The Role of Liquefaction on the Seismic Response of Quay Walls during the 2014 Cephalonia, Greece, Earthquakes

Georgios Zalachoris, Dimitrios Zekkos, Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos and Nikos Gerolymos

Validating the Generality of a Closed-Form Equation for Soil Water Isotherm

Shengmin Luo and Ning Lu

Near-Fault Forward Directivity Effect on the Estimation of Ground Motion Amplification Factors

Bo Li, Yang Lu, Zhongdong Duan and Zhen Cai

Hybrid Framework for Forecasting Circular Excavation Collapse: Combining Physics-Based and Data-Driven Modeling

Brian B. Sheil

A New Dynamic Cone Penetration Test-Based Procedure for Liquefaction Triggering Assessment of Gravelly Soils

Kyle M. Rollins, Jashod Roy, Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Dimitrios Zekkos, Sara Amoroso and Zhenzhong Cao

Key Trends Regarding the Effects of Site Geometry on Lateral Spreading Displacements

Michael Little and Ellen Rathje

Effect of Grain Crushing on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Tailings Sand

Shubjot Singh, Zygi Zurakowski, Sheng Dai and Yida Zhang

Time-Dependent Compression Behavior of Sands under Oedometric Conditions

Friedrich Levin

Role of Shear Deformability on the Response of Tunnels and Pipelines to Single and Twin Tunneling

Andrea Franza and Giulia M. B. Viggiani

Centrifuge Modeling of Cyclic Nonsymmetrical Thermally Loaded Energy Pile Groups in Clay

Charles W. W. Ng, Alireza Farivar, Sherif M. M. H. Gomaa and Fardin Jafarzadeh

Excavation Support System Design Method to Limit Damage in Adjacent Infrastructure

Jorge Romana Giraldo and L. Sebastian Bryson

Elevated Temperature Effects on Geotextile-Geomembrane Interface Shear Behavior

Tanay Karademir and J. David Frost

Liquefaction Modeling for Biocemented Calcareous Sand

Yang Xiao, Zhichao Zhang, Armin W. Stuedlein and T. Matthew Evans

Simplified Procedure to Identify the Critical State Line of Crushable Rockfills

Roberta Ventini, Stefania Lirer, Claudio Mancuso and Alessandro Flora

Prediction of Radial Consolidation Settlement with Consideration of Sampling Range Effect: Updated Observational Methods

S. G. Chung and H. J. Kweon

Implications of Interparticle Forces on Resilient and Shear Modulus of Unsaturated Compacted Kaolinite

Idil Deniz Akin, Levi S. Potter and Tuncer B. Edil

Translational Inertial Effects and Scaling Considerations for Coarse Granular Flows Impacting Landslide-Resisting Barriers

George Robert Goodwin and Clarence Edward Choi

Operational Limits of Measuring while Drilling in Florida Limestone for Geotechnical Site Characterization

Michael B. Rodgers, Michael C. McVay, David J. Horhota, Jose Hernando and Jerry M. Paris

SHANSEP-Based Interpretation of Overconsolidation Effect on Monotonic Shearing Resistance of Contractive Nonplastic Soils

Jiarui Chen and Scott M. Olson

LRFD Calibration of Internal Limit States for MSE Walls Using Steel Strip Reinforcement

Richard J. Bathurst, Nezam Bozorgzadeh and Tony Allen

Micromechanical Properties of Biocemented Shale Soils Analyzed Using Nanoindentation Test

Ming Huang, Kai Xu, Chaoshui Xu, Guixiao Jin and Shen Guo

Material Point Method for Cone Penetration in Clays

Vibhav Bisht, Rodrigo Salgado and Monica Prezzi

Effect of Loading Frequency on Volumetric Strain Accumulation and Stiffness Improvement in Sand under Drained Cyclic Direct Simple Shear Tests

Zhen-Zhen Nong and Sung-Sik Park

Machine Learning-Based Digital Integration of Geotechnical and Ultrahigh-Frequency Geophysical Data for Offshore Site Characterizations

