Influence of geotextile encasement in triaxial tests on gravel
Conference Proceeding
Miranda, M., da Costa, A., Castro, J., Sagaseta, C., & Cañizal, J. (2019)
Influence of geotextile encasement in triaxial tests on gravel. In Proceedings 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2595-2598
Stone columns installed in extremely soft soils may significantly reduce the effectiveness of this treatment due to the insufficient lateral confinement provided by the soft s...
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...
Dynamic behaviour of shredded rubber soil mixtures
Conference Proceeding
Bernal-Sanchez, J., McDougall, J., Barreto Gonzalez, D., Miranda, M., & Marinelli, A. (2018)
Dynamic behaviour of shredded rubber soil mixtures. In Proceedings of the 16th European Conference in Earthquake Engineering
Residential buildings in high population density areas are seismically vulnerable to the action of major seismic events. The high cost and technical difficulties related to th...
The Influence of Train Running Direction and Track Supports Position on the Behaviour of Transition Zones
Journal Article
Sañudo, R., Miranda, M., Markine, V., & delĺOlio, L. (2016)
The Influence of Train Running Direction and Track Supports Position on the Behaviour of Transition Zones. Transportation Research Procedia, 18, 281-288. doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2016.12.037
Different types of track infrastructure can be found along railway lines. Separation zones between these different types of structures are the source of a lot of problems. Tra...
Influence of geotextile encasement on the behaviour of stone columns: Laboratory study
Journal Article
Miranda, M., Da Costa, A., Castro, J., & Sagaseta, C. (2017)
Influence of geotextile encasement on the behaviour of stone columns: Laboratory study. Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 45(1), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2016.08.004
This paper presents a study of the influence of the geotextile encasement on the behaviour of soft soils improved with fully penetrating encased columns. This influence is ana...
The Influence of train running direction and track supports position on the behaviour of transition zones.
Conference Proceeding
Sañudo Ortega, R., Miranda manzanares, M., Markine, V., & Dell'Olio, L. (2016)
The Influence of train running direction and track supports position on the behaviour of transition zones. In Proceedings of XII CONGRESO DE INGENIERÍA DEL TRANSPORTEhttps://doi.org/10.4995/cit2016.2016.4073
Different types of track infrastructure can be found along railway lines. Separation zones between these different types of structures are the source of a lot of problems. Tra...
Laboratory analysis of encased stone columns
Journal Article
Miranda, M., & Da Costa, A. (2016)
Laboratory analysis of encased stone columns. Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 44(3), 269-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2015.12.001
Stone columns installed in extremely soft soils may significantly reduce the effectiveness of this treatment due to the insufficient lateral confinement provided by the soft s...
Influence of gravel density in the behaviour of soft soils improved with stone columns
Journal Article
Miranda, M., Da Costa, A., Castro, J., & Sagaseta, C. (2015)
Influence of gravel density in the behaviour of soft soils improved with stone columns. Canadian geotechnical journal. Revue canadienne de géotechnique, 52(12), 1968-1980. https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2014-0487
Stone columns are frequently employed to improve the bearing capacity of soft soils, to reduce settlements, and to increase the speed of consolidation. Their behaviour depends...
Foundations of embankments with encased Stone columns.
Conference Proceeding
Miranda Manzanares, M., Castro, J., Sagaseta, C., Cañizal, J., & Da Costa, A. (2013)
Foundations of embankments with encased Stone columns. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris 2013
Stone columns are a common improvement technique for foundations of embankments in soft soils. When the soft soil
does not provide enough lateral support, the columns are enca...
Caracterización de un árido de cantera y un RCD para empleo en tratamientos del terreno con columnas de grava.
Conference Proceeding
Miranda Manzanares, M., DaCosta, A. & Cimentada, A. (2012)
Caracterización de un árido de cantera y un RCD para empleo en tratamientos del terreno con columnas de grava. In Cimentaciones Y excavaiones profundas (9th National Symposium of geotechnical engineering deep foundations and excavations)., 191-198
Characterisation of a quarry aggregate and an RCD for use in field treatments with gravel columns.