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The capillary pressure vs. saturation curve for a fractured rock mass: fracture and matrix contributions
Article Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38737-y
Authors: Cardona, A, Liu, Q, & Santamarina, J. C
  • capillary pressure
  • saturation curve
  • fractured rock mass
  • digital fracture analogues
Immiscible imbibition in fractured media: A dual-porosity microfluidics study
Article Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2023.105555
Authors: Cardona, A, & Santamarina, J. C
  • fractured rock mass
  • Imbibition
  • Two-phase flow
  • microfluidics
  • Dual-porosity
Numerical study of fractured rock masses: Transverse isotropy vs. implicit joint-continuum models
Article Year: 2021 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104317
Authors: Shin, H., & Santamarina, J. C
  • fractured rock mass
  • Strip footing
  • Implicit joint-continuum model
  • Transverse isotropic model
  • FEM
A Geomechanical Model for Gas Hydrate Bearing Sediments Incorporating High Dilatancy, Temperature, and Rate Effects
Article Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/en15124280
Authors: Zhou, B., Sanchez, M, Oldecop, L, & Santamarina, J. C
  • Methane hydrate bearing sediments
  • Geomechanical model
  • High-dilatancy temperature
  • Rate effects
  • Model validation
Specific Surface Area by Colorimetry and Image Analysis
Article Year: 2021
Authors: Salva Ramirez, M., & Santamarina, J. C
  • Characterization and Handling of Powders and Bulk Solids
  • Texture, Plasticity and Density Characteristics of Soils
  • Surface and Subsurface Characterization
Hydrothermal metalliferous sediments in Red Sea deeps: Formation, characterization and properties
Article Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2022.106720
Authors: Modenesi, M. C., & Santamarina, J. C
  • Hydrothermal sediments
  • Stiffness
  • strength
  • consolidation
  • Deep-sea mining
  • soil classification
Modelling the initiation of bitumen-filled microfractures in immature, organic-rich carbonate mudrocks: The Maastrichtian source rocks of Jordan
Article Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105700
Authors: Abu Mahfouz, I. S., Wicaksono, A. N, Idiz, E., Cartwright, J., Santamarina, J.C, & Vahrenkamp, V.
  • Bitumen filled microfractures
  • Overpressure
  • Stress distribution
  • Kerogen shape
  • Source rocks
  • Middle East
Rapid bentonite-cement-oil hydration: implications to fluid loss control
Article Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.110615
Authors: Hafez, A, Liu, Q, Finkbeiner, T, Moellendick, T. E, & Santamarina, J. C
  • Bentonite
  • Cement
  • Swelling
  • Lost circulation
  • Drilling fluids
Rock Crushing using Microwave Pre-treatment
Conference proceeding Year: 2016
Authors: Kim, S., & Santamarina, J. C
  • Crushing
  • Grinding
  • Microwaves
  • Brazilian tests
Coupled diffusion-fabric-flow phenomena: an effective stress analysis
Article Year: 1996
Authors: Fam, M, & Santamarina, J. C
  • Coupling
  • clay
  • pore pressure
  • interparticle forces
Thermal Conductivity of Sand-Silt Mixtures
Article Year: 2020 DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002425.
Authors: Roshankah, S, Garcia, A.V., & Santamarina, J. C
  • thermal conductivity
  • Sand-silt mixtures
Natural Rock Fractures: from Aperture to Fluid Flow
Article Year: 2021 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-021-02565-1
Authors: Cardona, A, Finkbeiner T., & Santamarina, J. C
  • Fractures
  • flow
  • Roughness
  • Shear
  • Stress
  • Aperture
  • rock
  • Transmissivity
Self-assembly of millimeter-scale magnetic particles in suspension
Article Year: 2021 ISSN:ISSN 1744-6848 DOI:10.1039/d1sm00588j
Authors: Hafez, A, Liu, Q, & Santamarina, J. C
  • Self-assembly
  • Nucleation
  • Magnetic particle
  • Kinetic trap
  • Multi-component system
Effect of Soft Viscoelastic Biopolymer on the Undrained Shear Behavior of Loose Sands
Article Year: 2021 DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002582.
Authors: Noh, D.H, Cha, W, Santamarina, J.C, & Cho, GC
  • Biopolymer
  • Gelatin
  • Viscoelastic inclusion
  • Undrained load-deformation behavior
  • Undrained shear strength
  • Contractive failure
  • Loose sand
  • loading history
  • critical state
The effect of particle shape on discharge and clogging
Article Year: 2021 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82744-w
Authors: Hafez, A, Liu Q., Finkbeiner T., Alouhali, R. A., Moellendick, T. E, & Santamarina, J. C
  • Particle shape
  • clogging
  • granular flow
Bio-inspired geotechnical engineering: principles, current work, opportunities and challenges
Article DOI:https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.20.P.170
Authors: Martinez, A., et al
  • Anchors and anchorages
  • Insitu testing
  • Penetrometers
  • Piles and piling
Heat Flow in Fractured Rocks: Stress and Moisture-Dependent Thermal Contact Resistance
Article Year: 2021 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2021.102113
Authors: Garcia, A.V., & Santamarina, J. C
  • Fractured rocks
  • Thermal contact resistance
  • thermal conductivity
Multi-well strategy for gas production by depressurization from methane hydrate-bearing sediments
Article Year: 2021 ISSN:ISSN 0360-5442 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.119710
Authors: Terzariol, M, and Santamarina, J. C
  • Multi-well
  • hydrates
  • gas production
  • methane
  • Sediments
  • energy
The critical role of pore size on depth-dependent microbial cell counts in sediments
Year: 2020 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78714-3
Authors: Park, J, and Santamarina, J. C
Depth-Dependent Seabed Properties: Geoacoustic Assessment
Article Year: 2021
Authors: Lyu, C, Park, J, and Santamarina, J. C
  • Seafloor characterization
  • Sediment property profile
  • Reflection coefficient
Stability analysis with non-rigid wedges
Conference proceeding Year: 1989
Authors: Santamarina, J.C, Leonards, G. A
  • Stability analysis
Electrification at water–hydrophobe interfaces
Article Year: 2020 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19054-8
Authors: Nauruzbayeva, J., Sun, Z, Gallo, A, Ibrahim, M, Santamarina, J.C, Mishra, H
  • Chemical physics
  • Physical chemistry
Methane hydrate-bearing sediments: Pore habit and implications
Article Year: 2020
Authors: Terzariol, M, Park, J, Castro, G.M, Santamarina, J.C
  • Hydrate accumulation database
  • gas production
  • Methane hydrate pore habit
  • Revised Soil Classification System
Self-assembled nanoparticle-coated interfaces: Capillary pressure, shell formation, and buckling
Article Year: 2020
Authors: Liu, Q, Sun, Z, Santamarina, J.C
  • Particle-coated interface
  • Buckling patterns
  • Multi-phase flow
  • capillarity
  • Oil displacement
The Critical State Line of Nonplastic Tailings
Article Year: 2020 DOI:doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2019-0019
Authors: Torres-Cruz, L.A, and Santamarina, J. C
  • Tailings
  • critical state line
  • minimum void ratio
  • nonplastic soils
Soil Response to Repetitive Changes in Pore WaterPressure under Deviatoric Loading
Article Year: 2020
Authors: Park, J, Santamarina, J.C
  • ratcheting
  • pore water pressure cycle
  • Shakedown
  • stress obliquity
  • terminal void ratio
A pseudo-kinetic model to simulate phase changes in gas hydrate bearing sediments
Article Year: 2020 DOI:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104519.
Authors: Teymouri, M, Sanchez, M, Santamarina, J.C
  • gas hydrate
  • hydrate dissociation
  • hydrate formation
  • ice formation/melting
  • phase transitions
  • numerical modeling
  • validation
Maximum recoverable gas from hydrate bearing sediments by depressurization
Year: 2017 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.11.076
Authors: Terzariol, M, Goldsztein, G, and Santamarina, J. C
  • gas hydrates
  • gas production
  • methane
  • clayey sediments
  • compressed air energy storage
  • simulators
Parametric study of the physical properties of hydrate‐bearing sand, silt, and clay sediments: 1. Electromagnetic properties
Year: 2010
Authors: Lee, J.Y., Santamarina, J.C; Ruppel, C
  • tetrahydrofuran (THF)
  • Hydrate bearing sediments
  • electromagnetic properties
Seismic data inversion by cross-hole tomography using geometrically uniform spatial coverage.