Jinbo Chen, Marianne Vissinga, Yi Shen, Shuang Hu, Elizabeth Beal and Jason Newlin

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Geotechnical Ground Improvement Methods

Alena J. Raymond, Jason T. DeJong, Alissa Kendall, J. Tanner Blackburn and Rick Deschamps

Stress Path Tests with Local Deformation Profile in Flexible Boundary Plane Strain Device

Debayan Bhattacharya and Amit Prashant

Case Studies

System Response of an Interlayered Deposit with Spatially Preferential Liquefaction Manifestations

Patrick C. Bassal and Ross W. Boulanger

A Probabilistic Geostatistics-Based Approach to Tunnel Boring Machine Cutter Tool Wear and Cutterhead Clogging Prediction

Jacob Grasmick and Michael Mooney

Technical Notes

Pore Water Pressure Development in Soft Soil due to Installation and Loading of Controlled Modulus Columns

L. Bałachowski and J. Konkol

Effect of Phase Difference on the Liquefaction Behavior of Sand in Multidirectional Simple Shear Tests

Hongxu Jin and Lin Guo

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volume 148, Issue 1 (January 2022) / https://ascelibrary.org/toc/jggefk/148/1

Technical Papers

Full-Scale Field Studies to Evaluate Deep Soil Mixing in Stabilizing Expansive Soils

Anand J. Puppala, Raja S. Madhyannapu and Soheil Nazarian

Effects of Imperfect Simple Shear Test Boundary Conditions on Monotonic and Cyclic Measurements in Sand

Daniel Wai, Mathan V. Manmatharajan and Mason Ghafghazi

Multiple Thixotropisms of Liquid Limit-Consistency Clays Unraveled by Multiscale Experimentation

Jing Peng, Shengmin Luo, Dongfang Wang, Yiming Cao, Don J. DeGroot and Guoping Zhang

Load and Resistance Factor Design for Serviceability Limit State of Laterally Loaded Drilled Shafts for Transmission Line Structures in Sands

Garam Kim and Junhwan Lee

Behavior of Piggy-Backed Drag Embedment Anchors in Marine Soils

Ying Lai, Yunhan Huang, Robert B. Gilbert and Charles P. Aubeny

Shear Strength Anisotropy of Natural Granite Residual Soil

Xinyu Liu, Xianwei Zhang, Lingwei Kong, Song Yin and Yiqing Xu

Vertical Dynamic Response of a Pile Embedded in Layered Transversely Isotropic Unsaturated Soils

Zi Ye and Zhi Yong Ai

Effect of Light Biocementation on the Liquefaction Triggering and Post-Triggering Behavior of Loose Sands

Minyong Lee, Michael G. Gomez, Maya El Kortbawi and Katerina Ziotopoulou

Unified Elastic Modulus Characteristic Curve Equation for Variably Saturated Soils

Chao Zhang, Shaojie Hu and Ning Lu

Cyclic Behavior of Saturated Clays in Plane Strain State

Tingyu Wu, Tianhao Zhang, Chuan Gu, Jun Wang, Yuanqiang Cai, Honglei Sun and Zonghao Yuan

Prediction of Pipe-Jacking Forces Using a Bayesian Updating Approach

Brian B. Sheil, Stephen K. Suryasentana, Jack O. Templeman, Bryn M. Phillips, Wen-Chieh Cheng and Limin Zhang

Improved Prediction of Peak Resistance for Spudcan Penetration in Sand Layer Overlying Clay

Jingbin Zheng, Yangbin Chen, Xiao Chen, Dong Wang and Shaodong Jing

Impact of Ground Densification on the Response of Urban Liquefiable Sites and Structures

Yu-Wei Hwang, Shideh Dashti and Peter Kirkwood

Liquefaction of Volcanic Soils: Undrained Behavior under Monotonic and Cyclic Loading

M. de Cristofaro, L. Olivares, R. P. Orense, M. S. Asadi and N. Netti

Dynamic Behavior of Single Steel-Driven Vertical and Batter Piles under Horizontal Excitations: Field Model Testing

