Dynamic Behaviour of a Geotechnical Seismic Isolation System with Rubber-Sand Mixtures to Enhance Seismic Protection
Conference Proceeding
Bernal-Sanchez, J., McDougall, J., Miranda-Manzanares, M., & Barreto, D. (2022)
Dynamic Behaviour of a Geotechnical Seismic Isolation System with Rubber-Sand Mixtures to Enhance Seismic Protection. In Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (2674-2683
A Geotechnical Seismic Isolation (GSI) system is proposed in this study based on the use of Rubber-Soil mixtures (RSm) to facilitate the benefits of dynamic soil-foundation st...
Recent Advances in Nature-Inspired Solutions for Ground Engineering (NiSE)
Journal Article
Assadi-Langroudi, A., O’Kelly, B. C., Barreto, D., Cotecchia, F., Dicks, H., Ekinci, A., …van Paassen, L. (2022)
Recent Advances in Nature-Inspired Solutions for Ground Engineering (NiSE). International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, 8(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40891-021-00349-9
The ground is a natural grand system; it is composed of myriad constituents that aggregate to form several geologic and biogenic systems. These systems operate independently a...
Editorial - Themed issue on numerical modelling of large-strain deformation in geotechnical engineering
Journal Article
Barreto, D., Matteo, C., & Osman, A. (2021)
Editorial - Themed issue on numerical modelling of large-strain deformation in geotechnical engineering. Proceedings of the ICE - Geotechnical Engineering, 174(5), 473-475. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeen.2021.174.5.473
Some Notes on Granular Mixtures with Finite, Discrete Fractal Distribution
Journal Article
Imre, E., Talata, I., Barreto, D., Datcheva, M., Baille, W., Georgiev, I., …Lőrincz, J. (2022)
Some Notes on Granular Mixtures with Finite, Discrete Fractal Distribution. Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering, 66(1), 179-192. https://doi.org/10.3311/ppci.19103
Why fractal distribution is so frequent? It is true that fractal dimension is always less than 3? Why fractal dimension of 2.5 to 2.9 seems to be steady-state or stable? Why t...
Examination of saturated hydraulic conductivity using grading curve functions
Conference Proceeding
Imre, E., Bálint, E. Á., Nagy, L., Lőrincz, J., Illés, Z., Barreto, D., …Feng, S. (2021)
Examination of saturated hydraulic conductivity using grading curve functions. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization
Several cases of backward erosion/liquefaction piping from Hungary
Conference Proceeding
Imre, E., Koch, E., Nagy, L., Illés, Z., Hortobágyi, Z., & Barreto, . D. (2021)
Several cases of backward erosion/liquefaction piping from Hungary. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization. https://doi.org/10.53243/ISC2020-524
Examination of saturated hydraulic conductivity using grading curve functions
Conference Proceeding
Imre, E., Bálint, E. Á., Nagy, L., Lőrincz, J., Illés, Z., Barreto, D., …Feng, S. (2021)
Examination of saturated hydraulic conductivity using grading curve functions. In 6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation
In a previous research program 74 artificial soil mixtures of natural fluvial soils were prepared in 4 series of measurements for falling head permeability testing, differing ...
Housing Construction On Peatland: Phase 1 Report
Report
Bernal-Sanchez, J., McDougall, J., Medero, G., Cook, D., & Barreto, D. (2021)
Housing Construction On Peatland: Phase 1 Report. Edinburgh: Construction Scotland Innovation Centre
The economic development and social resilience of communities in rural Scotland is being hampered by a shortage of affordable housing. Nationally, about 23,000 new homes per y...
Revisiting Hardin’s parameters for the quantification of particle breakage – A statistical entropy approach
Conference Proceeding
Leak, J., Barreto, D., Dimitriadi, V., & Imre, E. (2021)
Revisiting Hardin’s parameters for the quantification of particle breakage – A statistical entropy approach. In Powders & Grains 2021 – 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Mediahttps://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124907001
It is well recognised that particle breakage in granular materials is affected by stress level, stress path, initial density, and particle size distribution (PSD), amongst oth...
A guide to modeling the geotechnical behavior of soils using the discrete element method
Book Chapter
Barreto Gonzalez, D., & Leak, J. (2021)
A guide to modeling the geotechnical behavior of soils using the discrete element method. In P. Samui, S. Kumari, V. Makarov, & P. Kurup (Eds.), Modeling in geotechnical engineering (79-100). London: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821205-9.00016-2
This article describes the discrete element method (DEM) for the modeling of the geotechnical behavior of soils. Emphasis is made on a description of the algorithms and capabi...