The successful offshore hydrate production tests in the South China Sea proved the high
productivity of clayey-silty hydrate reservoirs. However, the mechanical characteristics of …

A three-dimensional bonded contact model is developed in this study to simulate the
mechanical behavior of bonded granular material using the Discrete Element Method. Two …

A series of triaxial compression tests were performed on the methane hydrate-bearing sands
formed with rounded glass beads and natural sands to examine their mechanical properties …

Gas hydrates can form more or less at the same time as seafloor sediment. They can have
the effect of significantly stiffening and strengthening deep‐ocean sediments. Subsequent …

Cemented coarse-grained alluvium is present in a vast area of Tehran city, Iran including its
suburbs. This deposit consists of gravely sand to sandy gravel with some cobbles and is …

This paper summarizes experimental studies on wetting-induced collapsibility in loess using
single-oedometer, double-oedometer, and triaxial wetting tests. Artificially structural loess …

A discrete element modelling of naturally microstructured sands is very important to
geomechanics. This paper presents a simple discrete element model for naturally …

More than 90% of hydrates worldwide are accumulated in fine-grained deposits, particularly
in the South China Sea. Hydrate exploitation may lead to the geomechanical instability of …

Unsaturated loessial Aeolian deposits tend to experience significant volumetric compression
when subjected to loading. This behavior is generally attributed to their open, unstable soil …

The results are presented of drained triaxial tests on a weakly bonded artificial soil in which
the stress path direction has been changed partway through the shearing process. The …