Editor's Choice Collection

International Journal of Geomechanics
Editor’s Choice Collection

For each issue of the journal, the Chief Editor may select a paper to be featured on the journal homepage in the ASCE Library. The paper is available for free to registered users for 1 to 4 months, depending on how frequently the journal is published. Below is a list of Editor’s Choice selections.

Volume 23

Issue 11 - November 2023
Numerical Simulations of a Strip Footing on the Soil Slope with a Buried Pipe Using the Material Point Method
ORCID ID iconHong-Hu Zhu; Tian-Cheng Xie; Wei Zhang; and ORCID ID iconSanjay Kumar Shukla, F.ASCE
Published online: August 28, 2023

Issue 9 - September 2023
Mechanics, Modeling, and Upscaling of Biocemented Soils: A Review of Breakthroughs and Challenges
ORCID ID iconRay Harran, S.M.ASCE; Dimitrios Terzis, M.ASCE; and Lyesse Laloui, M.ASCE
Published online: July 10, 2023

Issue 8 - August 2023
Effect of Particle Morphology on Strength of Glass Sands
ORCID ID iconYang Xiao, M.ASCE; Qingyun Fang; ORCID ID iconArmin W. Stuedlein, M.ASCE; and ORCID ID iconT. Matthew Evans, M.ASCE
Published online: May 22, 2023

Issue 5 - May 2023
Stability Analysis of Antidip Bedding Rock Slopes with Very Low-Persistent Cross Joints Using a Limit-Equilibrium Model and Fracture Mechanics
Runqing Wang; Yun Zheng; Congxin Chen; Wei Zhang; and Chaoyi Sun
Published online: February 28, 2023

Issue 3 - March 2023
Fracture of Interparticle MICP Bonds under Compression
Yang Xiao, M.ASCE; Wentao Xiao, S.M.ASCE; Huanran Wu; Yi Liu, Ph.D.; and Hanlong Liu, Ph.D.
Published online: December 27, 2022

Issue 2 - February 2023
Finite-Deformation Cam-Clay Model Considering Elastic Dilatancy and Soil Skeleton Structure
ORCID ID iconShotaro Yamada; and ORCID ID iconToshihiro Noda
Published online: November 22, 2022

Issue 1 - January 2023
Equivalent Constitutive Model for Jointed Rock Masses and Its Application in Large Underground Caverns
Yao Yang; ORCID ID iconQuan Jiang; Jian Liu; Hong Zheng; Dingping Xu; and ORCID ID iconJun Xiong
Published online: November 04, 2022

Volume 22

Issue 12 - December 2022
Integrated Analytical Model for Characterizing Stress Distribution of Geosynthetic-Reinforced and Pile-Supported Embankments
ORCID ID iconYanbin Jiang; ORCID ID iconKai Yao; ORCID ID iconSin Mei Lim; Yi Tang; Ning He; Beixiao Shi; and Yu Rong
Published online: September 27, 2022

Issue 11 - November 2022
Review of Strength Improvements of Biocemented Soils
ORCID ID iconYang Xiao, M.ASCE; Xiang He, P.E.; Musharraf Zaman, F.ASCE; Guoliang Ma; and Chang Zhao
Published online: August 30, 2022

Issue 8 - August 2022
Exploring Effect of Microproperties on Shear Strength of Rock Joints through Physical and Numerical Modeling
ORCID ID iconHoang-Khanh Le; ORCID ID iconWen-Chao Huang; ORCID ID iconMeng-Chia Weng, M.ASCE; and Wen-Jeng Huang
Published online: May 26, 2022

Issue 7 - July 2022
Disturbed State Concept–Based Model for the Uniaxial Strain-Softening Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Soil
ORCID ID iconZhipeng Wu; Jian Xu; ORCID ID iconYanfeng Li; and Songhe Wang
Published online: May 03, 2022

Issue 6 - June 2022
Dynamic Response of a Low Embankment Subjected to Traffic Loads on the Yangtze River Floodplain, China
Xing Wan; ORCID ID iconJianwen Ding, Ph.D.; Zhenshun Hong; Cong Huang; Shilei Shang; and Cheng Ding
Published online: March 29, 2022

Issue 4 - April 2022
Evolution of Particle Shape Produced by Sand Breakage
ORCID ID iconYang Xiao, M.ASCE; Yue Sun; Wei Zhou; Jinquan Shi; and Chandrakant S. Desai, Dist.M.ASCE
Published online: January 27, 2022

Issue 3 - March 2022
Seismic Bearing Capacity of Geosynthetic Reinforced Strip Footings Using Upper Bound Limit Analysis
ORCID ID iconGhazal Rezai Soufi; ORCID ID iconReza Jamshidi Chenari; and ORCID ID iconRichard J. Bathurst, M.ASCE
Published online: December 22, 2021

