Parametric Investigation of Lateral Spreading in Free‐Face Ground Formations
Presentation / Conference
Valsamis, A., Bouckovalas, G., & Dimitriadi, V. (2010, May)
Parametric Investigation of Lateral Spreading in Free‐Face Ground Formations. Paper presented at 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Liquefaction-induced lateral spreading can cause extensive damage and even failure to foundations and earthworks resting inside or in the vicinity of the affected ground. The ...
Gravel Drain Performance in Liquefiable Soils: Numerical Simulation and Applicability
Presentation / Conference
Bouckovalas, G., Papadimitriou, A., & Dimitriadi, V. (2012, May)
Gravel Drain Performance in Liquefiable Soils: Numerical Simulation and Applicability. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
Bouckovalas et al. (2009) is the most recent design methodology for drains for liquefaction remediation and is based on the work of Seed and Booker (1977) for infinitely perme...
Numerical Simulation of Drain Performance in Liquefiable Soils
Presentation / Conference
Bouckovalas, G., Dimitriadi, V., Tsiapas, Y., & Tsioulou, A. (2011, January)
Numerical Simulation of Drain Performance in Liquefiable Soils. Paper presented at 5th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
Modern approaches for the design of drains for liquefaction mitigation are based on the work of Seed and Booker (1977) for infinitely permeable drains and uniform soil with pu...
Seismic performance of strip foundations on liquefiable soils with a permeable crust
Journal Article
Dimitriadi, V., Bouckovalas, G., & Papadimitriou, A. (2017)
Seismic performance of strip foundations on liquefiable soils with a permeable crust. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 100, 396-409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.04.021
Modern seismic codes dictate that the use of shallow foundations on liquefiable soils may be considered only after appropriate ground improvement. No further instructions are ...
Numerical analysis of liquefaction affected shallow foundations performance on improved ground.
Conference Proceeding
Dimitriadi, V., Bouckovalas, G., & Chaloulos, Y. (2015)
Numerical analysis of liquefaction affected shallow foundations performance on improved ground. In Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development: XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineeringhttps://doi.org/10.1680/ecsmge.60678.vol4.323
A novel numerical methodology is presented and used to simulate the seismic response of footings on liquefiable ground, locally improved in order to reduce settlements and inc...
Seismic liquefaction performance of strip foundations: Effect of ground improvement dimensions
Journal Article
Dimitriadi, V. E., Bouckovalas, G. D., Chaloulos, Y. K., & Aggelis, A. S. (2018)
Seismic liquefaction performance of strip foundations: Effect of ground improvement dimensions. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 106, 298-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.08.021
Evidence from field case studies, as well as from experimental and theoretical research, suggest that the detrimental effects of seismic liquefaction on the performance of sur...
Particle-scale interaction in sand-rubber mixtures and their influence on energy dissipation mechanisms
Journal Article
Fonseca, J., Riaz, A., Bernal-Sanchez, J., Barreto Gonzalez, D., McDougall, J., Miranda Manzanares, M., …Dimitriadi, V. (2019)
Particle-scale interaction in sand-rubber mixtures and their influence on energy dissipation mechanisms. Géotechnique Letters, 9(4), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.18.00221
Sand-rubber mixture (SRm) behaviour is affected by rubber content (RC) whilst dissipation in sands is caused by inter-particle sliding. Dissipation in SRm is as, or more signi...
Numerical Evaluation of Lateral Spreading Displacements in layered soils
Presentation / Conference
Valsamis, A., Bouckovalas, G., & Dimitriadi, V. (2007, June)
Numerical Evaluation of Lateral Spreading Displacements in layered soils. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
The seismic design of earthworks and foundations against liquefaction-induced lateral spreading requires knowledge of the associated maximum ground displacement and...
Numerical simulation of seismically induced settlements of shallow foundations on remediated ground against liquefaction
Presentation / Conference
Dimitriadi, V., & Bouckovalas, G. (2013, June)
Numerical simulation of seismically induced settlements of shallow foundations on remediated ground against liquefaction. Paper presented at International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering: From Case History to Practice
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Dynamic compaction of collapsible soils – case study from a motorway project in Romania
Conference Proceeding
Tsitsas, G., Dimitriadi, V., Zekkos, D., Dumitru, M., Ciortan, R., & Manea, S. (2015)
Dynamic compaction of collapsible soils – case study from a motorway project in Romania. In Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development: XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineeringhttps://doi.org/10.1680/ecsmge.60678.vol.3.217
Dynamic compaction is a widely used ground improvement method applicable to a variety of soils including collapsible loess. The paper presents site characterization and ground...