Year: 2010
Authors: Imhof, A.L., Calvo, C.A, Santamarina, J.C
  • seismic tomography
  • cross-hole
  • spatial coverage
  • pixel
  • ipixel.
PAVIMENTOS FLEXIBLES CON RIGIDEZ INVERTIDA: CARACTERIZACIÓN EXPERIMENTAL Y MODELACIÓN NUMÉRICA
Year: 2011
Authors: Cortes, D.D., Santamarina, J.C.; Jugo, A
  • in-situ testing
  • inverted pavements
  • modeling
  • non-linear behavior
  • resilient modulus
  • comportamiento no-lineal
  • ensayos in-situ
  • modelación
  • módulo resiliente
  • pavimentos invertidos.
COMPORTAMIENTO Y MODELACIÓN DE GEO-MATERIALES SOMETIDOS A CARGAS REPETITIVAS
Year: 2011
Authors: Pasten, C., Shin, H; Santamarina, J.C.
  • carga repetitiva
  • densidad terminal
  • ratcheting
  • repetitive loading
  • terminal density.
An implicit joint-continuum model for the hydro-mechanical analysis of fractured rock masses
Year: 2019
Authors: Shin, H., Santamarina, J.C.
  • fractured rock mass
  • hydro-mechanical coupling
  • FEM
  • hydraulic stimulation
Why coal ash and tailings dam disasters occur
Year: 2019
Authors: Santamarina J.C., Torres-Cruz L.A. And Bachus R
  • Coal ash and tailings dams
  • failure mechanisms
Sand response to a large number of loading cycles under zero-lateral-strain conditions: evolution of void ratio and small-strain stiffness
Year: 2018
Authors: Park, J. & Santamarina, J.C, 2018
  • compressibility
  • Creep
  • deformation
  • Settlement
  • Stiffness
  • vibration
Desiccation Crack Formation Beneath the Surface
Year: 2019
Authors: Zhao, B, Santamarina, J.C
  • clays
  • Compaction
  • Laboratory tests
  • Partial saturation
  • Suction
Carbonate rocks: Matrix permeability estimation
Year: 2019
Authors: Cardona, A., J. C. Santamarina
  • Carbonate rocks
  • matrix permeability estimation
Characterization and Engineering Properties of Dry and Ponded Class-F Fly Ash
Year: 2019
Authors: Bach​Us, R.C., Terzariol, M., Pasten, C., Chong, S.H., Dai, S., Cha, M.S., Kim, S., Jang, J., Papadopoulos, E., Roshankhah, S., Lei, L., Garcia, A., Park, J., Sivaram, A., Santamarina, F., Ren, X., Santamarina, J.C.
  • fly ash
Global vs Local Strain Measurements in Triaxial Tests – Implications
Year: 2019
Authors: Perbawa A., Gramajo E., Finkbeiner T., Santamarina J.C.
  • triaxial
  • experiments
Carbon Geological Storage: Coupled Processes, Engineering and Monitoring
Year: 2018
Authors: Kim, S, Espinoza, D.N, Jung, J, Cha, M, Santamarina, J.C.
Particle Migration and Clogging in Porous Media: A Convergent Flow Microfluidics Study
Year: 2019
Authors: Liu Q., Zhao B., Santamarina J.C.
  • microfluidics
  • clogging
Pressure‑dependent grain dissolution using discrete element simulations
Year: 2019
Authors: Cha M., Santamarina J.C.
  • DEM
Time-Dependent Pore Filling
Year: 2018
Authors: Sun, Z, Jang, J, Santamarina, J.C.
  • time-lapse
  • pore filling
Transport and Adsorption of Silica Nanoparticles in Carbonate Reservoirs: A Sand Column Study
Year: 2019
Authors: Liu, Q, Sun, Z, Santamarina, J.C.
  • nanoparticles
  • carbonates
  • adsorption
Kinematic dilation during the hydraulic stimulation of pre-fractured rocks
Year: 2019
Authors: Roshankhah, S., Cruz, L.G., Shin, H., Lizcano, A., Santamarina, J. C
  • Laboratory tests
  • monitoring
  • numerical modeling
PicoTesla magnetic tunneling junction sensors integrated with double staged magnetic flux concentrators
Year: 2018
Authors: He, G, Zhang, Y, Qian, L, Xiao, G, Zhang, Q, Santamarina, J.C., Patzek, T, Zhang, X
Localized dissolution in sediments under stress
Year: 2019
Authors: Cha M., Santamarina J.C.
  • DEM
  • dissolution
Haines jumps: Pore scale mechanisms
Year: 2019
Authors: Sun Z., Santamarina J.C.
  • capillarity
Physical properties of fine-grained sediments with segregated hydrate lenses
Year: 2019
Authors: Lei L., Santamarina J.C.
  • hydrates
Grain-Displacive Gas Migration in Fine-grained Sediments
Article Year: 2019
Authors: Sun, Z., Santamarina, J.C.
  • methane leakage
  • gas migration
  • soft sediments
  • hydraulic fracturing
  • seafloor
Coupled Numerical Modeling of Gas Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: From Laboratory to Field-Scale Analyses
Year: 2018
Authors: Sánchez, M., Santamarina, J.C., Teymouri, M, Gai, X
  • Hydrate bearing sediments
  • numerical modellig
Fines Classification Based on Sensitivity to Pore-Fluid Chemistry
Year: 2016
Authors: Jang, J, Santamarina, J.C
  • fine-grained soils
  • soil classification
  • Electrical Forces
  • liquid limit
  • pore-fluid chemistry
Capillary pressure across a pore throat in the presence of surfactants
Year: 2016
Authors: Jang, J, Sun, Z, Santamarina, J.C
  • instabilities
  • pressure signatures
  • capillary pressure
  • constriction geometry
  • surfactant
Closure to “Revised Soil Classification System for Coarse-Fine Mixtures” by Junghee Park and J. Carlos Santamarina
Year: 2018
Authors: Park, J., Castro, G.M & Santamarina, J.C
  • Revised Soil Classification System
  • RSCS
  • Coarse-fine
Laboratory Strategies for Hydrate Formation in Fine-Grained Sediments
Year: 2018
Authors: Lei, L, Santamarina, J.C
Large-Scale True Triaxial Apparatus for Geophysical Studies in Fractured Rock
Year: 2018
Authors: Garcia, A.V., Rached, R.M., Santamarina, J.C.
  • geophysics
  • rock mechanics
  • hydraulic fracturing
  • true triaxial
  • fractured rock
Mudcake growth: Model and implications
Year: 2018
Authors: Liu, Q, Santamarina, J.C.
  • mudcake
  • drilling mud
  • cement displacement
  • thixotropy
  • differential pressure sticking
The hydraulic conductivity of sediments: A pore size perspective
Year: 2018
Authors: Ren, X.W, Santamarina, J.C
  • hydraulic conductivity
  • Sediments
  • specific surface area
  • pore size
  • void ratio
Stiffness Evolution in Frozen Sands Subjected to Stress Changes
Year: 2017
Authors: Dai, S, Santamarina, J.C
  • wave velocity
  • sampling effect
  • Creep
  • coda wave interferometry
  • Cementation
  • freeze sampling
Inverted base pavements: construction and performance
Year: 2017
Authors: Papadopoulos, E, Santamarina, J.C
  • inverted base pavements
  • granular base
  • pavements
  • case studies
  • review
The influence of the anisotropic stress state on the intermediate strain properties of granular material
Year: 2017
Authors: Goudarzy, M, Konig, D, Santamarina, J.C, Schanz, T.
  • anisotropy
  • deformation
  • laborartory tests
  • Settlement
  • vibration
Soil desiccation cracks on a suction-contraction process
Year: 2017
Authors: Cordero, J.A, Useche, G, Prat, P.C, Ledesma, A, Santamarina, J.C
  • clays
  • compressibility
  • sands
  • Suction
Spatially varying small-strain Stiffness in Soils Subjected to K0 Loading
Year: 2017
Authors: Kim, H, Santamarina, J.C
  • spatial variability
  • effective stiffness
  • K0 coefficient
  • uniaxial compaction
  • zero-lateral strain loading
Mixed Fluid Conditions: Capillary Phenomena
Year: 2017
Authors: Santamarina, J.C. And Sun, Z
  • Mixed fluid conditions
  • capillary phenomena
Rock crushing using microwave pre-treatment
Year: 2016
Authors: Kim, S, Santamarina, J.C.