Rohit Ralli, Bappaditya Manna and Manoj Datta

Case Studies

Nonlinear Dynamic Analyses of Perris Dam Using Transition Probability to Model Interbedded Alluvial Strata

Nicholas A. Paull, Ross W. Boulanger, Jason T. DeJong and Steven J. Friesen

Technical Notes

Energy-Based Assessment of Liquefaction Resistance of Rooted Soil

Ali Akbar Karimzadeh, Anthony Kwan Leung and Pedram Fardad Amini

Discussions and Closures

Discussion of “Case History: Failure of the Reinforced Soil Slope at Yeager Airport, Charleston, West Virginia” by Daniel R. VandenBerge, R. J. Valentine, Thomas L. Brandon, and Stephen G. Wright

James V. Hamel

Corrections

Erratum for “Excavation Support System Design Method to Limit Damage in Adjacent Infrastructure” by Jorge Romana Giraldo and L. Sebastian Bryson

L. Sebastian Bryson and Jorge Romana Giraldo

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volume 45, Issue 1 (January 2022) / https://www.astm.org/journals/volume/listing/coden/GTJODJ/issue/1/volume/45/online-issue-date/2022-01-01+00:00:00/

Journal Papers

Determination of Dispersive Erosion Resistance in Fine-Grained Soils with Newly Developed Test Equipment

Sadettin Topçu, Hasan Tosun

A Modified Triaxial Apparatus for Soils under High-Frequency, Low-Amplitude Vibrations

Tao Xie, Peijun Guo

Seismic Centrifuge Modeling of a Gentle Slope of Layered Clay, Including a Weak Layer

Cristian Yair Soriano Camelo, Maria Cascao Ferreira de Almeida, S. P. Gopal Madabhushi, Sam A. Stanier, Marcio de Souza Soares de Almeida, Huida Liu, Ricardo Garske Borges

Field Collection of Geotechnical Measurements for Remote or Low-Cost Datalogging Requirements

Kelvin Sattler, David Elwood, Michael T. Hendry, Brian Berscheid, Bryce Marcotte, Parisa Haji Abdulrazagh, David Huntley

The Block and Cylindrical Punch Tests for Rocks: A Statistical Comparison between the Results

Fatemeh Ghasemi, Davood Fereidooni

Numerical Simulation Analysis of Real-Time High-Temperature Impact Test Technique of Rock Materials

Shi Liu, Jinyu Xu, Haoyu Wang

Predictive Model for Soil Shrinkage Characteristic Curve of High Plastic Soils

C. B. Gupt, A. Prakash, B. Hazra, S. Sreedeep

The Physical Reasons to Have Underdamped or Oscillating Variable-Head (Slug) Tests: A Review and a Clarification

Robert P. Chapuis

Borehole Magnetometry Test for Evaluating a Caisson’s Reinforced Depth: Experimental Results and Theoretical Modeling

Paulo Scarano Hemsi, Matheus Carlos de Souza Santos, Tiago de Jesus Souza, Otavio Coaracy Brasil Gandolfo, Carlos Alberto Mendonça

Calibrating Thermomechanical Triaxial Cells for Transient Thermal Loads

Sherif L. Abdelaziz, Seyed Morteza Zeinali

Reappraisal of Fall-Cone Flow Curve for Soil Plasticity Determinations

Amin Soltani, Brendan C. O’Kelly

Optical and Physical Properties of Laponite for Use as Clay Surrogate in Geotechnical Models

Rodrigo Cesar Pierozan, Abdurrahman Almikati, Gregorio Luis Silva Araujo, Jorge Gabriel Zornberg

Simulation Test System for Coal and Gas Outburst Triggered by Tunneling under Gas-Filling Condition and Its Application

Hanpeng Wang, Wei Wang, Liang Yuan, Guofeng Yu, Jing Wang, Yang Xue

Specific Surface Area by Colorimetry and Image Analysis

Marisol Salva Ramirez, J. Carlos Santamarina

A New Apparatus for Installing Distributed Optical Sensors onto Uniaxial Compression Test Specimens to Measure Full-Field Strain Responses

