Evaluation of CPT - based Correlation of Fines Content and Soil Behaviour Index for Groningen Soils

Earthquakes in the past few decades has questioned the safety of people and infrastructure in Groningen region and its surroundings areas. The excessive gas extraction from the subsurface has led to human-induced earthquakes in this region. Liquefaction is a phenomenon that occurs as a result of earthquakes, reducing the soil shear strength to...

The frozen & unfrozen Barcelona Basic Model

The replication of the behaviour of frozen soils has been studied for decades. Many attempts have been undertaken to either develop new constitutive models or to improve already existing models to simulate the behaviour of frozen materials. To handle the challenges of ground freezing, cold regions engineering and periglacial processes, it is...

Hydrodynamic behaviour of compacted granite sawdust from the dimension stone industry of Pontevedra (Spain): Experimental and Modelling

Two large-scale column experiments have been performed to test the hydrodynamic behaviour of unsaturated, compacted granite sawdust—a material produced during the dressing of dimension stone in Pontevedra (Spain). One of the columns was equipped with psychrometers and capacitance probes while, in the other, a radial array of 80 electrodes made...

Research into the causes of the measured displacements of a quay wall

In this paper, an investigation into the causes of measured deformations of a quay wall in the Port of Rotterdam is described. Measurements show that horizontal displacements of the combi wall in seaward direction, increasing nonlinearly in time. This trend was the reason for an investigation into all possible causes of the horizontal...

Analysis of track and soil behaviour at transition zones: Case study near Gouda Goverwelle

The Dutch rail network is one of the busiest in the world. Structural, partly preventative, maintenance of the rail infrastructure is essential to ensure that such a busy network remains safe and free of faults. A substantial amount of position maintenance is currently necessary for the upkeep of the Dutch rail network and, in comparison with...