The main purpose of this study is to examine the influence of drying-wetting cycles on the swelling of disturbed expansive soil at the micro-scale. Swelling curve – the relationship between swelling displacement and water-absorbing time – is measured based on specimens that experienced 0-4 drying-wetting cycles. Ass...
View ArticleThe behavior of sands subjected to diverse loading conditions has been the object of many studies in recent decades. Constitutive models that are able to simulate the behavior of sands have been developed based on critical state theory. Researchers have shown that the defining parameters of the critical state line (CSL) can be obtained by performing dra...
View ArticleThis paper discusses the residual shear strength of a granulite residual soil that was involved in a large landslide in Brazil. The residual strength was investigated because of the great mobility achieved by the soil after failure. The experimental program comprised physical and mineralogical characterization and residual shear strength measurements. D...
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