Soils and Rocks

Lectures

In order to move towards discrete analyses of soil behaviour, we need to develop a new range of apparatus and testing techniques. The lecture describes attempts to develop these new apparatus and presents data for a range of coarse-grained geomaterials at the single particle scale. The roles of the particle morphology and hence geological origin are dis...

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As opencast coal production increases, a crucial challenge is safeguarding the stability and management of overburden dumps while prioritizing both safety and cost-efficiency. Determining the optimal stable dump slope dimensions during and after mining remains a key challenge for mining operations worldwide. Assessing the stability of overburden (OB) du...

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Landslides are widespread all over the world, often causing significant consequences in terms of loss of life and property damage. This explains why many scientists from Geology and Geotechnics have long been engaged in solving complex problems of both theoretical and practical interest. Geologists have systematically investigated the common characteris...

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Phenomena that do not obey Terzaghi’s principle of effective stress (PES) are related to strain rate and time effects. This issue led the author to refer to early articles in soil mechanics, which used to consider the shear resistance of clays as a combination of two components: a frictional and a viscous one. In these articles the viscous com...

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