期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (8)
Suffusion refers to a special form of internal erosion characterized by the selective erosion of the finest particles of a soil under the action of an......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (9)
New excavation or tunnelling affects the stress state of soils in ground. The change of stress state due to excavation may affect the cyclic behaviour......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (8)
A two-layer hydro-mechanically coupled material point method has been formulated in the framework of unsaturated soil mechanics. The method employs tw......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (8)
Baffles and check-dam systems are often used as granular flow (rock avalanches, debris flows, etc.) control structures in regions prone to dangerous g......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (7)
The at-rest coefficient of lateral pressure, K-0, is a critical macroscopic parameter for evaluating stress transmission in granular media for enginee......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (9)
Currently, knowledge of the failure mechanisms of narrow backfills with retaining walls rotating about the top (RT mode) is still lacking which leads ......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (9)
Deep geological repository is a favorable choice for the long-term disposal of nuclear wastes. Bentonite-sand mixtures have been proposed as the poten......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (2)
The parameter m(i) accounts for the anisotropy of rock strength, and the accurate determination of m(i) is a primary requirement of the Hoek-Brown (H-......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (7)
Poroelastic properties play an essential role in interaction between deformation and fluid pressure change in porous rocks. These properties can be af......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (5)
Calcareous sand, a special type of sand commonly used for the construction of coastal engineering in tropical coasts, is usually required to be streng......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (8)
Based on the combined finite-discrete element method (FDEM), this paper presents a moisture diffusion-fracture coupling model to simulate soil desicca......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (9)
We present an aerosol injection technique (AIT) to accelerate the consolidation of soft soils for ground improvement. We employ high-pressure aerosol ......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (8)
A smoothed particle hydrodynamics code based on micropolar continua for geomaterials is developed for problems involving large deformation and shear s......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (7)
In this study, a novel apparatus was developed for the study of horizontal suffusion behavior of compacted soils under vertical stress. The apparatus ......
期刊: ACTA GEOTECHNICA, 2021; 16 (7)
In the recent times, many studies have been devoted toward rectangular excavations but only a few studies have considered the "corner effect" in the o......