Giant rockslides are widespread and sensitive to hydrological forcing, especially in climate
change scenarios. They creep slowly for centuries and then can fail catastrophically posing …

Granular materials are used in several fields and in a wide variety of processes. An
important feature of these materials is the diversity of grain sizes, commonly referred to as …

In this study, a series of multi-stage drained reverse direct shear tests were carried out on
soft clay samples reinforced with 0.25% and 0.50% polypropylene fibers of 6 mm, 10 mm …

A method of backanalysis was used for the assessment of pipe-jacking forces from three
pipe-jacking drives in laminated shale and interbedded lithological units of metagraywacke …

The topic of fibre-reinforced soil has been introduced and studied increasingly in the past
few decades. However, the shear strength response of fibre-reinforced clay soils with …

Most of the major rivers in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau are distributed along
the tectonic suture zone, where many giant landslides are present. The catastrophic Baige …

Abstract In Niigata, Japan, many landslides have occurred in Tertiary rocks. Although most
of these landslides were slow-moving, some underwent catastrophic failure, and different …

Shear strength parameters of compacted clay liners (CCLs) are needed for the safety design
and stability analyses of mine waste dumps. The shear strengths of soils are commonly …

Bedding-controlled landslides in alternated mudstone and sandstone beds in cataclinal
slopes are common in the Sichuan basin and in the Three Gorges area in China. They are …

The simulation of large-strain geotechnical laboratory tests with conventional Lagrangian
finite element method (FEM) techniques is often problematic due to excessive mesh …