There is often obvious particle breakage for silica sand under high-stress, which will lead to the bearing capacity reduction and excessive settlement of the foundation. This paper focuses on the particle breakage characteristics of marine silica sand from the East China Sea under high-stress conditions. A series of conventional triaxial tests for silica sand, including consolidated drained (CD) and consolidated undrained (CU)...

The uplift capacity of helical anchors is generally taken as the control condition for design in different applications, including transmission tower foundations and offshore structures. However, it is difficult to identify the failure surface for a deep helical anchor, which may result in an incorrect assessment of uplift capability. This research proposes a new unified method to estimate the uplift capacity of deep single-he...

Helical anchors have been widely used in geotechnical engineering due to their large uplift resistance. However, the current knowledge of the cyclic performance of helical anchors is still insufficient. Consequently, a series of small-scale model tests are carried out in sand to investigate the influences of embedment ratio, sand compactness and the cyclic parameters on the monotonic, cyclic and post-cyclic performance of sing...