Physico–mechanical properties of rocks have great significance in all operational parts in mining activities, from exploration to final dispatch of material. Compressional wave velocity (p-wave velocity) and anisotropic behaviour of rocks are two such properties which help to understand the rock response under varying stress conditions. They also influence the breakage mechanism of rock. There ...

The finite element method is widely used for solving various problems in geotechnical engineering practice. The input parameters required for the calculations are generally imprecise. The paper is devoted to a comparison of probabilistic, stochastic and fuzzy set method for reliability analysis with respect to its applicability for practical problems in geotechnical engineering. Emphasis will b...

The limit equilibrium method (LEM) has been a main-stay of analysis for geotechnical engineers for decades. Applied typically in a 2-D plane strain condition the method has been extended in formulation to the method of columns in 3-D and is now gaining increased use in industry. The formulation of the 3-D method of columns has typically been presented in Cartesian coordinates and with the assum...

This paper is an overview of the status in geo-environment research in the past, the present and the future in Japan as witnessed by the publications in ``Soils and Foundations'' over the years. The authors have paid special attention to the geotechnical researches concerning technologies of waste disposal, including radioactive waste disposal, the reuse and recycle of by-product and waste, the...

In the study, availability of tuffs around Erkilet (Kayseri), Kayseri and Mustafa Pasa (Nevsehir), Göreme (Nevsehir) and Nevsehir for using in many stages of construction materials, especially in blocks, shaped production, pavement, sideways, bordure and in landscape architecture was examined and samples were collected. For this purpose, standards experimental samples size of tuffs were prepare...

Oil-pollution due to accidental during transportation or leakage from storage not only brings large damage to the environments, but it also affects the geotechnical properties of soil. Hence, an extensive laboratory testing program was carried out to investigate the geotechnical properties on palm biodiesel contaminated weathered granite soil and mining sand. A series of laboratory experiments ...

The Open System for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (OpenSees) is a software environment for the network-based simulation of structural and geotechnical systems. The software design of the structural and geotechnical models in OpenSees is modular and hierarchical to mirror the equations of structural mechanics. The mathematical software components for computational simulation are also modular...

Multi phase fluids are common in energy-related geotechnical problems, including gaswater, gas-oil, ice-water, hydrate-water, and oil-water fluid conditions. The generalization of classical unsaturated soil mechanics concepts to energy geotechnology requires physical understanding of surface tension, contact angle, capillary pressure, solubility and nucleation. Eventually, these pore-level proc...

The black cotton soil is a type of problematic expansive soil which causes many problems in the construction of structures founded on them. It is having a swelling and impervious nature with poor geotechnical subgrade characteristics. In this research an approach is made towards the way of improvement in the various geotechnical properties of black cotton soil such as index properties, swelling...

This Keynote Paper is concerned with the fundamental mechanics of granular materials with a particular reference to non-coaxial behaviour. The non-coaxial behaviour refers to the non-coincidence of principal stress directions and corresponding principal plastic strain rate directions during plastic deformation. At present, the majority of soil models used in geotechnical practice are those of a...