A database of the mechanical behavior of 25 natural sands was compiled from the existing
literature. Particle shape and size analysis, obtained by dynamic imaging analysis, for each …

In order to clarify the micro‐mechanics of clay during compression, the behavior of clay
subjected to one‐dimensional compression is investigated at the particle scale using …

This paper presents a study of the micromechanical behaviour of crushable soils. For a
single grain loaded diametrically between flat platens, data are presented for the tensile …

A study has been made of the micro mechanical origins of the irrecoverable compression of
aggregates which comprise brittle grains. The terms “yielding” and “plastic hardening” are …

Soft structured clays usually exhibit complex behaviors, which can lead to difficulties in the
determination of parameters and high testing costs. This paper aims to propose an efficient …

Experimental evidences have shown deficiencies of the existing overstress and creep
models for viscous behaviour of natural soft clay. The purpose of this paper is to develop a …

A state-of-the-art review was delivered in the manuscript to analyze the current situations
and the advantages/disadvantages of resilient deformation related issues to the unbound …

The compression of granular materials has been traditionally modelled with the limitations of
classical elasto-plasticity. The energy was implicitly assumed to dissipate from the frictional …

A novel approach has been developed to predict the mechanical behavior of very coarse
granular materials with a constitutive model, which considers both grain breakage and size …

Guidelines for Mine Waste Dump and Stockpile Design is a comprehensive, practical guide
to the investigation, design, operation and monitoring of mine waste dumps, dragline spoils …