Demanding a thorough knowledge of material behaviour and numerical modelling, site
characterisation and in situ test interpretation are no longer just basic empirical …

This paper is an overview of the mechanical and hydraulic behaviour and properties of
natural soils and soft rocks, from soft clays to chalk. It is based on Critical State Soil …

Novel horizontally mounted bender element devices capable of high-quality transmission
and reception of horizontally propagated shear waves polarized in orthogonal planes across …

The paper focuses on the detailed analysis of the dynamic characterisation of polyurethane
to evaluate the effects of polyurethane injections into soil with the aim of geotechnical …

Site characterisation and in situ test interpretation have been evolving from basic empirical
recommendations to a sophisticated area demanding a thorough knowledge of material …

Based on the well-known and largely consolidated experience of bender element
transducers housed inside both the top cap and the pedestal of the triaxial cell, a novel …

Outstanding advances have been achieved on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and
Microzonation in the last decade mostly due to the increase in the recorded instrumental in …

Bender element transducers are used to determine the small-strain shear stiffness, Go, of
soil, by determining the velocity of propagation of mechanical waves through tested …

This paper presents a simple theoretical approach to the interpretation of the seismic cone
test in granular soils. In particular it is demonstrated that there is a theoretical justification for …

The analysis of the historical reports and previous research projects allowed us to describe
high-level seismic risk scenarios for the city of Catania, located on the eastern coast of Sicily …