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    • A constitutive model for the accumulated strain of unsaturated soil under high-cycle traffic loading 

      Cao, Zhigang; Chen, Jingyu; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Cai, Yuanqiang; Gu, Chuan; Zhang, Qi (2021-05)
      Article
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      The road base is normally situated above the water table and thus in unsaturated state. Experimental results show that the accumulated strains of the unsaturated road base aggregate under high-cycle traffic loads are ...
    • Analysis of ettringite attack to stabilized railway bases and embankments 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (2013)
      Conference lecture
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      Two cases of massive sulphate attack to cement treated embankments and track bases in a high speed railway line are described. In the first case, two large access embankments to a railway viaduct were treated with jet–grouting ...
    • Analysis of massive sulphate attack to cement-treated compacted soils 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (E3S Web of Conferences, 2020)
      Conference report
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      The paper describes the heave experienced by two embankments providing access to a bridge located in a high-speed railway line. The compacted soil, a mixture of a low plasticity clay, sand and gravel, had a significant ...
    • Crystal growth and soil expansion: the role of interfacial pressure and pore structure 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (CRC Press, 2014)
      Conference report
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      The paper summarizes first a set of field observations in connection with the severe heave experienced by Lilla tunnel excavated in a Tertiary anhydritic claystone. Heave and swelling pressures against the tunnel rigid ...
    • Crystal growth under bridge foundation 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (2012)
      Conference report
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      A high-speed railway viaduct experienced a sustained heave at high rates after its construction. The pillars of the bridge are founded on an Eocene hard anhydritic-gypsiferous claystone by means of massive foundations. ...
    • Designing tunnel lining in anhydritic claystones: intensity and distribution of swelling forces 

      Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Verda, Laura (Springer Nature, 2023-02)
      Article
      Open Access
      The measured swelling pressures against tunnel linings range between a fraction of one MPa and 6–7 MPa. A strong spatial heterogeneity is often observed. The paper integrates these considerations into a procedure to design ...
    • Efecto de la expansión profunda sobre cimentaciones por pilotes 

      Sauter, Simon; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Ramon Tarragona, Anna (Sociedad Española de Mecánica del Suelo e Ingeniería Geotécnica, 2012)
      Conference report
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    • Effect of microstructure and relative humidity on strength and creep of gypsum 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Caselle, Chiara; Bonetto, Sabrina Maria Rita; Costanzo, Daniele; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (2021-08)
      Article
      Open Access
      The wide range of gypsum facies observed all over the world and the strong heterogeneity that may be present even within a single facies often cause an inhomogeneous mechanical response that, if neglected, may be particularly ...
    • El túnel de Lilla 

      Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Ramon Tarragona, Anna (2011)
      Conference report
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      Las arcillas sulfatadas pueden experimentar fenómenos expansivos graves como consecuencia de excavaciones. La intensidad del comportamiento expansivo observado en estos materiales es mayor que en otras rocas y suelos ...
    • Expansion mechanisms in sulphated rocks and soils 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-10-27)
      Doctoral thesis
      Open Access
      Geological formations containing sulphates are commonly associated with the development of severe expansions when they are involved in tunnel excavation. The intensity of the observed expansive behaviour in these materials ...
    • Expansive anhydritic claystones: the significance of rock structure 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (CRC Press, 2024)
      Conference report
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      In the context of expansion phenomena rock structure refers to the availability of voids or fissures to allow the growth of gypsum crystals. Two case histories illustrate the significance of this concept. In a first case, ...
    • Fenómenos de expansión en estribos 

      Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Ramon Tarragona, Anna (2010)
      Conference report
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    • Gypsum crystal growth in tunnels 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (CRC Press. Taylor & Francies Group, 2011)
      Conference lecture
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      Precipitation of gypsum crystals explains the severe swelling occurred in some tunnels crossing sulphate formations. The presence of groundwater and discontinuities, and the proportions of anhydrite and gypsum within the ...
    • Heave of a building induced by swelling of an anhydritic Triassic claystone 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (2018-09)
      Article
      Open Access
      This paper describes the conditions leading to a sustained, low-rate, heave phenomenon affecting a building founded on hard Keuper anhydritic rock. The building was located in an abandoned gypsum quarry. Monitoring data ...
    • Heave of a building on Keuper anhydritic formation 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), 2017)
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      The development of fissures in a building placed at the site of an ancient quarry excavated in a Keuper formation motivated a detailed in-situ investigation of the foundation material. Severe fissures and cracks were present ...
    • Heave of a railway bridge induced by gypsum crystal growth: field observations 

      Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Ramon Tarragona, Anna (2013-07)
      Article
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      The central pillars of a bridge belonging to a recently built high-speed railway line experienced an unexpected and continuous heave after the end of construction. Pillars were founded on 3 × 3 pile groups capped by a rigid ...
    • Heave of a railway bridge: modelling gypsum crystal growth 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (2013-01)
      Article
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      The heave of the central pillars of a railway bridge, founded on large-diameter bored piles, is a consequence of gypsum crystal growth in an anhydritic claystone stratum underlying the tip of the piles. The heave mechanism ...
    • Heave of a sports centre on anhydritic claystone formation 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (CRC Press, 2019)
      Conference report
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      The development of fissures in a building placed at the site of an ancient quarry excavated in a claystone Keuper formation motivated a detailed in-situ investigation of the foundation material. Severe fissures and cracks ...
    • Heave of anhydritic claystone: dealing with spatial heterogeneity 

      Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Ramon Tarragona, Anna (CRC Press, 2024)
      Conference report
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      Quasi-continuous records of anhydrite and gypsum content measured in boreholes show frequently a marked spatial variability. This heterogeneity may explain to some extent the variability observed in heave and swelling ...
    • Hinchamiento en túneles por crecimiento de cristales y su modelación 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya. Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyers de Camins Canals i Ports de Barcelona, 2011-11-15)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      La intensidad del comportamiento expansivo observado en excavaciones de túneles en arcillas sulfatadas es mayor que en otras rocas y suelos expansivos libres de sulfatos. En la mayoría de casos la funcionalidad y la ...