  • rock
  • Crushing
CO2 Breakthrough – Caprock Sealing Efficiency and Integrity for Carbon Geological Storage
Year: 2017
Authors: Espinoza, D.N. And Santamarina J.C.
  • Carbon Geological Storage
Closure: Fine-Grained Soil Classification
Year: 2017
Authors: Jang, J, Santamarina, J.C
Revised soil classification system for coarse-fine mixtures
Year: 2017
Authors: Park, J, Santamarina, J.C.
  • textural chart
  • soil properties
  • unified soil classification system
A constitutive mechanical model for gas hydrate bearing sediments incorporating inelastic mechanisms
Year: 2017
Authors: Sanchez, M, Gai, X, Santamarina, J.C.
  • Methane hydrate
  • geomechanical behavior
  • damage
  • elastoplasticity
  • model application
Geophysical Properties of Soils
Year: 2016
Authors: Santamarina, J.C. And Park, J.H.
  • Geophysical properties
  • soil
Sediment–well interaction during depressurization
Year: 2016
Authors: Shin, H And Santamarina, J.C
  • gas production
  • hydrates
  • hydro-mechanical coupling
  • numerical simulation
  • sediment-well interaction
Reactive fluid flow in CO2 storage reservoirs: A 2D pore network model study
Year: 2015
Authors: Kim, S., Santamarina, J.C.
  • geological CO2 storage
  • reactive fluid transport
  • pore network model
  • mineral dissolution
  • Localization
Sands subjected to repetitive vertical loading under zero lateral strain: accumulation models, terminal densities, and settlement
Year: 2016
Authors: Chong, SH, Santamarina, J.C
  • long-term soil response
  • drained repetitive loads under zero lateral strain
In-situ assessment of the stress-dependent stiffness of unbound aggregate bases: application in inverted base pavements
Year: 2016
Authors: Papadopoulos, E, Cortes, D, Santamarina, J.C
  • unbound aggregate base
  • inverted base pavement
  • granular base
  • pavement
  • field test
  • Wave propagation
  • crosshole
  • uphole
  • CODA analysis
  • Stiffness
Formation and development of salt crusts on soil surfaces
Year: 2016
Authors: Dai, S, Shin, H, Santamarina, J.C.
  • desertification
  • efflorescense
  • evaporation
  • Porous media
  • salt
Hydro-chemo-mechanical coupling in sediments: localized mineral dissolution
Year: 2016
Authors: Cha, M And Santamarina, J. C.
  • mineral dissolution
  • one dimensional flow test
  • reactive flow
  • discrete element method
  • localized dissolution
Effect of dissolution on the load-settlement behavior of shallow foundations
Year: 2016
Authors: Cha, M, Santamarina, J.C
  • mineral dissolution
  • shallow foundation
Hydrate bearing clayey sediments: formation and gas production concepts
Year: 2016
Authors: Jang, J, Santamarina, J.C
  • gas hydrate
  • hydrate lenses
  • clayey sediments
Geometry-coupled reactive fluid transport at the fracture scale: application to CO2 geologic storage
Year: 2015
Authors: Kim, S., Santamarina, J.C.
  • CO2 geologic storage
  • mineral dissolution
  • Navier-Stokes law
  • reactive fluid transport
  • rock fracture
Soil Compressibility Models for a Wide Stress Range
Year: 2016
Authors: Chong, S.H, Santamarina, J.C.
  • Soil compressibility models
  • Compression index
  • Remolded clays
  • Natural sedimentary clays
  • Tangential stiffness
  • Small-strain stiffness
  • Yield stress
Hydro-bio-geomechanical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments from Nankai Trough
Year: 2015
Authors: Santamarina, J.C., Dai S., Terzariol, M., Jang, J., Waite, W.F, Winters, W.J., Nagao, J., Yoneda, J., Konno, Y., Fujii, T., Suzuki, K.
  • Methane hydrate
  • Hydrate-bearing sediment
  • Nankai Trough
  • Physical properties
  • Pressure core
Laboratory X-ray Tomography: A Valuable Experimental Tool for Revealing Processes in Soils
Year: 2015
Authors: Viggiani, G., Ando`, E., Takano, D., And Santamarina, J. C.
  • x-ray micro-tomography
  • heterogeneity
  • spatial variability
  • Localization
  • frozen ground
  • roots
  • desiccation cracks
Thermally-mechanical ratcheting in jointed rock masses
Year: 2015
Authors: Pasten C., Garcia M. And Santamarina J.C.
  • finite-element modelling
  • model tests
  • repeated loading
  • temperature effects
Seismic characteristics of fluid escape pipes in sedimentary basins: implications for pipe genesis
Year: 2015
Authors: Cartwright, J., & Santamarina, J. C
  • Fluid escape
  • Overpressure
  • Pipe
  • Fluid flow
  • Basins
Analysis of inverted base pavements with thin-asphalt layers
Year: 2015
Authors: E. Papadopoulos & J.C. Santamarina
  • pavement modelling
  • Constitutive model
  • inverted base pavement
  • anisotropy
  • finite-element model
  • granular base
Experimental and numerical modeling of thermally-induced ratcheting displacement of geomembranes on slopes
Year: 2014
Authors: Pasten, C, Santamarina, J.C
  • geosynthetics
  • exposed geomembranes
  • ratcheting
  • thermal cycles
Dissolution of randomly distributed soluble grains: post-dissolution k0-loading and shear
Year: 2014
Authors: Cha, M, Santamarina, J.C.
  • collapsed settlement
  • compressibility
  • discrete-element modelling
  • earth pressure
  • fabric/structure of soils
  • particle-scale behavior
  • shear strength
Root-Soil Mechanical Interaction
Year: 2014
Authors: Savioli, Viggiani And Santamarina
  • roots
Gas Production from Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: The Role of Fine Particles
Year: 2012
Authors: Jung, J. W., Jang, J., Santamarina, J. C., Tsouris, C., Phelps, T. J., Rawn, C. J.
Hydrate Formation and Growth in Pores
Year: 2012
Authors: Jung, J.-W. And Santamarina, J. C.
  • Crystal morphology
  • Growth models
  • Nucleation
Small-Strain Stiffness, Shear-Wave Velocity, and Soil Compressibility
Year: 2014
Authors: Cha, M., Santamarina, J., Kim, H., Cho, G.
  • Shear-wave velocity
  • Velocity-stress power relations
  • Contact effects
  • Compression index
  • Granular fabric
  • Coordination number
Hydrate nucleation in quiescent and dynamic conditions
Year: 2014
Authors: Dai, S., Lee, J. Y., & Santamarina, J. C.
  • hydrate
  • Nucleation
  • Mechanical agitation
  • Interfacial tension
Sampling disturbance in hydrate-bearing sediment pressure cores: NGHP-01 expedition, Krishna-Godavari Basin example
Year: 2014
Authors: Dai, Sheng, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • sampling effect
  • Pressure core
  • Mandel-Cryer effect
  • fine sediment
  • anomalous preservation
The LaGrange case history: inverted pavement system characterisation and preliminary numerical analyses
Year: 2013
Authors: Cortes, D, Santamarina, J.C
  • case history
  • inverted pavement
  • unbound aggregate
  • non-linear behavior
  • characterisation
  • simulations
Long-Term Foundation Response to Repetitive Loading
Year: 2014
Authors: Pasten C., Shin, H. And Santamarina J.C
  • Repetitive load
  • Threshold strains
  • Terminal density
  • Finite-element method (FEM)
  • Footing
Evolution of Saturation and Relative Permeability During Gas Production from Hydrate Bearing Sediments - Gas Invasion vs. Gas Nucleation
Year: 2014
Authors: ​Jang J. And Santamarina, J. C.
  • gas topology
  • gas invasion
  • gas nucleation
  • capillary pressure
  • gas permeability
Engineered CO2 injection for geological storage - The Use of Surfactants
Year: 2014
Authors: Kim, S. H. And Santamarina, J. C.
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Interfacial tension
  • surfactant
  • Engineered injection
  • Sweep efficiency
Water retention curve for hydrate-bearing sediments
Year: 2013
Authors: Dai, S, Santamarina, J.C.
Thermally Induced Long-Term Displacement of Thermoactive Piles
Year: 2014
Authors: Pasten, Cesar, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Thermoactive piles
  • Shakedown
  • thermal cycles
  • Pile-soil interaction
Role of Particle Angularity on the Mechanical Behavior of Granular Mixtures
Year: 2013
Authors: Shin, H. And Santamarina, J.
