Outputs (19)

Mathematical modelling of pressure induced freezing point depression within soils exhibiting strong capillary pressure effect (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Lgotina, E., Mathias, S., Lloret-Cabot, M., & Ireson, A. (2024). Mathematical modelling of pressure induced freezing point depression within soils exhibiting strong capillary pressure effect. In W. M. Coombs (Ed.), UKACM Proceedings 2024. https://doi.org/10.62512/conf.ukacm2024.079

Many geotechnical applications are affected by the melting and formation of ice in soils. Current state of practice involves incorporating the presence of ice within hydrological models for unsaturated soils using the so-called generalised Clapeyron... Read More about Mathematical modelling of pressure induced freezing point depression within soils exhibiting strong capillary pressure effect.

A non-hysteretic simplification to the Glasgow Coupled Model (GCM) (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Mutsvairo, T., Lloret-Cabot, M., Hughes, P., Muguda-Viswanath, S., & Dias, A. S. (2024). A non-hysteretic simplification to the Glasgow Coupled Model (GCM). In W. M. Coombs (Ed.), UKACM Proceedings 2024. https://doi.org/10.62512/conf.ukacm2024.060

The Glasgow Coupled Model (GCM) is an established elasto-plastic constitutive model developed to capture the coupled hydro-mechanical response of unsaturated soils. This study highlights the unique capabilities of the GCM in modelling the water ret... Read More about A non-hysteretic simplification to the Glasgow Coupled Model (GCM).

Spatial Variability of Soil Properties in Saudi Arabia: Estimation of Correlation Length (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Zhang, K., Lloret-Cabot, M., Zhang, W., & Kourdey, A. (2024). Spatial Variability of Soil Properties in Saudi Arabia: Estimation of Correlation Length. In W. M. Coombs (Ed.), UKACM Proceedings 2024 (105-108). https://doi.org/10.62512/conf.ukacm2024.016

Spatial variability of soil properties plays an important role in geotechnical engineering, influencing the design and performance of geo-structures. This study investigates the characterisation of this spatial variability by examining in-situ soil d... Read More about Spatial Variability of Soil Properties in Saudi Arabia: Estimation of Correlation Length.

Assessing the accuracy and efficiency of different order implicit and explicit integration schemes (2021)
Journal Article
Lloret-Cabot, M., & Sheng, D. (2022). Assessing the accuracy and efficiency of different order implicit and explicit integration schemes. Computers and Geotechnics, 141, Article 104531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104531

A first order accurate fully implicit integration scheme and four different order explicit substepping integration schemes with automatic error control are used in this paper to integrate the constitutive relations of a critical state model for satur... Read More about Assessing the accuracy and efficiency of different order implicit and explicit integration schemes.

Numerical integration of an elasto-plastic critical state model for soils under unsaturated conditions (2021)
Journal Article
Lloret-Cabot, M., Wheeler, S. J., Gens, A., & Sloan, S. W. (2021). Numerical integration of an elasto-plastic critical state model for soils under unsaturated conditions. Computers and Geotechnics, 137, Article 104299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104299

This paper presents the complete set of incremental equations for the numerical integration of the Glasgow Coupled Model (GCM) and a comprehensive algorithm for its numerical integration. The incremental formulation proposed is expressed in terms of... Read More about Numerical integration of an elasto-plastic critical state model for soils under unsaturated conditions.

A hysteretic hydraulic constitutive model for unsaturated soils and application to capillary barrier systems (2020)
Journal Article
Scarfone, R., Wheeler, S. J., & Lloret-Cabot, M. (2022). A hysteretic hydraulic constitutive model for unsaturated soils and application to capillary barrier systems. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 30, Article 100224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2020.100224

Unsaturated soils exhibit water retention hysteresis, with different water retention behaviour during drying and wetting paths. Water retention hysteresis has often been modelled using expressions for the main drying and main wetting water retention... Read More about A hysteretic hydraulic constitutive model for unsaturated soils and application to capillary barrier systems.

Conceptual Hydraulic Conductivity Model for Unsaturated Soils at Low Degree of Saturation and Its Application to the Study of Capillary Barrier Systems (2020)
Journal Article
Scarfone, R., Wheeler, S. J., & Lloret-Cabot, M. (2020). Conceptual Hydraulic Conductivity Model for Unsaturated Soils at Low Degree of Saturation and Its Application to the Study of Capillary Barrier Systems. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146(10), Article 04020106. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29gt.1943-5606.0002357

Accurate modeling and prediction of the variation of the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soils at a very low degree of saturation has important implications in various engineering problems. Physical processes underlying the hydraulic behavior o... Read More about Conceptual Hydraulic Conductivity Model for Unsaturated Soils at Low Degree of Saturation and Its Application to the Study of Capillary Barrier Systems.

A bounding surface mechanical model for unsaturated cemented soils under isotropic stresses (2020)
Journal Article
Bruno, A. W., Gallipoli, D., Rouainia, M., & Lloret-Cabot, M. (2020). A bounding surface mechanical model for unsaturated cemented soils under isotropic stresses. Computers and Geotechnics, 125, Article 103673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103673

This paper presents a model that describes the gradual yielding of unsaturated cemented soils subjected to isotropic loading. The model relies on the definition of a “cementation bonding function” which accounts for the progressive breakage of inter-... Read More about A bounding surface mechanical model for unsaturated cemented soils under isotropic stresses.

Reply to “Discussion of “From saturated to unsaturated conditions and vice versa” by M. Lloret-Cabot et al. (DOI 10.1007/s11440-017-0577-6)” by S. Qi et al. (DOI 10.1007/s11440-017-0625-2) (2018)
Journal Article
Lloret-Cabot, M., Wheeler, S. J., Pineda, J. A., Romero, E., & Sheng, D. (2018). Reply to “Discussion of “From saturated to unsaturated conditions and vice versa” by M. Lloret-Cabot et al. (DOI 10.1007/s11440-017-0577-6)” by S. Qi et al. (DOI 10.1007/s11440-017-0625-2). Acta Geotechnica, 13(2), 493-495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-017-0626-1

From saturated to unsaturated conditions and vice versa (2017)
Journal Article
Lloret-Cabot, M., Wheeler, S. J., Pineda, J. A., Romero, E., & Sheng, D. (2018). From saturated to unsaturated conditions and vice versa. Acta Geotechnica, 13(1), 15-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-017-0577-6

Representing transitions between saturated and unsaturated conditions, during drying, wetting and loading paths, is a necessary step for a consistent unification between saturated and unsaturated soil mechanics. Transitions from saturated to unsatura... Read More about From saturated to unsaturated conditions and vice versa.