• A fully coupled elastic–plastic hydromechanical model for compacted soils accounting for clay activity 

      Della Vecchia, G.; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar; Jommi, Cristina (2012-01-11)
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      A constitutive model, accounting for multiphase and multiscale coupling, is proposed for the water retention domain and the stress–strain response of compacted clayey soils. The model is based on a conceptual interpretation ...
    • Analysis of the micro to macro response of clays to compression 

      Guglielmi, S.; Cotecchia, Federica; Cafaro, F.; Gens Solé, Antonio (2022-05)
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      An investigation of clay microstructure and its evolution under 1D and isotropic compression is presented for different clays. Data from the literature are compared to original results on two Italian clays, obtained using ...
    • Analysis of the vane test considering size and time effects 

      Pérez Foguet, Agustí; Ledesma Villalba, Alberto; Huerta, Antonio (1999-04)
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      An analysis of the vane test using an Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation within a finite element framework is presented. This is suitable for soft clays for which the test is commonly used to measure in situ undrained ...
    • Hidratación de un relleno compactado que contiene agregados de alta intensidad 

      Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Lloret Morancho, Antonio; Gens Solé, Antonio; Delahaye, Carlos Héctor; Facio, J.A. (1996-01)
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      Se han investigado, mediante ensayos de laboratorio, las características de hidratación de mezclas expansivas constituídas por una matriz de polvo arcilloso y agregados (pastillas de pequeño tamaño) de arcilla de alta ...
    • Predictive modelling of an excavation test in indurated clay 

      Garitte, Benoit; Vaunat, Jean; Gens Solé, Antonio; Vietor, Tim (2010)
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      This abstract presents the predictive hydromechanical (HM) modelling of an excavation performed in Opalinus clay in the Mont Terri underground laboratory.
    • Radial stress paths in triaxial tests on compacted Boom clay: stiffness and anisotropy 

      Della Vecchia, G.; Jommi, Cristina; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar (Kasetsart University, 2011)
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      Experimental results of triaxial tests performed on unsaturated soil samples of statically compacted Boom clay are presented. Boom clay samples we re subjected to radial stress paths at two different constant water contents: ...
    • Some investigations about the tensile strength and the desiccation process of unsaturated clay 

      Trabelsi, H; Jamei, M.; Guiras, H.; Hatem, H; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià (2010-06-10)
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      The current paper presents an investigation on the tensile strength of unsaturated clay, and a discussion about the significant differences between the behaviours of compacted soils and those of the completely remoulded ...
    • Some remarks on the hydro-mechanical constitutive modelling of natural and compacted Boom clay. 

      Della Vecchia, G.; Jommi, Cristina; Lima, Analice; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar (Taylor & Francis, 2010)
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      Natural and compacted Boom clay have been extensively studied for their potential use as environmental barriers. In such applications, a series of coupled chemo-thermo-hydro-mechanical processes characterise the response ...
    • Water retention properties of a compacted clayey silt including void ratio dependency and microstructural features 

      Gómez Bonilla, Rodrigo Andrés; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar; Della Cecchia, Gabriele; Jommi, Cristina; Suriol Castellví, Josep; Lloret Morancho, Antonio (Springer, 2012)
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      An experimental study focused on the water retention properties of a compacted clayey silt with dominant bimodal pore size distribution is reported. A water retention model accounting for soil microstructural features and ...