Shawn Hegger, Nicholas Vlachopoulos, Mark S. Diederichs

Géotechnique

Volume 71, Issue 11 (November 2021) / https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/toc/jgeot/71/11

Articles

Editorial: linear infrastructure and slopes

Peter Bourne-Webb

Observed behaviour of old railway embankments formed of ash and dumped clay fill

Jamie R. Standing, Peter R. Vaughan, Selwyn Charles-Jones, Brian T. McGinnity

Weather-driven deterioration processes affecting the performance of embankment slopes

Ross A. Stirling, David G. Toll, Stephanie Glendinning, Peter R. Helm, Anil Yildiz, Paul N. Hughes, Jonathan D. Asquith

Hydro-mechanical reinforcement of contrasting woody species: a full-scale investigation of a field slope

David Boldrin, Anthony K. Leung, Anthony Glyn Bengough

Innovative methods of ground improvement for railway embankment peat fens foundation soil

Muhammad Umair Safdar, Maria Mavroulidou, Michael J. Gunn, Jonathan Garelick, Ian Payne, Diane Purchase

Assessment of soil spatial variability for linear infrastructure using cone penetration tests

Tom de Gast, Philip J. Vardon, Michael A. Hicks

A data-driven approach for predicting the time-dependent settlement of embankments on soft soils

James P. Doherty, M. Fraser Bransby

On the reliability assessment of a controlled dyke failure

Tom de Gast, Michael A. Hicks, Abraham P. van den Eijnden, Philip J. Vardon

Cast-iron tunnels’ tolerance to imposed longitudinal settlement curvature

Mehdi Alhaddad, Mathew J. Wilcock, Chang Ye Gue, Kenichi Soga, Michael Devriendt, Mark Dewhirst

Seismic vulnerability of circular tunnels in sand

Filomena de Silva, Stefania Fabozzi, Nikolaos Nikitas, Emilio Bilotta, Raul Fuentes

Géotechnique

Volume 71, Issue 12 (December 2021) / https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/toc/jgeot/71/12

Articles

A model for hydraulic conductivity of compacted bentonite - inclusion of microstructure effects under confined wetting

Tian Chen, Majid Sedighi, Andrey P. Jivkov, Suresh C. Seetharam

Stability analysis of a cave excavated in granular cohesionless material

Bruna de Carvalho Faria Lima Lopes, Alessandro Tarantino

Numerical modelling of a structure with shallow strip foundation during earthquake-induced liquefaction

Konstantinos Kassas, Orestis Adamidis, Nikos Gerolymos, Ioannis Anastasopoulos

Numerical and theoretical analyses of settlements of strip shallow foundations on normally consolidated clays under partially drained conditions

Luca Flessati, Claudio di Prisco, Fabio Callea

Flume study on the effects of microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) on the erosional behaviour of fine sand

Alexandra Clarà Saracho, Stuart K. Haigh, M. Ehsan Jorat

Volumetric behaviour of clays under freeze-thaw cycles in a mesoscopically uniform element

Satoshi Nishimura, Shota Okajima, Bhakta Raj Joshi, Yosuke Higo, Tetsuya Tokoro

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volume 58, Number 11 (November 2021) / https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/toc/cgj/58/11

Articles

Hydrogeology of a complex Champlain Sea deposit (Quebec, Canada): implications for slope stability

Alexandra Germain, Nathan Young, Jean-Michel Lemieux,… and Catherine Cloutier

Generalized effective stress concept for saturated active clays

Angelica Tuttolomondo, Alessio Ferrari, and Lyesse Laloui

The mechanisms underlying long-term shaft resistance enhancement of energy pile in clays

Saeed Yazdani, Sam Helwany, and C. Guney Olgun

Selection of standard penetration test number for geotechnical investigation of a vertical cross section considering spatial variability and correlation in soil properties

Zheng Guan and Yu Wang

Smart determination of borehole number and locations for stability analysis of multi-layered slopes using multiple point statistics and information entropy

Chao Shi and Yu Wang

Interpretation of undrained shear strength observed in confined triaxial compression tests on compacted clay