  • Particle shape
  • Mixture
  • Coefficient of earth pressure at rest
  • Shear wave velocity
  • Compressibility.
CO2 breakthrough and leak-sealing - Experiments on shale and cement
Year: 2013
Authors: Kim, S. H. And Santamarina, J. C.
  • CO2 geological storage
  • Leakage
  • Breakthrough pressure
  • Crack sealing
  • Fines migration
Coda Wave Analysis to Monitor Processes in Soils
Year: 2013
Authors: Dai, S., Wuttke, F., And Santamarina, J.
  • coda wave interferometry
  • Cross correlation
  • Ottawa sand
  • Stiffness-stress response
  • Creep
  • aging
Biogeochemical Processes and Geotechnical Applications: Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges
Year: 2013
Authors: DeJong, J.T., Soga, K.S., Kavazanjian, E., Burns, S., van Paassen, L., Fragaszy, R., Al Qabany, A., Aydilek, Bang, S.S., Burbank, M., Caslake, Chen, C.Y., Cheng, X., Chu, J., Ciurli, Fauriel, Filet, A.E., Hamdan, N., Hata, T., Inagaki, Y.
  • chemical properties
  • environmental engineering
  • ground improvement
  • remediation
  • soil stabilisation
Predissolution and Postdissolution Penetration Resistance
Year: 2013
Authors: Cha, M., M. And Santamarina, J.
  • mineral dissolution
  • Cone penetration resistance
  • Calibration chamber
  • Terminal density
Thermally vs. seismically induced block displacement in Masada rock slopes
Year: 2013
Authors: Bakun-Mazor, D., Hatzor, Y. H., Glaser, S. D., And Santamarina, J.
  • Rock slopes
  • Slope stability
  • Thermo-elasticity
  • Thermally-induced sliding
  • Earthquakes
  • Site response
Energy Geotechnology
Year: 2012
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina
Energy and Quality of Life
Year: 2012
Authors: Pasten, C. And Santamarina, J. C.
  • Energy conservation
  • Quality of life
  • Energy consumption
Hydrate Adhesive and Tensile Strengths
Year: 2011
Authors: Jung, J. W., Santamarina, J. C
  • adhesive
  • bonding
  • hydrate
  • strength
  • tensile
Geotechnical Characterization of Marine Sediments in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea
Year: 2011
Authors: Changho Lee, Tae Sup Yun, Jong-Sub Lee, Jang Jun Bahk, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Diatomaceous sediment
  • compressibility
  • Stiffness
  • Electrical conductivity
  • Permittivity
  • Microstructure
  • Mineralogy
  • Hydrate-bearing sediments
Factors Affecting Efficiency of Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation
Year: 2012
Authors: Al Qabany, A., Soga, K., Santamarina, C
  • ground improvement
  • Soil treatment
  • Chemical treatment
  • Microbial carbonate precipitation
  • Scanning electron
Pressure Core Characterization Tools for Hydrate-Bearing Sediments
Year: 2012
Authors: Santamarina, J. C., Dai, S., Jang, J., Terzariol, M.
Clay Interaction with Liquid and Supercritical CO2: The Relevance of Electrical and Capillary Forces
Year: 2012
Authors: Espinoza, D. N. And Santamarina, J. C.
  • Carbon Geological Storage
  • Cap rock
  • Phyllosilicates
  • Mineral fluid interaction
  • Swelling pressure
  • Desiccation crack
  • Sealing capacity
Behavior and Modeling of Geo-Materials Subject to Repetitive Loading
Year: 2012
Authors: Pasten, C., Shin, H., And Santamarina, J. C.
  • ratcheting
  • repetitive loading
  • terminal density.
AC Diffusion: Transport in Porous Networks Subjected to Zero-Time-Average Advective Flow
Year: 2012
Authors: Claria, J. J., Goldsztein, G. H., Santamarina, C. J.
  • Porous media
  • Solute
  • Transport
  • Dispersion
Hydrate morphology: Physical properties of sands with patchy hydrate saturation
Year: 2012
Authors: Dai, S., J. C. Santamarina, W. F. Waite, T. J. Kneafsey
Numerical Simulation of Inverted Pavement Systems
Year: 2012
Authors: Cortes, D., Shin, H., And Santamarina, J.
  • Pavement modeling
  • Constitutive model
  • inverted pavement
  • particulate media
  • Finite element
  • Resilient modulus
Heat Transport in Granular Materials During Cyclic Fluid Flow
Year: 2011
Authors: T. S. Yun, B. Dumas, J. C. Santamarina
  • Heat transfer
  • Diffusion
  • Cyclic flow
  • Granular material
Desiccation Cracks in Saturated Fine-grained soils: Particle-Level Phenomena and Effective-Stress Analysis
Year: 2011
Authors: H. Shin And J. C. Santamarina
  • clays
  • failure
  • Suction
  • theoretical analysis
Energy Geotechnology
Year: 2011
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina And Gye-Chun Cho
  • Carbon dioxide
  • climate change
  • education
  • embodied energy
  • energy geotechnology
  • fossil fuel
  • geo-storage
  • sustainability
  • waste
Open-Mode Discontinuities in Soils
Year: 2011
Authors: H. Shin And J. C. Santamarina
  • failure
  • numerical modelling
  • strain localisation
Mechanical Effects of Biogenic Nitrogen Gas Bubbles in Soils
Year: 2011
Authors: Veronica Rebata-Landa And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Bulk Stiffness
  • Undrained strength
  • Biogenic gas
  • Gas bubbles
  • P-wave velocity
Energy Geo-Storage - Analysis and Geomechanical Implications
Year: 2011
Authors: Cesar Pasten And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • energy storage
  • cyclic loading
  • compressed air energy storage
  • pumped hydro storage
  • thermal energy storage
  • wet-dry
  • cyclic temperature
Bacteria in Sediments: Pore Size Effects
Year: 2011
Authors: H.S. ​Phadnis And J. C. Santamarina
  • clays
  • remediation
  • sands
  • shear strength
  • Stiffness
  • vegetation
Hydraulic Conductivity in Spatially Varying Media - A Pore-Scale Investigation
Year: 2011
Authors: Jang, J., Narsilio, G. A., And Santamarina, J. C.
  • Numerical solutions
  • Hydrology
  • Microstructure
  • Permeability and porosity
Sustainable Development and Energy Geotechnology- Potential Roles for Geotechnical Engineering
Year: 2011
Authors: Fragaszy, R. J., Santamarina, J.C., Amekudzi, A., Assimaki, D., BachUs, R., Burns, S.E., Cha, M.S., Cho, G.C., Cortes, D.D., Dai, S., Espinoza, D.N., Garrow, L., Huang, Jung, J.W., Kim, S.H., Kurtis, K., Lee, C.H., Pasten, C., Phadnis, H., Rix, G.J.
  • sustainability
  • energy
  • CO2 sequestration
  • education
  • climate change
  • research
  • geothermal
  • underground storage
  • hydrate
Hydrate growth in granular materials: implication to hydrate bearing sediments
Year: 2011
Authors: ​Yun, T. And Santamarina, J.
  • Hydrate bearing sediment
  • Nucleation
  • crystal growth
  • physical property
CO2 Geological Storage - Geotechnical Implications
Year: 2011
Authors: Espinoza, D. N., Kim, S. H., And Santamarina, J. C.
  • Carbon dioxide
  • sustainability
  • geological storage
  • reservoir engineering
  • geotechnical implication
  • leaks
Formation History and Physical Properties of Sediments from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope
Year: 2011
Authors: Dai, S., Lee, C., And Santamarina, J. C.
  • Mount Elbert
  • Permafrost
  • gas hydrate
  • Seismic waves
  • Permittivity
  • Conductivity
  • Stress-volume response
  • gas production
Inverted Pavement Systems: Experimental and numerical analyses of non-linear unbound aggregate base behavior
Year: 2011
Authors: Cortes, D. D. And Santamarina, J. C.
  • in-situ testing
  • inverted pavements
  • modeling
  • non-linear behavior
  • Resilient modulus
Volume change associated with formation and dissociation of hydrate in sediment
Year: 2010
Authors: J. Y. Lee, J. C. Santamarina, C. Ruppel
  • gas hydrate
  • Hydrate‐bearing sediment
  • phase transformation
  • strain
P-wave monitoring of hydrate-bearing sand during CH4–CO2 replacement
Year: 2011
Authors: Espinoza, D. N. And Santamarina, J. C.
