All Outputs (8)

Geocellular railway drainage systems: physical and numerical modelling (2019)
Journal Article

The importance of resilient railway infrastructure is paramount when considering the increased likelihood of extreme weather and flash flood events in coming years. One of the main causes of instability of railway tracks is excess water in the trackb... Read More about Geocellular railway drainage systems: physical and numerical modelling.

Nonlinear soil-pile interaction induced by ground settlements: pile displacements and internal forces (2019)
Journal Article

In urban areas, the construction of tunnels and deep-excavations beneath and near to pile foundations can be detrimental for the superstructure and the foundation. A two-stage continuum-based nonlinear soil-pile interaction model is presented in this... Read More about Nonlinear soil-pile interaction induced by ground settlements: pile displacements and internal forces.

Stability and characterisation of spoil heaps in European surface lignite mines: a state-of-the-art review in light of new data (2019)
Journal Article

The large amount of spoil material produced during the mining process imposes a significant economic and environmental liability on lignite producers. In this context, the present paper provides an overview of the geotechnical characteristics of Euro... Read More about Stability and characterisation of spoil heaps in European surface lignite mines: a state-of-the-art review in light of new data.

A general framework for coupled hydro-mechanical modelling of rainfall-induced instability in unsaturated slopes with multivariate random fields (2019)
Journal Article

An accurate estimation of rainfall-induced instability of slopes for extremely nonhomogeneous materials such as lignite mine spoils is a major challenge. This paper investigates the stability of nonhomogeneous soil slopes with respect to slip surface... Read More about A general framework for coupled hydro-mechanical modelling of rainfall-induced instability in unsaturated slopes with multivariate random fields.

Real-time data coupling for hybrid testing in a geotechnical centrifuge (2019)
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Geotechnical centrifuge models necessarily involve simplifications compared to the full-scale scenario under investigation. In particular, structural systems (e.g. buildings or foundations) generally can’t be replicated such that complex full-scale c... Read More about Real-time data coupling for hybrid testing in a geotechnical centrifuge.

Discussion: Greenfield tunnelling in sands: the effects of soil density and relative depth (2019)
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Greenfield tunnelling in sands: the effects of soil density and relative depth (2019)
Journal Article

Tunnel construction is vital for the development of urban infrastructure systems throughout the world. An understanding of tunnelling-induced displacements is needed to evaluate the impact of tunnel construction on existing structures. Recent researc... Read More about Greenfield tunnelling in sands: the effects of soil density and relative depth.

Empirical and semi-analytical methods for evaluating tunnelling-induced ground movements in sands (2019)
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Empirical formulas and closed-form solutions provide, in many cases, good predictions of tunnelling-induced ground movements which, when combined with their computational efficiency, make them valuable for tunnel-structure interaction analyses. For s... Read More about Empirical and semi-analytical methods for evaluating tunnelling-induced ground movements in sands.