C.K. Wong, M.C.H. Lun, and R.C.K. Wong

A non-associative macroelement model for vertical plate anchors in clay

Anderson Peccin da Silva, Andrea Diambra, Dimitris Karamitros, and Shiao Huey Chow

Three-dimensional cyclic behavior of saturated clays: comparison between undrained and partly drained conditions

Yanlin Zhang, Chuan Gu, Jun Wang, and Yuanqiang Cai

Material point method (MPM) hydro-mechanical modelling of flows impacting rigid walls

Sabatino Cuomo, Angela Di Perna, and Mario Martinelli

In situ desaturation tests by electrolysis for liquefaction mitigation

Runze Chen, Yumin Chen, Hanlong Liu, Kunxian Zhang, Ying Zhou, Shengming Xu, and Kang Wu

Thermo-mechanical behavior of a full-scale energy pile equipped with a spiral pipe configuration

Di Wu, Hanlong Liu, Gangqiang Kong, and Alessandro F. Rotta Loria

Impact of scour on lateral resistance of wind turbine monopiles: an experimental study

Q. Li, A. Askarinejad, and K. Gavin

Notes

Flow liquefaction potential of loose sand: stress path envelope and energy-based evaluation

K. Pan, Z.X. Yang, and Y.Q. Cai

Correction

Correction: Laboratory study on subgrade fluidization under undrained cyclic triaxial loading

Buddhima Indraratna, Mandeep Singh, Thanh Trung Nguyen, Serge Leroueil, Aruni Abeywickrama, Richard Kelly, and Tim Neville

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volume 58, Number 12 (December 2021) / https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/toc/cgj/58/12

Articles

Model tests on biogrouted granular columns in soft soil

Aamir Mahawish, Abdelmalek Bouazza, and Will P. Gates

A hybrid GMDH neural network and logistic regression framework for state parameter-based liquefaction evaluation

Wei Duan, Surya Sarat Chandra Congress, Guojun Cai, Songyu Liu, Xiaoqiang Dong, Ruifeng Chen, and Xuening Liu

Relationship between monotonic and cyclic behavior of saturated soft clay in undrained triaxial compression tests

Tingyu Wu, Jie Han, Yuanqiang Cai, Lin Guo, and Jun Wang

Large-scale model tests of a single pile and two-pile groups for an offshore platform in sand

Aligi Foglia, Khalid Abdel-Rahman, Elmar Wisotzki, Tulio Quiroz, and Martin Achmus

Development of a poly-axial platen for testing true-triaxial behavior of rocks

Prasoon Garg, Bhardwaj Pandit, Brijes Mishra, and G.L. Sivakumar Babu

Measured pipe stresses on gas pipelines in landslide areas

Nelson J. Ferreira and James A. Blatz

Driven cast-in-situ pile capacity: insights from dynamic and static load testing

Kevin N. Flynn and Bryan A. McCabe

Relationship between texture of polypropylene coatings and interface friction for sand at low stress levels

Lawrence W. de Leeuw, Matthew S. Dietz, Henry Milewski, George Mylonakis, and Andrea Diambra

A risk assessment tool for tailings storage facilities

Karen M. Chovan, Michel R. Julien, Edouardine-Pascale Ingabire, Michael James, Edouard Masengo, Thomas Lépine, and Pascal Lavoie

Monotonic and cyclic behaviour of root-reinforced sand

Ali Akbar Karimzadeh, Anthony Kwan Leung, Saied Hosseinpour, Zhaoyi Wu, and Pedram Fardad Amini

Study on horizontal bearing characteristics of pile foundations in coral sand

Chunyan Wang, Hanlong Liu, Xuanming Ding, Chenglong Wang, and Qiang Ou

Effects of interactions between transient granular flows and macroscopically rough beds and their implications for bulk flow dynamics

C.E. Choi and G.R. Goodwin

Discussion

Discussion of “Evaluation of installation effects on set-up of field displacement piles in sand”

Gholamreza Mesri and Thierno Kane

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volume 148 (December 2021) / https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-rock-mechanics-and-mining-sciences/vol/148/suppl/C