  • Natural gas enhanced recovery
  • Carbon Geological Storage
  • Reservoir
  • Geomechanics
  • geophysics
  • Gas exchange
Challenges, Uncertainties, and Issues Facing Gas Production From Gas-Hydrate Deposits
Year: 2011
Authors: Moridis, G. J., Collett, T. S., Pooladi-Darvish, M., Hancock, S., Santamarina, C., Boswell, R., Kneafsey, T., Rutqvist, J., Kowalsky, M. B., Reagan, M. T., Sloan, E. D., Sum, A. K., Koh, C.A
Energy geotechnology: Implications of mixed fluid conditions
Year: 2010
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina And Jaewon Jang
A pressure core based characterization of hydrate-bearing sediments in the Ulleung Basin, Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Year: 2011
Authors: ​Yun, T. S., Lee, C., Lee, J.-S., Bahk, J. J., And Santamarina, J. C.
Fluid-driven fractures in uncemented sediments: Underlying particle-level processes
Year: 2010
Authors: Hosung Shin, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • hydraulic fracture
  • Localization
  • Sediments
  • enhanced oil recovery
  • CO2 sequestration
  • waste disposal
Displacement field in contraction-driven faults
Year: 2010
Authors: Hosung Shin, J. Carlos Santamarina, Joseph A. Cartwright
Electrical Resistivity Tomography in Cylindrical Cells - Guidelines for Hardware Pre-design
Year: 2010
Authors: J. Y. Lee And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Electrical resistivity
  • tomography
  • electrode
  • soil
  • electrolyte
  • non-destructive testing
  • geophysics
CH4-CO2 replacement in hydrate-bearing sediments: A pore-scale study
Year: 2010
Authors: J. W. Jung, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • CH4 hydrate
  • CH4‐CO2 replacement
  • energy
  • CO2 hydrate
Properties and phenonmena relevant to CH4-CO2 replacement in hydrate-bearing sediments
Year: 2010
Authors: J. W. Jung, D. Nicolas Espinoza, J. Carlos Santamarina
Ant tunneling-a granular media perspective
Year: 2010
Authors: D. Nicolas Espinoza And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Ant nest
  • Tunnel stability
  • Digging
  • Micromechanics
  • discrete element method
The 100 Watt Light Bulb Analogy
Year: 2008
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina
Clasificación de suelos: Fundamento Físico, Prácticas Actuales y Recomendaciones
Year: 2008
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina And Guillermo A. Narsilio
  • clasificación de suelos
  • ensayos de laboratorio
  • superficie específica
  • variabilidad
  • bender elements
  • estado crítico
  • forma de las partículas
Discontinuities in granular materials: Particle-level mechanisms
Year: 2009
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And H. Shin
Discrete element modelling of geomechanical behaviour of methane hydrate soils with pore-filling hydrate distribution
Year: 2010
Authors: J. Brugada, Y. P. Cheng, K. Soga, J. C. Santamarina
  • Discrete element
  • Methane hydrates
  • Pore-filling
  • Triaxial drained tests
Gas Production from Hydrate Bearing Sediments: Geomechanical Implications
Year: 2009
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina And Jaewon Jang
Frictional Phenomena in Granular Media
Year: 2009
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And H. Shin
Physical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments
Year: 2009
Authors: W. F. Waite, J. C. Santamarina, D. D. Cortes, B. Dugan, D. N. Espinoza, J. Germaine, J. Jang, J. W. Jung, T. J. Kneafsey, H. Shin, K. Soga, W. J. Winters, T.-S. Yun
Mineral Dissolution and the Evolution of k0
Year: 2009
Authors: Hosung Shin, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Soil structures
  • Stress
  • Minerals
Thermal conductivity of hydrate-bearing sediments
Year: 2009
Authors: Douglas D. Cortes, I. Martin, Tae Sup Yun, Franco M. Francisca, J. Carlos Santamarina, Carolyn Ruppel
Strain-Rate Effects in Mexico City Soil
Year: 2009
Authors: J. Abraham Díaz-Rodríguez, J. José Martínez-Vasquez, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Undisturbed soils
  • Soil structures
  • Strain rate
  • Deposition
  • Triaxial compression
  • strength
  • Mexico
Blast Densification: Multi-Instrumented Case History
Year: 2009
Authors: Guillermo A. Narsilio, J. Carlos Santamarina, Tamara Hebeler, Robert Bachus
  • Blasting
  • Soil stabilization
  • Settlement
  • Measurement
  • Soil liquefaction
  • South Carolina
Particle transport in porous media: The role of inertial effects and path tortuosity in the velocity of the particles
Year: 2009
Authors: Guido Kampel, Guillermo H. Goldsztein, Juan C. Santamarina
Long-wavelength P-wave and S-wave propagation in jointed rock masses
Year: 2009
Authors: Minsu Cha, Gye-Chun Cho, J. Carlos Santamarina
Cemented soils: small strain stiffness
Year: 2008
Authors: Rinaldi, V.A., Santamarina, J. C.
  • diagenesis
  • small-strain
  • Stiffness
  • wave velocity
  • unsaturation
  • sampling
Terminal densities
Year: 2008
Authors: Narsilio, A., Santamarina, J. C.
  • Compaction
  • deformation
  • dynamics
  • structure of soil
  • liquefaction
  • repetitive loading
Rheological and mechanical properties of mortars prepared with natural and manufactured sands
Year: 2008
Authors: Cortes, D. D., Kim, H. K., Palomino, A. M., And Santamarina, J. C.
  • Aggregate
  • Mortar
  • Compressive strength
  • Mixturing proportioning
Spatial Heterogeneity Effects Under Ko Loading Conditions
Year: 2008
Authors: H. K. Kim And J. C. Santamarina
  • spatial variability
  • Stiffness
  • random variable
  • particulate mixture
Fine-Grained Mixtures: Fabric Formation and Control
Year: 2008
Authors: Angelica M. Palomino And J.C. Santamarina
Closure to “Biological Considerations in Geotechnical Engineering” by James K. Mitchell and J. Carlos Santamarina
Year: 2007
Authors: Mitchell, J. K., Santamarina, J. C.
