Cohesive-frictional soils are widely used in the construction of embankment structures and due to the method of construction, i.e. applying compactive efforts in the vertical direction in these cases, the occurrence of anisotropy in the soil strength and permeability seems to be inevitable. In this study, attempts have been made to evaluate the shear strength of c-f soils through modifying a l...

A common practice in civil engineering during earthworks is the usual replacement of cohesive soils (fine soils), excavated earthworks, with non-cohesive (coarse soils). Until recently, such a procedure was dictated primarily by economic and technical reasons. From an point view, ease access therefore low cost using instead crucial. The reason is, above all, compacting fine (as opposed to soils...

The mechanical behavior of soils has been traditionally described using continuum-mechanics-based models. These are empirical relations based on laboratory tests of soil specimens. The investigation of the soils at the grain scale using discrete element models has become possible in recent years. These models have provided valuable understanding of many micromechanical aspects of soil deformati...