluate soil
properties. In interpreting the CPT u field measurements, soil drainage conditions are mostly …

[HTML][HTML] Cavity expansions in partially drained soils and a comparison to CPT results

AR Russell, Y Wang, N Khalili - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
Cylindrical and spherical cavity expansions in soils are of interest, especially when
interpreting cone penetration tests (CPTs) and pressuremeter tests (PMTs). Here the cavity …

Analysis of undrained cylindrical cavity expansion in rate-dependent soil

M Zhang, C Li, G Kouretzis, JP Carter, H Pei… - Computers and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a semi-analytical solution for calculating soil stresses and pore
pressures in the vicinity of an expanding cylindrical cavity. The main features of the solution …

Spherical cavity expansion in porous rock considering plasticity and damage

L Huang, J Liang, J Ma, H Yang… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In rock engineering, damage evolution upon loading imposes significant impacts on the
stiffness of rock mass and its deformation characteristics. In order to investigate the influence …

CPT equipment: Recent advances and future perspectives

DJ White - Cone Penetration Testing 2022, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
The basic configuration of the cone penetrometer test (CPT) has remained constant for half a
century since the electric piezocone became widespread in the 1970s and the dimensions …

Loading-unloading of spherical and cylindrical cavities in cohesive-frictional materials with arbitrary radially symmetric boundary conditions

GY Li, PQ Mo, C Li, J Hu, PZ Zhuang, HS Yu - Applied Mathematical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many scenarios in geotechnical engineering involve cavity unloading from a loaded state
under different boundary conditions, especially for thick-walled cylinder tests in laboratory …