  • Biological considerations
Mixtures of Fine-Grained Minerals - Kaolinite and Carbonate Grains
Year: 2008
Authors: Angelica M. Palomino, Susan E. Burns, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Calcium Carbonate
  • Fabric
  • Kaolinite
  • liquid limit
  • Sedimentation
  • Viscosity
Mechanical and electromagnetic properties of northern Gulf of Mexico sediments with and without THF hydrates
Year: 2008
Authors: J.Y. Lee, J.C. Santamarina, C. Ruppel
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • gas hydrate
  • Permittivity
  • Conductivity
  • Fabric
  • Stiffness
  • seismic velocity
Sand-Rubber Mixtures (Large Rubber Chips)
Year: 2008
Authors: H.-K. Kim And J.C. Santamarina
  • recycled tire
  • Wave propagation
  • constrained modulus
  • Shear wave velocity
  • granular mixtures
Interfacial Friction and Vibration
Year: 2008
Authors: J. J. Claria And J. C. Santamarina
  • Friction
  • vibration
  • displacement
  • stability
  • threshold displacement
The impact of hydrate saturation on the mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties of hydrate-bearing sand, silts, and clay
Year: 2008
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina And Carolyn Ruppel
  • gas hydrates
  • Physical properties
  • seismic velocity
  • Conductivity
  • Permittivity
  • strength
  • thermal conductivity
  • formation mechanism
Fundamental study of thermal conduction in dry soils
Year: 2008
Authors: T. S. Yun And J. C. Santamarina
  • Contact
  • Conduction
  • Diffusivity
  • Convection
  • Multiphase
Clogging: bridge formation and vibration-based destabilization
Year: 2008
Authors: Julio R. Valdes And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • filters
  • bridging
  • clogging
  • Particles
  • vibration
  • unclogging
Gas hydrate dissociation in sediments: Pressure-temperature evolution
Year: 2008
Authors: Tae-Hyuk Kwon, Gye-Chun Cho, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • pressure evolution
  • excess pore pressure
  • gas hydrate
  • dissociation
  • self preservation
  • Hydrate-bearing sediments
Contraction-driven shear failure in compacting uncemented sediments
Year: 2008
Authors: Hosung Shin, J. Carlos Santamarina, Joseph A. Cartwright
Particle Dissolution: Ko Effects
Year: 2007
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina And Hosung Shin
Terminal Densities
Year: 2008
Authors: G. A. Narsilio And J. C. Santamarina
  • Compaction
  • deformation
  • dynamics
  • fabric / structure of soils
  • liquefaction
  • repeated loading
  • Settlement
Spatial Variability: Drained and Undrained Deviatoric Load Response
Year: 2008
Authors: H. K. Kim And J. C. Santamarina
  • spatial variability
  • Stiffness
  • random variable
  • particulate mixture
Plugging of porous media and filters: Maximum clogged porosity
Year: 2008
Authors: Guido Kampel, Guillermo H. Goldsztein, Juan C. Santamarina
Seismic Velocity Determination in Gravel and Sands Using Peizocrystals
Year: 2008
Authors: Armando Luis Imhof, Juan C. Santamarina
  • piezocrystals
  • Seismic waves
  • compressional waves
  • Signal processing
Colombian Volcanic Ash Soils
Year: 2007
Authors: M. C. Herrera, A. Lizcano, J. C. Santamarina
Emergent Phenomena in Spatially Varying Soils
Year: 2007
Authors: H. K. Kim And J. C. Santamarina
Attenuation in sand: an exploratory study in the small-strain behavior and the influence of moisture condensation
Year: 2007
Authors: Y.-H. Wang And J. C. Santamarina
  • Damping ratio
  • sands
  • microscale
  • capillary force
  • resonant column
  • AFM
  • thermoelasticity
  • counter emf
  • relative humidity
Particle transport in a nonuniform flow field: Retardatino and clogging
Year: 2007
Authors: Julio R. Valdes And J. Carlos Santamarina
Mechanical properties of sand, silt, and clay containing tetrahydrofuran hydrate
Year: 2007
Authors: T. S. Yun, J. C. Santamarina, C. Ruppel
Encuentro de Profesores Latinos de Geotecnia
Year: 2006
Authors: Verónica Rebata Landa, Julio R. Valdés, Carlos Santamarina
Seismic monitoring short-duration events: liquefaction in 1g models
Year: 2007
Authors: Jong-Sub Lee And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • densification
  • Electrical resistivity
  • multiple liquefaction
  • pore pressure
  • shear wave
  • spatial variability
Micaceous Sands: Microscale Mechanisms and Macroscale Response
Year: 2007
Authors: Jong-Sub Lee, Maria Guimaraes, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Compression
  • Density
  • Fabrics
  • Localization
  • Residual soils
  • Sand
  • Shear modulus
  • Stiffness
Characteristics of engineered soils
Year: 2006
Authors: Lee, J. S., Lee, C. H., Lee, W. J., Santamarina, J. C.
  • Engineered soils
  • Constraint modulus
  • Shear wave velocity
Behavior of rigid-soft particle mixtures
Year: 2007
Authors: Jong-Sub Lee, Jake Dodds, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • elasticity
  • Mixtures
  • Porosity
  • Shear waves
  • Velocity
Observations related to tetrahydrofuran and methane hydrates for laboratory studies of hydrate-bearing sediments
Year: 2007
Authors: J. Y. Lee, T. S. Yun, J. C. Santamarina
  • clathrate
  • methane
  • tetrahydrofuran
  • sediment
  • clay
  • salt
Flow test: Particle-level and macroscale analyses
Year: 2007
Authors: Hyun-Ki Kim, Douglas D. Cortes, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Aggregate
  • flow
  • hydraulic cement
  • manufactured sand
  • rheology
Aggregate production: Fines generation during rock crushing
Year: 2007
Authors: M.S. Guimaraes, J.R. Valdes, A.M. Palomino, J.C. Santamarina
  • Crushed stone
  • Cubicity
  • Sand
  • Crushing
  • Aggregates
  • Fracture modes
  • Mineralogy
  • Fines
Hurricane Katrina: Geotechnical Observations in Biloxi, Mississippi
Year: 2007
Authors: Dante Fratta, Craig C. Schuettpelz And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Hurricane Katrina
  • category 4 hurricane
Particle Clogging in Radial Flow: Microscale Mechanisms
Year: 2006
Authors: Julio R. Valdes And J. Carlos Santamarina
Footprints: The Role of Particle Characteristics
Year: 2006
Authors: H. K. Kim And J. C. Santamarina
A bender element system for measuring shear wave velocities in centrifuge models
Conference proceeding Year: 2006
Authors: Brandenberg, S. J., Choi, S., Kutter, B. L., Wilson, D. W., & Santamarina, J. C.
  • Bender element
  • Shear wave velocity
  • centrifuge model
Geotechnology: Paradigm Shifts In The Information Age
Year: 2006
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina
Geotechnical Characterization Of Gulf Of Mexico Sediments
Year: 2006
Authors: Tae Sup Yun, Guillermo A. Narsilio, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Sediments
  • Shear wave velocity
  • Stiffness
  • strength
  • Electrical conductivity
Instrumented Pressure Testing Chamber for Characterizing Sediment Cores Recovered at In Situ Hydrostatic Pressure
Year: 2006
Authors: T.S. Yun, G.A. Narsilio, J.C. Santamarina, C. Ruppel
  • gas hydrate
  • Pressure core
  • marine sediment
  • Physical properties
  • Ocean Drilling Program
  • Gulf of Mexico
The Worldwide Energy Solution
Year: 2006
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina
  • resources
  • reserves
  • life expectancy
  • infant mortality rate
  • consumption
  • power
  • policy
Discussion to the paper by Leong, E.C., Yeo, S.H., and Rahardjo, H. Measuring Shear Wave Velocity Using Bender Elements
Year: 2006
Authors: Jong-Sub Lee And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • bender elements
  • Cross correlation
  • first arrival
  • resonant frequency
  • shear wave
Volcanic Ash Soils in Colombia
Year: 2006
Authors: A. Lizcano, M.C. Herrera And J.C. Santamarina
  • Cementation
  • drying effects
  • remolding effects
  • Residual soils
  • volcanic ash
Mechanical limits to microbial activity in deep sediments
Year: 2006
Authors: Veronica Rebata-Landa And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • microorganisms
  • soils
  • Sediments
  • Porosity
  • survivability
  • mechanical stress
Liquefaction: Strength and Wave-based Monitoring
Year: 2004
Authors: Jong-Sub Lee, Gye Chun Cho And J. Carlos Santamarina
Damage Caused by Huracan Katrina in Biloxi, Mississippi
Year: 2006
Authors: Dante Fratta And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Hurricane Katrina
  • Mississippi
  • Biloxi
  • structural failures
  • piles
  • bridges
  • erosion
  • storage tanks
  • barges
Particle Shape Effects On Packing Density, Stiffness And Strength Natural And Crushed Sands
Year: 2006
Authors: Gye-Chun Cho, Jake Dodds, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Compression
  • Friction
  • Shape
  • Size
  • Stiffness
  • strength
  • Particles
  • Sand
A survey of elastic and eletromagnetic properties of near-surface soils
Year: 2005
Authors: Santamarina, J. C., Rinaldi, V. A., Fratta, D., Klein, K. A., Wang, Y. H., Cho, G. C., Cascante, G.