Issue 2 - February 2022
Seismic Analysis of Gravity Dam–Layered Foundation System Subjected to Earthquakes with Arbitrary Incident Angles
Jiawen Zhang; ORCID ID iconMingchao Li, A.M.ASCE; and Shuai Han, Ph.D.
Published online: December 13, 2021

Volume 21

Issue 11 – November 2021
Testing and Modeling on Particle Breakage for Granular Soils
ORCID ID icon Yang Xiao, M.ASCE; Chandrakant S. Desai, Dist.M.ASCE; and Hanlong Liu
Published online: August 26, 2021

Issue 8 – August 2021
New Simple Breakage Index for Crushable Granular Soils
ORCID ID icon Yang Xiao, M.ASCE; Chenggui Wang; Huanran Wu; and Chandrakant S. Desai, Dist.M.ASCE
Published online: May 21, 2021

Issue 7 – July 2021
Correlation of Critical State Strength Properties with Particle Shape and Surface Fractal Dimension of Clinker Ash
Tao Zhang, Ph.D.; Weihao Yang; Chi Zhang; and ORCID ID iconChenchen Hu, Ph.D.
Published online: April 28, 2021

Issue 6 – June 2021
Correlation of Critical State Strength Properties with Particle Shape and Surface Fractal Dimension of Clinker Ash
ORCID ID iconYang Wu; Jie Cui; Jinsheng Huang; Wei Zhang; Norimasa Yoshimoto; and Liwei Wen
Published online: March 22, 2021

Issue 2 – February 2021
Experimental Investigation on Shear Behavior of Intact Sandstones under Constant Normal Stiffness Conditions
ORCID ID iconBo Meng; Hongwen Jing; Shengqi Yang; Yingjie Wu; Yingchao Wang; and Yanhua Huang
Published online: December 10, 2020

Volume 20

Issue 12 – December 2020
Interface Shear Behavior of Cementing Underground Mine Backfill
Shuai Guo; Mamadou Fall; and Sada Haruna
Published online: October 08, 2020

Issue 9 – September 2020
One-Dimensional Compression Behavior of Calcareous Sand and Marine Clay Mixtures
Dong-sheng Xu, Ph.D.; Ming Huang; and Yang Zhou, Ph.D.
Published online: June 17, 2020

Issue 8 – August 2020
Finite-Element Modeling of Geogrids in Trenches under Inclined Pull
ORCID ID iconRiya Bhowmik, Ph.D.; J. T. Shahu, Ph.D.; and Manoj Datta, Ph.D.
Published online: June 04, 2020

Issue 7 – July 2020
New Creep Constitutive Model for Soft Rocks and Its Application in the Prediction of Time-Dependent Deformation in Tunnels
M. Huang ; ORCID ID iconJ. W. Zhan ; C. S. Xu ; and S. Jiang
Published online: April 24, 2020

Issue 5 – May 2020
Face Stability Analysis for a Shield Tunnel in Anisotropic Sands
Wei Li; and Chengping Zhang
Published online: March 18, 2020

Issue 4 – April 2020
Dilatancy and Critical State of Calcareous Sand Incorporating Particle Breakage
Jiru Zhang and ORCID ID iconMingxing Luo
Published online: February 07, 2020

Issue 3 – March 2020
Influence of Load Mode on Particle Crushing Characteristics of Silica Sand at High Stresses
ORCID ID iconY. Wu; H. Yamamoto; J. Cui; and ORCID ID iconH. Cheng
Published online: December 24, 2019

Issue 2 – February 2020
Ultimate Pullout Capacity of Vertical Anchors in Frictional Soils
Azmayeen Rafat Shahriar, S.M.ASCE; Mohammad Shariful Islam, Ph.D.; and ORCID ID iconRowshon Jadid, S.M.ASCE
Published online: November 29, 2020

Volume 19

Issue 3 – March 2019
Experimental Investigation and Modeling of Pullout Response of Soil Nails in Cohesionless Medium
Mahesh Sharma, Aff.M.ASCE; Manojit Samanta; and Piyush Punetha, Aff.M.ASCE
Published online: January 11, 2019

Issue 2 – February 2019
Influence of Asperity Morphology on Failure Characteristics and Shear Strength Properties of Rock Joints under Direct Shear Tests
Xiaobo Zhang; Qinghui Jiang; P. H. S.W. Kulatilake, F.ASCE; Feng Xiong; Chi Yao; and Zhicheng Tang
​Published online: December 07, 2018