The Yost Research Group performs geotechnical engineering research that supports building infrastructure and communities resilient to increasingly frequent and severe natural hazards. Current research interests include soil liquefaction in complex soil profiles, statistical analyses of large in-situ soil characteristic databases, and functional recovery capabilities of infrastructure and communities at risk for earthquakes and other hazards.
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Recent Publications
A cone penetration test database for multiple thin-layer correction procedure development
Yost, K. M., Yerro, A., Martin, E. R. & Green, R. A., Feb 2024, In: Earthquake Spectra. 40, 1, p. 803-827 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Addressing complexities in MPM modeling of calibration chamber cone penetrometer tests in homogenous and highly interlayered soils
Yost, K. M., Martinelli, M., Yerro, A., Green, R. A. & de Lange, D. A., Jun 2023, In: Computers and Geotechnics. 158, 105378.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Robust identification and characterization of thin soil layers in cone penetration data by piecewise layer optimization
Cooper, J., Martin, E. R., Yost, K. M., Yerro, A. & Green, R. A., Jan 2022, In: Computers and Geotechnics. 141, 104404.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
MPM Modeling of Cone Penetrometer Testing for Multiple Thin-Layer Effects in Complex Soil Stratigraphy
Yost, K. M., Yerro, A., Green, R. A., Martin, E. & Cooper, J., Feb 1 2022, In: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 148, 2, 04021189.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessment of the efficacies of correction procedures for multiple thin layer effects on Cone Penetration Tests
Yost, K. M., Green, R. A., Upadhyaya, S., Maurer, B. W., Yerro-Colom, A., Martin, E. R. & Cooper, J., May 2021, In: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 144, 106677.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bench-scale testing of grouts for geo-slice peels
Yost, K. M., Green, R. A., Herwitz, E. & Wotherspoon, L., 2021, In: Geotechnical Special Publication. 2021-May, GSP 325, p. 318-329 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review