Research Articles

Anisotropic deformability and strength of slate from NW-Spain

L.R. Alejano, M.A. Gonzalez-Fernandez, X. Estévez-Ventosa, Fei Song, ... J. Alvarellos

Investigation of the efficiency of longwall top coal caving method applied by forming a face in horizontal thickness of the seam in steeply inclined thick coal seams by using a physical model

Arif Celik, Yılmaz Özçelik

Fracturing mechanisms and deformation characteristics of rock surrounding the gate during gob-side entry retention through roof pre-fracturing

Pengfei Guo, Yadi Yuan, Kengkeng Ye, Dingjie Sun

Experimental and numerical (EFG method) studies on sedimentary rock under varied salinity conditions

P. Dinesh, P.G. Ranjith, M.R. Behera, N. Muthu

Dispersive seismic waves in a coal seam around the roadway in the presence of excavation damaged zone

Rafał Czarny, Michał Malinowski, Michał Chamarczuk, Mateusz Cwiekała, ... Przemysław Sierodzki

A multifrequency ultrasonic approach to extracting static modulus and damage characteristics of rock

Yuliang Zhang, Gao-Feng Zhao, Xindong Wei, Haibo Li

A new integral equation method for calculating interacting stress-intensity factors of multiple holed-cracked anisotropic rock under both far-field and arbitrary surface stresses

Wei Yi, Qiu-hua Rao, Dong-liang Sun, Qing-qing Shen, Jie Zhang

Improving local mean stress estimation using Bayesian hierarchical modelling

Yu Feng, Ke Gao, Arnaud Mignan, Jiawei Li

New criterion for the spalling failure of deep rock engineering based on energy release

Peng Xiao, Diyuan Li, Guoyan Zhao, Huanxin Liu

Experimental study on wave propagation through granite after high-temperature treatment

L.F. Fan, K.C. Yang, M. Wang, L.J. Wang, Z.J. Wu

Improved empirical hard rock pillar strength predictions using unconfined compressive strength as a proxy for brittleness

G. Walton, S. Sinha

Laboratory characterization of cyclic hydraulic fracturing for deep shale application in Southwest China

Yunzhong Jia, Zhaohui Lu, Qiquan Xiong, Jesse C. Hampton, ... Pei He

Optimizing well construction by establishing overpressure mechanism in Panna Formation, Western Offshore Basin, India

Rahul Talreja, Rajeev Kumar, Prince Kumar, Jayant Bhagat, ... Amit Kumar Singh

Anisotropic mechanical behaviour of columnar jointed rock masses subjected to cyclic loading: An experimental investigation

Tao Zhang, Weiya Xu, Huanling Wang, RuBin Wang, ... MingTao Hu

Impact of time-dependent deformation on geomechanical risk for geologic carbon storage

Ting Bao, Jeff Burghardt, Varun Gupta, Mark White

Hard Rock Fragmentation in Percussion Drilling Considering Confining Pressure: Insights from an Experimental Study

Yanliang Li, Jianming Peng, Pengyu Zhang, Chaoyang Huang

Combined numerical and experimental studies on the dynamic and quasi-static failure modes of brittle rock

Chunjiang Zou, Huanqiang Li

Modeling the behavior of a coal pillar rib using Bonded Block Models with emphasis on ground-support interaction

Sankhaneel Sinha, Gabriel Walton

Monitoring and analysis of ground movement from multi-seam mining

Qingdong Qu, Hua Guo, Manoj Khanal

Expanding application of the voussoir beam analog to horizontally bedded and passively bolted flat-roof excavations using the discrete element method

Rami Abousleiman, Sankhaneel Sinha, Gabriel Walton

Numerical modelling of incipient motion of fracture infillings

Penghua Teng, Suihan Zhang, Fredrik Johansson

Loading-unloading behavior of a clayey rock under thermo-hydro-mechanical conditions

Hongdan Yu, Weizhong Chen, Zhe Gong, Xianjun Tan, Diansen Yang

A grain texture model to investigate effects of grain shape and orientation on macro-mechanical behavior of crystalline rock

