Special Collection Announcement

Soft Soil and Related Geotechnical Engineering Practice

Jian-Hua Wang test data using a 3D dynamic finite-element analysis to evaluate
Deceased; formerly, Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao permanent settlement of a section of cross-river tunnel. In two
Tong Univ., China. companion papers, Xiao and Desai (2019a, b) present the disturbed
state concept (DSC) model for overconsolidated clays including
Chandrakant S. Desai, Dist.M.ASCE effects of cracking, particle breakage, heating, softening, and hard-
ening. A new disturbance function is proposed dependent on the
Regents’ Professor (Emeritus), Dept. of Civil and Architectural Engineer-
overconsolidation ratio on strength, dilatancy, and deformation.
ing and Mechanics, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 (corresponding
author). Email: [email protected]
These papers present a wide spectrum of research and applica-
tion for behavior of soft soils and practical considerations. It is
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believed that the results in the papers can benefit researchers, stu-
Lulu Zhang
dents, and practitioners.
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China.

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References
The special collection on Soft Soil and Related Geotechnical Engi-
neering Practice is available in the ASCE Library (https://ascelibrary Basack, S., and S. Nimbalkar. 2018. “Measured and predicted response of
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Soft soils occur in many parts of the world. Their specific prop- -5622.0001188.
erties such as large void ratio, high water content, high compress- Kheradi, H., Y. Morikawa, G. Ye, and F. Zhang. 2019. “Liquefaction-
ibility, low shear strength, low permeability, and special structural induced buckling failure of group-pile foundation and countermeasure
features require significant attention for analysis, design, and by partial ground improvement.” Int. J. Geomech. 19 (5): 04019020.
maintenance of geotechnical structures founded on them. It is a https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001379.
great challenge to undertake large-scale construction of high-speed Latifi, N., F. Vahedifard, E. Ghazanfari, S. Horpibulsuk, A. Marto, and J.
transportation systems, high-rise buildings, and underground works Williams. 2018. “Sustainable improvement of clays using low-carbon
for many urban areas located on such soils. This special collection nontraditional additive.” Int. J. Geomech. 18 (3): 04017162. https://doi
.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001086.
contains 12 papers on research and practice and addresses many of
Mishra, A., and N. R. Patra. 2019. “Long-term response of consolidating soft
the important issues related to the behavior of soft soils, and anal- clays around a pile considering non-Darcian flow.” Int. J. Geomech. 19 (6):
ysis and design of structures founded in them. A brief review of the 04019040. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001392.
contents of the papers follows. Ong, D. E. L., Y. S. Sim, and C. F. Leung. 2018. “Performance of field and
Qian et al. (2018b) present research for the effect of pavement numerical back-analysis of floating stone columns in soft clay consid-
roughness on dynamic response of subsoil moving loads using a three- ering the influence of dilatancy.” Int. J. Geomech. 18 (10): 04018135.
dimensional (3D) analytic procedure. Analysis for the effect of non- https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001261.
traditional and low-carbon additives for sustainable treatment of soils Qian, J., Q. Wang, J. Jiang, Y. Cai, and M. Huang. 2018a. “Centrifuge
for construction and pavement materials are considered by Latifi et al. modeling of a saturated clay ground under cyclic loading.” Int. J.
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(2018). Cyclic behavior of clay with ground composed of over-
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consolidated soil at the top is investigated by using data from three Qian, J., R. Zhou, S. Chen, X. Gu, and M. Huang. 2018b. “Influence of
centrifuge tests under traffic loading in the paper by Qian et al. (2018a). pavement roughness on dynamic stresses in saturated subsoil subjected
Ong et al. (2018) used a numerical back-analysis procedure to to moving traffic loading.” Int. J. Geomech. 18 (4): 04018012. https://
understand the load-deformation behavior of floating stone columns doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001097.
in soft clay by comparing numerical predictions with field measure- Shi, Y.-J., M.-G. Li, Y.-Q. Zhang, J. Li, and J.-H. Wang. 2018. “Field
ments. A finite-element analysis for bearing capacity of partially investigation and prediction of responses of far-field ground and
embedded pipeline in clay subjected to vertical and horizontal loading groundwater to pumping artesian water in deep excavations.” Int. J.
considering the effect of tensile capacity between the pile and soil is Geomech. 18 (10): 04018132. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943
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presented by Zhou et al. (2018). Basack and Nimbalkar (2018) use a
Xiao, Y., and C. S. Desai. 2019a. “Constitutive modeling for overconsolidated
numerical finite-element procedure for response of a steel pipe pile clays based on disturbed state concept. I: Theory.” Int. J. Geomech. 19 (9):
group in soft cohesive soil with comprehensive laboratory model tests. 04019101. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001474.
Model tests and a numerical procedure are presented by Kheradi Xiao, Y., and C. S. Desai. 2019b. “Constitutive modeling for over-
et al. (2019) to investigate the effectiveness of ground improvement for consolidated clays based on disturbed state concept. II: Validation.” Int.
strengthening pile foundation against buckling due to seismic loading. J. Geomech. 19 (9): 04019102. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM
Shi et al. (2018) proposes a simplified method for prediction of far- .1943-5622.0001475.
field groundwater drawdown and surface settlement induced by de- Xu, C., Q. Chen, W. Luo, and L. Liang. 2019. “Evaluation of permanent
settlement in Hangzhou Qingchun Road crossing-river tunnel under
watering. Mishra and Patra (2019) study consolidation by accounting
traffic loading.” Int. J. Geomech. 19 (2): 06018037. https://doi.org/10
for variable permeability and non-Darcy flow using a finite-difference .1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001338.
procedure for prediction of dissipation of excess pore water pressure, Zhou, T., Y. Tian, and M. J. Cassidy. 2018. “Effect of tension on the
settlement of piles, down drag, and shear stresses in floating piles. combined loading failure envelope of a pipeline on soft clay seabed.”
Xu et al. (2019) present a simple prediction tool accounting for Int. J. Geomech. 18 (10): 04018131. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)
the effect of principal stress rotation and validations with respect to GM.1943-5622.0001246.

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