Dynamic shear modulus plays an important role in the seismic assessment of geotechnical
systems. Changes in the degree of water saturation influence dynamic soil properties …

Near-surface soils in geotechnical and geoenvironmental applications are often
unsaturated, and natural or imposed changes in temperature may lead to a softening effect …

The accumulative deformation behaviours of subgrade soil under cyclic loading conditions
are crucial for designing the foundations of structures and maintaining the long-term …

The results of previous studies on silt and clay indicated that variations in the small strain
shear modulus, G max, during hydraulic hysteresis had a non-linear increasing trend with …

This article presents an experimental laboratory study on the effect of plastic compression
and stress history on the small strain shear modulus, G max, of unsaturated soils. In previous …

The seismic behavior of pile-supported systems has been an active area of research over
the past decades. However, focus has mostly been on evaluating the seismic response of …

The lateral response of piles is governed by the soil–pile interaction in the shallower layer of
surrounding soil, which may be above the water level and thus is unsaturated. There is no …

Rock fractures are formed through the failure of rock masses in shear, tension or a
combination of both. Depending on the mechanical process producing the fractures and the …

A new framework is developed to extend an existing small-strain shear modulus (G max)
model to determine G max of unsaturated silty soils along different paths of the soil water …

The small-strain shear modulus of soils is a key parameter in the design of geotechnical
systems and analysis of the soil–structure response to earth and earth-supported …