Xianyu Zhao, Derek Elsworth, Yunlong He, Wanrui Hu, Tao Wang

Earth tides and seismic activity in deep coal mining

Sławomir Siwek

An Uzawa-type augmented Lagrangian numerical manifold method for frictional discontinuities in rock masses

Yongtao Yang, Wenan Wu, Hong Zheng

Dynamic failure behavior of Jinping marble under various preloading conditions corresponding to different depths

Anlin Zhang, Heping Xie, Ru Zhang, Li Ren, ... Qiang Tan

Thermoplastic cohesive fracturing model of thermally-treated granite

Yuekun Xing, Bingxiang Huang

Effect of concave terrain on explosion-induced ground motion

Zhengliang Li, Jianchun Li, Haibo Li

Bayesian inference of rock strength anisotropy: Uncertainty analysis of the Hoek-Brown failure criterion

Guilherme J.C. Gomes, John H. Forero, Euripedes A. Vargas, Jasper A. Vrugt

An overview on flooding induced uplift for abandoned coal mines

Jian Zhao, Heinz Konietzky

Experimental study on resin-anchored bolt concentricity including a device for more consistent bolt centering

Deyin He, Shaowei Liu, Mengxiong Fu, Bo Peng, Yaofei Ren

Numerical simulation of fracture propagation in freezing rocks using the extended finite element method (XFEM)

Yun Zhou, Wei Ma, Xianjun Tan, Weizhong Chen, ... Fei Xu

Dynamic and static electrical characteristics of micro-surface of rocks by coupled use of Atomic Force Microscope and micro-loading device

Huifang Liu, Zhenlei Li, Xueqiu He, Linbing Wang, ... Weixiang Wang

Assessing the conditions at the boundary of excavations in bedded or foliated rocks

Ross Seedsman

Development of a 3-D confinement-dependent dilation model for brittle rocks; part 2, formulation and parameterization based on the Cartesian plastic strain increments ratios approach

M. Rahjoo, E. Eberhardt

Hydro-mechanical modelling of gas transport in clayey host rocks for nuclear waste repositories

Jianxiong Yang, Mamadou Fall

Uplift of the surface of the earth above abandoned coal mines. Part A: Analysis of satellite data related to the movement of the surface

Andre Vervoort

Uplift of the surface of the earth above abandoned coal mines. Part B: Framework to understand and explain uplift

Andre Vervoort

Technical Notes

A numerical integrated approach for the estimation of the uniaxial compression strength of rock from point load tests

Yi-Ming Li, Gao-Feng Zhao

Formulation, calibration, and applications of disk-based discontinuous deformation analysis for rock failure simulation

Kaiyu Zhang, Feng Liu, Kaiwen Xia

Limit equilibrium analysis on the stability of rock wedges with linear and nonlinear strength criteria

Dong-ping Deng

Development of empirical model for strength estimation of irregular-shaped-heightened-rib/snook for mechanised depillaring

Ashok Kumar, Dheeraj Kumar, Arun Kumar Singh, Sahendra Ram, Rakesh Kumar

Rockburst and microseismicity characteristics in the Qinling water conveyance tunnel of the Hanjiang-to-Weihe River Diversion Project

Fei Liu, Chun'an Tang, Yongjun Zhang, Tianhui Ma

Failure characterization of Longmaxi shale under direct shear mode loadings

H.J. Lu, H.P. Xie, Y. Luo, L. Ren, ... M.Q. Yang

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volume 149 (January 2022) / https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-rock-mechanics-and-mining-sciences/vol/149/suppl/C

Research Articles

Dynamic photoelastic experimental study on the influence of joint surface geometrical property on wave propagation and stress disturbance

Siwei Wang, Jianchun Li, Xing Li, Lei He

Rock mass characteristics model for TBM penetration rate prediction- an updated version

Qiuming Gong, Hongyi Xu, Jianwei Lu, Fan Wu, ... Lijun Yin

Discing behavior and mechanism of cores extracted from Songke-2 well at depths below 4,500 m

