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  • Coupled CFD–DEM method for undrained biaxial shear test of methane hydrate bearing sediments 

    Jiang, Mingjing; Shen, Zhifu; Zhou, Wei; Arroyo Alvarez de Toledo, Marcos; Zhang, Wangcheng (2018-11)
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    Methane hydrate (MH), a potential source of future energy, is extensively deposited in marine sediments. It is essential to understand the mechanical properties of methane hydrate bearing sediments (MHBS) for applications ...

  • Foundation of a gravity dam on layered soft rock: shear strength of bedding planes in laboratory and large "in situ" tests 

    Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè; Pineda Jiménez, Jubert Andrés (2014-12)
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    A 100 m high gravity dam (Castrovido dam, Burgos, Spain) is founded on a soft Weald red claystone with inter-bedded sandstone strata. Claystone weathering was identified in vertical and horizontal profiles of water content ...

  • Small scale slope failure benchmark test: modelling and prediction 

    Hoffmann Jauge, Christian; Meler Payán, Nuria; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (Elsevier, 2014)
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    A benchmark was designed with the aim of evaluating the capabilities of current modelling techniques and computational codes to reproduce slope failures. Laboratory tests and three instrumented small scale experiments of ...

  • Mathematical modelling of slopes 

    Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè; Yerro Colom, Alba (Elsevier, 2014)
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    The paper discusses first the effect of rainfall on the stability of slopes and it focusses on the role of permeability. Existing or induced discontinuities are shown to have a remarkable effect on the slope safety. Also, ...

  • Heave of a building induced by swelling of an anhydritic Triassic claystone 

    Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (2018-09)
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    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 ...

  • Impermeable membranes for slab-track settlement mitigation 

    Pérez Romero, Joaquín; Arroyo Alvarez de Toledo, Marcos; Ciantia, Matteo Oryem; Vaunat, Jean (2018-08)
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    A series of numerical simulations is used to explore the effect of the geometrical disposition of impermeable membranes in the overall performance of slab-track railway earthworks, with particular reference to the generation ...

  • A new granular column collapse device to characterise flowability of bulk materials 

    Torres Serra, Joel; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar; Rodríguez Ferran, Antonio (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2018-07)
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    A wide range of bulk materials with different physical properties are nowadays handled in the packaging industry using different material conveying techniques. Nevertheless, experimental methodologies to characterise ...

  • Marchetti flat dilatometer tests in a virtual calibration chamber 

    Butlanska, Joanna; Arroyo Alvarez de Toledo, Marcos; Amoroso, Sara; Gens Solé, Antonio (2018-09)
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    Calibration chambers are frequently used to verify, adapt, or both verify and adapt empirical relations between different state variables and in situ test results. Virtual calibration chambers (VCC) built with 3D discrete ...

  • Boundary effects in the desiccation of soil layers with controlled environmental conditions 

    Lakshmikantha, Ramasesha Mookanahallipatna; Prat Catalán, Pere; Ledesma Villalba, Alberto (2018-07)
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    This article presents the results of an experimental research carried to investigate the mechanics of cracking of soil layers under drying conditions. The tests were conducted under controlled laboratory conditions and in ...

  • Monitoring of a full-scale embankment experiment regarding soil–vegetation–atmosphere interactions 

    Oorthuis Gómez, Raül; Hurlimann Ziegler, Marcel; Fraccica, Alessandro; Lloret Morancho, Antonio; Moya Sánchez, José; Puig i Polo, Càrol; Vaunat, Jean (2018-06)
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    Slope mass-wasting like shallow slides are mostly triggered by climate effects, such as rainfall, and soil–vegetation–atmosphere (SVA) interactions play a key role. SVA interactions are studied by a full-scale embankment ...

  • Coupled effective stress analysis of insertion problems in geotechnics with the Particle Finite Element Method 

    Monforte Vila, Lluís; Arroyo Alvarez de Toledo, Marcos; Carbonell Puigbó, Josep Maria; Gens Solé, Antonio (Elsevier, 2018-09)
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    This paper describes a computational framework for the numerical analysis of quasi-static soil-structure insertion problems in water saturated media. The Particle Finite Element Method is used to solve the linear momentum ...

  • Use of tire derived aggregate in tunnel cut-and-cover 

    Medina Rodríguez, Luis; Arroyo Alvarez de Toledo, Marcos; Martín Cano, Miguel (2017-11)
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    A case-history is reported in which tire derived aggregate (TDA) was successfully applied to reduce the weight of fill upon a cut-and-cover railway tunnel. Subsequent 3D numerical analyses are used to explore the effect ...

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