Site investigations of the soils are considered very important for evaluation of the site conditions, as well as the design and construction for the project built in it. Taihu tunnel is thus far the longest tunnel constructed in the lake in China, wi...
Pipe jacking is a trenchless technology used to install buried pipelines, such as sewer lines in wastewater management systems. Existing mechanistic approaches based on geomaterial strength parameters (i.e., friction angle and apparent cohesion) can...
The pressuremeter test (PMT) measures in situ soil properties under the original stress state with minimal disturbance. However, interpreting PMT data for constitutive parameters remains reliant on empirical correlations, and a key challenge is the p...
A pressuremeter test (PMT) is a representative and highly reliable in situ test for assessing the stress–strain behavior of weathered granite. Its application, however, is restricted by its cost and time requirements. Many researchers have also inves...
Exponential development of post-yield strain (Ԑpost) is a pivotal indicator of failure in embankments constructed on soft saturated clays. This paper characterizes saturated clay stratum comprising very soft to very stiff stratigraphy, with pla...
In South Korea, weathered granite is widely distributed and has been used as a bearing stratum for various structures. Therefore, it is important to determine the shear strength of the weathered granite. However, it is difficult to obtain reliable sh...
In the process of large-scale water conservancy and hydropower station construction in the southwest region of China, obtaining the deep overburden pressuremeter modulus Em is of great significance for the calculation of foundation bearing capacity a...
Background: An exaggerated blood pressure response (EBPR) during exercise testing is not well defined, and several blood pressure thresholds are used in different studies and recommended in different guidelines. Methods: Competitive athletes of any a...
The coastal region of Ceará, Brazil, is expected to host offshore wind farms aimed at producing green hydrogen (GH2) through electrolysis. However, the viability and cost of these developments may be affected by the mechanical behaviour of the...
This study introduces a novel method for evaluating pile–soil interaction based solely on Dilatometer Test (DMT) results, enhancing and extending the established approach originally developed using Menard Pressuremeter Test (PMT) data. Currentl...
Radial soil displacement during pile installation and pressuremeter testing is commonly interpreted using cylindrical cavity expansion theory. However, conventional plane strain solutions neglect vertical deformation and may be inadequate for unsatur...
The cavity expansion solution for loess is absent because the existing elastoplastic models fail to model the sophisticated behaviors of unsaturated loess as a classic axisymmetric boundary-value problem. This paper develops a novel solution for cavi...
Soil structure has significant influences on the mechanical behaviors of natural soils, although it is rarely considered in previous cavity expansion analyses. This paper presents an undrained elastoplastic solution for cylindrical cavity expansion i...