Strains Due to Coupled Phenomena - Particle-level Analyses
Year: 2005
Authors: Dante Fratta And J. Carlos Santamarina
Needle Probe Application for High-Resolution Assessment of Soil Spatial Variability in the Centrifuge
Year: 2005
Authors: Zhihua Li, Bruce L. Kutter, Daniel W. Wilson, Kenneth Sprott, Jong-Sub Lee And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • needle probe
  • centrifuge
  • spatial variability
  • Porosity
  • resolution
  • NEES
  • robot
Detection of Surface Breaking Cracks in Concrete Members using Rayleigh Waves
Year: 2005
Authors: A. Zerwer, M.A. Polak, J.C. Santamarina
Decementation, Softening, and Collapse: Changes in Small-Strain Shear Stiffness in k0 Loading
Year: 2005
Authors: Tae Sup Yun And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • aging
  • Brittleness
  • Cementation
  • Shear waves
  • Stiffness
Biological Considerations in Geotechnical Engineering
Year: 2005
Authors: James K. Mitchell, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Biomass
  • Soil chemistry
  • Organic matter
Compressional and shear wave velocities in uncemented sediment containing gas hydrate
Year: 2005
Authors: S. Yun, F. M. Francisca, J. C. Santamarina, C. Ruppel
Fabric Map For Kaolinite (Single Mineral): Effects of pH And Ionic Concentration On Behavior, Clays and Clay Minerals
Year: 2005
Authors: Angelica M. Palomino, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • clay
  • Double Layer
  • Electrical Forces
  • liquid limit
  • Particle-particle Interactions
  • Sedimentation
  • Viscosity
S-Wave Velocity Tomography Small-Scale Laboratory Application
Year: 2005
Authors: Jong-Sub Lee, Americo L. Fernandez, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • diffraction healing
  • inversion
  • least squares
  • regularization
  • parametric representation
  • pixel representation
  • spatial coverage
  • tunnels
P-wave Reflection Imaging
Year: 2005
Authors: Jong-Sub Lee And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • directivity
  • liquefaction
  • near field
  • nondestructive testing
  • spatial resolution
  • Sedimentation
  • subsurface monitoring
  • ultrasound transducer
  • variability
Particle-level Phenomena and Macroscale Soil Behavior
Year: 2004
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina
Soft Sediments: Wave-Based Characterization
Year: 2005
Authors: Katherine Klein And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Electrical conductivity
  • Shear waves
  • sediment
  • Sedimentation
  • Fabric
  • Slurries
  • Viscosity
Bender Elements
Year: 2005
Authors: Jong-Sub Lee And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Analytical techniques
  • Coupling
  • Resonance
  • Signal processing
  • Shear waves
  • Wave reflection
Geophysical and geotechnical properties of near-surface sediments in the northern Gulf of Mexico gas hydrate province
Year: 2005
Authors: F. Francisca, T.-S. Yun, C. Ruppel, J.C. Santamarina
  • gas hydrate
  • marine sediment
  • mechanical properties
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • electrical properties
Viscous Effects in Particulates
Year: 2004
Authors: J. C. Santamarina, J. R. Valdes, A. Palomino, J. Alvrellos
  • clogging
  • contact angle
  • particle drift
  • fluid drift
Mechanical, Thermal, and Electrical Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments
Year: 2004
Authors: J.C. Santamarina, F. Francisca, T.-S. Yun, J.-Y. Lee, A.I. Martin, C. Ruppel
Soil Behavior: The Role of Particle Shape
Year: 2004
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And G. C. Cho
Dynamic Electrical-Mechanical Energy Coupling in Electrolyte-Mineral Systems
Year: 2002
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina And Dante O. Fratta
  • energy coupling
  • electrical-mechanical coupling
  • mechanical-electrical coupling
  • soils
  • particulate media
  • electrolyte
  • diffuse double layer
  • electromagnetic waves
  • mechanical waves
  • electro-seismic effects
  • seismo-electric effects
  • laboratory measurement
Specific Surface: Determination and Relevance
Year: 2002
Authors: J.C. Santamarina, K.A. Klein, Y.H. Wang, E. Prencke
  • specific surface
  • surface area
  • methylene blue
  • gas adsorption
  • Fabric
  • Atterberg limits
  • grain-size distribution
Effect of Surface Cracks on Rayleigh Wave Propagation: An Experimental Study
Year: 2002
Authors: A. Zerwer, M. A. Polak, J. C. Santamarina
  • Cracking
  • Wave propagation
  • Rayleigh waves
  • Nondestructive evaluation
Spatial Variability: High-resolution Assessment with Electrical Needle Probe
Year: 2004
Authors: Gye Chun Cho, Jong-Sub Lee, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Corrosion
  • Electrical resistivity
  • Interfaces
  • Layered soils
  • Porosity
  • Penetration
  • Penetrometers
Solute Transport During Cyclic Flow In Saturated Porous Media
Year: 2004
Authors: Guillermo H. Goldsztein And Juan C. Santamarina
Suspension extraction through an opening before clogging
Year: 2004
Authors: Guillermo H. Goldszteina, Juan C. Santamarina
Resonant column testing: the inherent counter emf effect
Year: 2003
Authors: Wang, Y. H., Cascante, G., Santamarina, J. C.
  • resonant column testing
  • EMF effect
  • magnet-coil driving system
Bio-Inspired Particulate Filters
Year: 2003
Authors: J. R. Vales And J. C. Santamarina
  • Fines migration
  • filters
  • rubber chips
  • pore throat control
Creativity and Engineering Education
Year: 2003
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina
Friction in Soils Micro and Macroscale Observations
Year: 2003
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And J. A. Diaz-Rodriguez
Rayleigh Wave Propagation for the Detection of Near Surface Discontinuities: Finite Element Study
Year: 2003
Authors: A. Zerwer, M. A. Polak, J. C. Santamarina
  • Rayleigh waves
  • Lamb waves
  • finite elements
  • defect dimension
  • mode shapes
  • plates
Counter EMF effects in Resonant Column Testing
Year: 2003
Authors: Yu-Hsing Wang, Giovanni Cascante, J. Carlos Santamarina
  • resonant column testing
  • EMF effect
  • magnet-coil driving system
Dynamic energy coupling - Electro-seismic and Seismo-electric effects
Year: 2003
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina And Dante O. Fratta
  • energy coupling
  • electrical-mechanical coupling
  • mechanical-electrical coupling
  • soils
  • particulate media
  • electrolyte
  • diffuse double layer
  • electromagnetic waves
  • mechanical waves
  • electro-seismic effects
  • seismo-electric effects
  • laboratory measurement
Electrical Conductivity In Soils: Underlying Phenomena
Year: 2003
Authors: Katherine A. Klein And J. Carlos Santamarina
Instability of Hydrocarbons Films over Mineral Surfaces Microscale Experimental Studies
Year: 2003
Authors: Franco M. Francisca, Victor A. Rinaldi, Juan C. Santamarina
  • Biofilm
  • Oil recovery
  • Porous media
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Mineral deposits
Design Criteria for Geotomographic Field Studies
Year: 2003
Authors: Americo Fernandez And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • tomography
  • nondestructive testing
  • geophysics
  • cross-hole
  • seismic
  • imaging
  • in situ testing
  • inversion
  • least squares
  • small strain
Soil Behavior at the Microscale: Particle Forces
Year: 2002
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina
Micro-Scale Aspects Of Chemical-Mechanical Coupling - Interparticle Forces And Fabric
Year: 2002
Authors: J. C. Santamarina, K. A. Klein, A. Palomino And M. S. Guimaraes
Shear Wave Propagation in Jointed Rock - State of Stress
Year: 2002
Authors: D. Fratta, And J. C. Santamarina
  • dynamics
  • elasticity
  • Laboratory tests
  • site investigations
  • rocks/rock mechanics
  • Stiffness
  • waves and wave loading
Deteccion de hidrocarburos mediante geo-radar
Year: 1999
Authors: Francisca, F, Rinaldi, V, Santamarina, J.C
  • hidrocarburos
Wave-Based Monitoring Processes in Granular Salt
Year: 1998
Authors: M. Fam, J. C. Santamarina, M. B. Dusseult
Flexural Excitation in a Standard Torsional-Resonant Column Device
Year: 1998
Authors: Giovanni Cascante, Carlos Santamarina, Najwa Yassir
  • mechanical waves
  • resonant column
  • Velocity
  • attenuation
  • sands
  • model testing
Dynamic Coupling Effects in Frictional Geomaterials-Stochastic Resonance
Year: 2002
Authors: Yu-Hsing Wang And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Friction
  • vibration
  • Noise
  • Resonance
  • Coupling
  • Seismic response
Determination of Critical State Parameters in Sandy Soils - Simple Procedure
Year: 2001
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina And Gye Chun Cho
  • critical state
  • index properties
  • Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion
  • Sand
  • strength
  • triaxial testing
The Effect of Cementation on the Small Strain Parameters of Sands
Year: 2001
Authors: A.L. Fernandez, J.C. Santamarina
  • wave velocity
  • Seismic response
  • Stiffness
  • damping
  • sampling effects
  • loading history
Unsaturated Particulate Materials - Particle Level Studies
Year: 2001
Authors: Gye Chun Cho And J. Carlos Santamarina
Mexico City Soil Behavior At Different Strains - Observations And Physical Interpretation
Year: 2001
Authors: J. A. Dıaz-Rodr´Iguez And J. C. Santamarina
Seismic-Wave-Based Testing in Geotechnical Engineering
Year: 2000
Authors: Kenneth H. Stokoe And J. Carlos Santamarina
Geo-materials: Non-destructive Evaluation in Geosystems
Year: 2000
Authors: D. Fratta, A. L. Fernandez, J. C. Santamarina
Tomographic Detection of Low-velocity Anomalies With Limited Data Sets (Velocity and Attenuation
Year: 2000
Authors: J. Prada, D. Fratta, And J. C. Santamarina
  • nondestructive testing
  • elastic waves
  • ultrasound
  • Velocity
  • attenuation
  • inverse problems
  • tomography
  • piles
  • caissons
  • columns
  • beams
Ferromagnetic Inclusions in Geomaterials - Implications
Year: 2000
Authors: Katherine Klein And J. Carlos Santamarina
Thixotropy: The Case of Mexico City Soils
Year: 1999
Authors: J. Abraham Diaz-Rodriguez And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • aging
  • clays
  • restoration
  • structuration
  • microscale
Small Strain Stiffness: A Micromechanical Experimental Study
Year: 1999
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And M. Aloufi
Effect of Surface Roughness on Wave Propagation Parameters
Year: 1998
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina And Giovanni Cascante
  • dynamics
  • Laboratory tests
  • microscopy
  • Stiffness
  • vibration
  • waves and wave loading.
