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Seongyong Park, Dae Sang Kim, Ungjin Kim and Sangseom Jeong
In the transition zone of railway tracks, track irregularities occur frequently due to differential settlement, which arises from the difference between the vertical supporting stiffness of the abutment and the backfill. This is disadvantageous because i...
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Murat Gulen and Havvanur Kilic
In this study, full-scale laboratory tests were conducted on a 315 mm diameter HDPE pipe under shallow buried and localised surface loading conditions to investigate the effects of pipe deflection and arching on stress distribution and the lateral earth ...
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Yalin Zhu, Renyi Chen, Yixian Wang and Juxiang Chen
In order to further explore the influence of reinforcement materials laying position on the dynamic characteristics of reinforced retaining walls, based on FLAC3D finite difference methods for solving nonlinear problems, established with the same size of...
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S.M. Seyed-Kolbadi, M.A. Hariri-Ardebili, M. Mirtaheri and F. Pourkamali-Anaraki
This work evaluates the stability of the Boostan earth dam by investigating its long-term performance and interpreting the measured data. To measure the dam response, several sensitive locations are instrumented. This process includes measuring various q...
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Meen-Wah Gui and Ravendra P. Rajak
Soil nailing is a prevalent and cost-effective technique employed to reinforce and enhance the stability of precarious natural or cut slopes; however, its application as a primary support system to prevent collapses or cave-ins during foundation excavati...
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Xin Wang, Xue-Liang Zhao, Shu-Huan Sui, Zi-Bei Hu, Wen-Ni Deng and Qi-Ming Song
Based on a series of physical model tests and numerical simulations, the bearing characteristics of a tripod-bucket foundation are investigated. It is found that with the decrease in aspect ratio (L/D), the rotation center of the foundation will decrease...
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Qizhi Chen, Luju Liang, Changjie Xu, Baoping Zou and Xiangxiang Gao
Terzaghi proposed two-dimensional (2D) arching theory through trapdoor tests based on the assumption of a vertical slip surfaces. However, the original 2D assumption is different from a real three-dimensional (3D) excavation condition and actual slip sur...
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Zhe Wang, Weihao Feng, Shuwei Wu, Pengfei Wu, Sifa Xu, Zewei Yao and Jiuchun Sun
Recently, many studies have been conducted on the stratum deformation induced by earth pressure balance (EPB) shield tunneling in soft soil and sand. Movement laws vary largely among different strata. However, at present, relevant research mainly focuses...
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Meixiang Gu, Xiaocong Cai, Qiang Fu, Haibo Li, Xi Wang and Binbing Mao
The three-dimensional finite difference method was used in this study to analyze the deformation and stresses of a passive pile under surcharge load in extensively deep soft soil. A three-dimensional numerical model was proposed and verified by a field t...
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Abdelaziz Brouthen, Mohamed Nabil Houhou and Ivan Puig Damians
This study describes the results of a series of 2D finite element method (FEM) numerical models of 6 m high back-to-back reinforced soil walls using the geotechnical software PLAXIS. These structures are used to support embankments, especially for bridge...
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Sanjay Nimbalkar, Anindya Pain, Syed Mohd Ahmad and Qingsheng Chen
An accurate estimation of static and seismic earth pressures is extremely important in geotechnical design. The conventional Coulomb?s approach and Mononobe-Okabe?s approach have been widely used in engineering practice. However, the latter approach prov...
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An accurate estimation of static and seismic earth pressures is extremely important in geotechnical design. The conventional Coulomb’s approach and Mononobe-Okabe’s approach have been widely used in engineering practice. However, the latter a...
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Kambiz Meshkabadi and Yousef Zandi
Design of earth dams and their issues during and after construction is very important for residents downstream of the dam because of the potential risks and possible breakdowns. In the design of dams, various forces influence the dam body, including upli...
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Glenda Abate, Sebastiano Corsico, Salvatore Grasso and Maria Rossella Massimino
Identification of soil condition at the working face of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) is a key factor for the efficiency and safety of TBM tunneling. The paper presents the first application of the Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) method on m...
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Litan Pan, Bo Wu, Daquan Wang, Xiongxiong Zhou, Lijie Wang and Yi Zhang
In the numerical simulation of earth-rock dam, accurate and reliable mechanical parameters of the dam material are the important basis for dam deformation predictions and dam safety evaluations. Based on the deformation monitoring data of Luding core wal...
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