Lightweight structures built on expansive soils are susceptible to damage caused by soil
movement. Financial losses resulting from the improper design of structures on expansive …

Desiccation cracks on a soil slope can significantly increase permeability, reduce shear
strength, and potentially result in shallow landslides. To reveal the slope failure mechanism …

Slope failures in deep excavated expansive soil canals are common when there is a high
groundwater level and continuous rainfall. Predicting displacements plays a crucial role in …

During the highway construction along the Yangtze River in Anhui, China from 2015 to
2018, regional slope failures occurred frequently near the routes and constituted significant …

Study on the microscopic structure of saline–alkali soil can reveal the change of its
permeability more deeply. In this paper, the relationship between permeability and …

Several giant water diversion projects go through large expansive soil areas in China. It is
challenging to ensure the slope stability of the deep excavated expansive soil canal …

The pore structure governs the physical and mechanical behaviours of geomaterials,
thereby affecting the stability of the infrastructures built on these materials. This study …

Fissured expansive soils were widely distributed in the South-to-North Water Transfer
Project. Most of the fissures were filled with clay, which controlled the stability of the slope …

Large-scale physical model test on expansive soil slope at a shallow depth is conducted
with the aim of monitoring moisture content and swelling deformation. In this paper, a wedge …

One of the most important characteristics of mudstones is their susceptibility to swelling upon
absorption of water, which is influenced by climatic processes. This study investigated the …