Experimental Investigation of Wave Propagation in Thin Plexiglas Plates: Implications for Modeling and Measuring Rayleigh Waves
Year: 1999
Authors: A. Zerwer, M.A. Polaka, J.C. Santamarina
  • waves
  • Lamb waves
  • Dispersion
  • plates
'Cohesive Soil:' A Dangerous Oxymoron
Year: 1997
Authors: Carlos Santamarina
Characterization of Collapsible Soils with Combined Geophysical and Penetration Testing
Year: 1998
Authors: Victor A. Rinaldi, J. Carlos Santamarina And Emilio R. Redolfi
Data Pre-Processing in Cross-Hole Geotomography
Year: 1998
Authors: F. Gheslaghi And J. C. Santamarina
Low-Strain Measurements Using Random Noise Excitation
Year: 1997
Authors: Giovanni Cascante And Carlos Santamarina
  • mechanical waves
  • resonant column
  • Velocity
  • attenuation
  • random vibration
  • sands
  • transfer function
  • modal testing
  • nonlinear behavior
Wave Propagation in Soils - Multi-Mode, Wide-Band Testing in a Waveguide Device
Year: 1996
Authors: Daute Fratta And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • Wave propagation
  • Signal processing
  • material testing
  • phase velocity
  • attenuation
  • damping
Stress anisotropy and wave propagation - A micromechanical view
Year: 1996
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And G. Cascante
  • mechanical waves
  • resonant column
  • damping
  • shear modules
  • stress anisotropy
  • random vibration
Methods for Broad-Band Dielectric Permittivity Measurements (Soil-Water Mixtures, 5 Hz to 1.3 GHz
Year: 1997
Authors: Katherine Klein And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • dielectric
  • Permittivity
  • Conductivity
  • resistivity
  • soils
  • colloids
  • electrolytes
A Study of Consolidation Using Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves
Year: 1997
Authors: M. Fam And J. C. Santamarina
  • clays
  • consolidation
  • Laboratory tests
  • monitoring
  • Stiffness
  • waves and wave loading
Study of Clay-Cement Slurries with Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves
Year: 1996
Authors: M. Fram And J. C. Santamarina
Tomographic imaging: potentials and limitations
Year: 1995
Authors: Gheshalghi, F, Santamarina, J.C
  • tomography
  • soils
  • geo
Coupled Diffusion-Fabric-Flow Phenomena: An Effective Stress Analysis
Year: 1996
Authors: M. Fram And J. C. Santamarina
  • Coupling
  • Diffusion
  • clay
  • pore pressure
  • interparticle forces
Interparticle Contact Behavior and Wave Propagation
Year: 1996
Authors: Giovanni Cascante And J. Carlos Santamarina
Changes in Dielectric Permittivity and Shear Wave Velocity During Concentration Diffusion
Year: 1995
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And M. Fam
  • mechanical waves
  • electromagnetic waves
  • clays
  • Diffusion
  • Double Layer
Low and High Strain Mechanical Properties of Grain Masses - The Effect of Particle Eccentricity
Year: 1995
Authors: M. Aloufi And J. C. Santamarina
  • grains
  • particulate media
  • microfabric
  • wave velocity
Study of Geoprocesses with Complementary Wave Measurements in an Oedometer
Year: 1995
Authors: Moheb Fam And Carlos Santamarina
  • mechanical waves
  • electromagnetic waves
  • oedometer
  • clays
  • consolidation
  • Diffusion
  • Cementation
Ray Tomography: Errors and Error Functions
Year: 1994
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And A. C. Reed
On the Imaging of Stress Changes in Particulate Media -An Experimental Study
Year: 1994
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And B. Potts
  • geophysical methods
  • tomography
  • Wave propagation
  • Stress
  • retaining wall
  • footings
Geotechnical Tomography: The Effects of Diffraction
Year: 1993
Authors: Brent D. Potts And Carlos Santamarina
  • geophysical methods
  • tomography
  • inversion
  • diffraction
  • crosshole testing
Negative Skin Friction and the Neutral Plane
Year: 1994
Authors: Elmer L. Matyas And J. Carlos Santamarina
  • piles
  • negative skin friction
  • neutral plane
  • capacity
Risk Based Bridge Management
Year: 1993
Authors: M. Cesare, J. C. Santamarina, C. J. Turkstra, E. Vanmarcke
Digital Ray Tracing for Geotomography
Year: 1992
Authors: Andrew G. Tallin, J. Carlos Santamarina
Reliability of Slopes: Incorporating Qualitative Information
Year: 1992
Authors: J. C. Santamarina, A. G. Altschaeffl, J. L. Chameau
Modeling Bridge Deterioration with Markov Chains
Year: 1992
Authors: Mark A. Cesare, Carlos Santamarina, Carl Turkstra, Erik H Vanmarcke
Findings and Creativity and Relevance in Civil Engineering
Year: 1991
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And K. Akhoundi
Fuzzy Sets Based Knowledge Systems and Knowledge Elicitation
Year: 1991
Authors: C. Santamarina And G. Salvendy
Piezo Films in Geotechnical Testing
Year: 1991
Authors: Juan C. Santamarina, Toufic N. Wakim, Andrew G. Tallin, Fazle Rab, John Wong
  • piezoelectric effects
  • piezofilm
  • Resonance
  • wave velocity
  • geophysical
  • laboratory testing
  • field testing
Fuzzy Windows and Classification System
Year: 1990
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And J. L. Chameau
Geotomography in Site Investigations: Simulation Study
Year: 1990
Authors: Andrew G. Tallin, Carlos Santamarina
  • tomography
  • site investigation
  • penetration tests
  • cross-hole testing
Decision making and fuzzy windows
Year: 1989
Authors: Santamarina, J.C, Chameau, J.L
Centrifuge Modeling: A Study of Similarity
Year: 1989
Authors: J. Carlos Santamarina And Deborah J. Goodings
  • centrifuges
  • models
  • reinforced soils
  • scale effects
  • stress paths
Limitations in Decision Making and System Performance
Year: 1989
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And J. L. Chameau
Human Factors and Communication Problems in Foundation Engineering
Year: 1989
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And C. J. Turkstra
Reinforced Earth and Adjacent Soils: A Centifuge Modeling Study
Year: 1989
Authors: D. J. Goodings And J. C. Santamarina
Knowledge-Based System for Soil Improvement
Year: 1989
Authors: J. L. Chameau, And J. C. Santamarina
Membership Functions II: Trends in Fuzziness and Implications
Year: 1987
Authors: Juan Carlos Santamarina And Jean-Lou Chameau
  • fuzziness
  • fuzzy sets
  • Hedges
  • knowledge elicitation
  • membership functions
  • uncertainty
Discussion of the paper by Clayton, et. al. (1985), Dynamic Penetration Resistance and the Prediction of the Compressibility of a Fine-Grained Sand - A Laboratory Study
Year: 1986
Authors: G. A. Leonards, A. Alarcon, J. D. Frost, Y. E. Mohamedzein, J. C. Santamarina, S. Thevanayagam, J. E. Tomaz And J. L. Tyree
Membership Functions I: Comparing Methods of Measurement
Year: 1987
Authors: Jean-Lou Chameau And Juan Carlos Santamarina
  • elicitation
  • fuzzy sets
  • Hedges
  • Measurement
  • membership function
Discussion of the paper "New Subgrade Model Applied to Mat Foundations"
Year: 1985
Authors: J. C. Santamarina And C. W. Schwartz