Gao Mingzhong, Hao Haichun, Xue Shouning, Lu Tong, ... Xie Heping

Semi-automatic calculation of joint trace length from digital images based on deep learning and data structuring techniques

Yong-Ki Lee, Jineon Kim, Chae-Soon Choi, Jae-Joon Song

Micro-mechanism of brittle creep in saturated sandstone and its mechanical behavior after creep damage

Zhaofei Chu, Zhijun Wu, Zhiyang Wang, Lei Weng, ... Lifeng Fan

Characterizing thermal damage of diorite treated by an open-ended microwave antenna

Zhongjun Ma, Yanlong Zheng, Jianchun Li, Xiaobao Zhao, ... Huanyu Fu

A FDEM-based 2D coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical model for multiphysical simulation of rock fracturing

Chengzeng Yan, Xin Xie, Yuhang Ren, Wenhui Ke, Gang Wang

Analytic approximant of elastic stress around noncircular shallow-buried tunnels under general loading conditions

Ping Wu, Dayong Zhu

Progressive damage and fracture of biaxially-confined anisotropic coal under repeated impact loads

J. Li, H.C. Wang, Q.B. Zhang

A systematic methodology to calibrate wellbore failure models, estimate the in-situ stress tensor and evaluate wellbore cross-sectional geometry

Asmae Dahrabou, Benoît Valley, Peter Meier, Philip Brunner, Andrés Alcolea

Technical Notes

Excavation rate “predicting while tunnelling” for double shield TBMs in moderate strength poor to good quality rocks

Baogang Mu, Wenkun Yang, Yanlong Zheng, Jianchun Li

Measurement of ejection velocity of rock fragments under dynamic compression and insight into energy partitioning

Haozhe Xing, Mingyang Wang, Minghe Ju, Jianchun Li, Xiaofeng Li

Soils and Foundations

Volume 61, Issue 6 (December 2021) / https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/soils-and-foundations/vol/61/issue/6

Technical Paper

Influence of acidic environment and temperature on mechanical behavior of cement-treated Masado and numerical modeling with a thermoelasto-viscoplastic model

Peng Peng, Hiromasa Iwai, Ittetsu Ohara, Tomoya Iwata, Feng Zhang

Face failure in cobble-rich soil: Numerical and experimental approaches on 1g EPB reduced scale model

Xiongyu Hu, Chuan He, Gabriel Walton, Yong Fan

Mid-scale biocemented soil columns via enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation(EICP)

Kimberly K. Martin, Hamed Khodadadi Tirkolaei, Edward Kavazanjian

One-dimensional consolidation of unsaturated soils considering self-weight: Semi-analytical solutions

Lei Wang, Annan Zhou, Yongfu Xu, Xiaohe Xia

Evaluation of post-liquefaction volumetric strain of reconstituted samples based on soil compressibility

Jongkwan Kim, Motoki Kazama, Tadashi Kawai

A new approach for evaluating lateral resistance of railway ballast associated with extended sleeper spacing

Emiri Koyama, Kazuki Ito, Kimitoshi Hayano, Yoshitsugu Momoya

Testing and modelling total suction effects on compressibility and creep of crushable granular material

Rodrigo Osses, Kasra Majdanishabestari, Carlos Ovalle, Jubert Pineda

Strength and stiffness parameters for hardening soil model of rockfill materials

Raksiri Sukkarak, Suched Likitlersuang, Pornkasem Jongpradist, Pitthaya Jamsawang

Effects of water content and interface roughness on the shear strength of silt-cement mortar interface

Mengyao Li, Yonghui Li, Md. Rajedul Islam

Influence of prefabricated vertical drains spacing on FeCl3-vacuum consolidation of a landfill sludge

Xudong Zhang, Yajun Wu, Yitian Lu, Guang Chen, ... Peng Ye

3D analysis of the 174-m high Quxue asphalt-core rockfill dam in a narrow canyon

Tao Qiu, Weibiao Wang, Kaare Hoeg, Shan Feng, Ran Zhao

Experimental study on suffusion under multiple seepages and its impact on undrained mechanical responses of gap-graded soil

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Technical Notes 

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ISSMGE TC103  

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