A better understanding of soil response to dynamic loads, including earthquakes, can result
in safer designs that can reduce casualties. The damping ratio and shear modulus are …

A review of liquefaction case histories shows that sand deposits containing some fines were
common in past liquefaction events. While current liquefaction mitigation measures are …

Gap‐graded granular soils are common natural soils composed of cohesionless granular
matrix and rock aggregates. Since they are widely used as construction materials worldwide …

Although several empirical and analytical models are available to predict the threshold fines
content (f thr) for sand-silt mixtures, none of them considers the combined effects of particle …

Sand-clay mixtures are often encountered in natural deposits and compacted soils in earth
structures in the form of gap-graded soils. They commonly display anisotropic fabric which …

In this study, a comprehensive experimental programme was carried out on five clean sands
of different gradations mixed with low plastic fines using an apparatus that incorporates both …

Coarse-grained soils are important geotechnical materials widely used in construction. The
contribution of particle size distribution on the small strain shear modulus G max of coarse …

The stiffness properties of soils, particularly shear modulus and damping ratio, play a
fundamental role in predicting the ground deformation during cyclic and dynamic loading …

Particle size distribution (PSD) is a fundamental soil property and has long been recognized
as a critical factor directly influencing the mechanical behavior of granular materials. Size …

This paper presents results of a series of monotonic and cyclic direct simple shear laboratory
tests performed on reconstituted samples of two silty sands and one sandy silt. The …