Soil thermal diffusivity (k) is an important thermal property that significantly affects ground
energy storage and heat transfer. Direct measurements of soil thermal diffusivity are …

Various experiments and computational methods have been conducted to describe the
mechanical behaviours of frozen soils. However, due to high nonlinearity and uncertainty of …

This study proposes a generalised framework for developing a hybrid machine learning
(ML) model that combines support vector regression (SVR) with hyperparameter …

The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of the anisotropic variability in soil on the
failure mechanism and the ultimate bearing capacity of foundations that are placed near …

Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are widely used in science and engineering to calculate soil
thermal diffusivity (κ) as a function of soil moisture content and other soil physical properties …

Abstract Properties of geomaterials often exhibit stratification and anisotropy due to various
influencing factors such as weathering and sedimentation. However, the measurement of …

The bonding damage of the bolt-rock mass interface determines the stability of supported
structures. To investigate the pull-out debonding characteristics of rockbolt, a rockbolt pull …

This study presents a numerical simulation of underground water spontaneous upward
imbibition at high density ratios using the improved lattice Boltzmann method coupled with …

In situ thermal desorption (ISTD) has widely been applied for remediating petroleum
hydrocarbons (PHs)-contaminated sites. Towards decarbonization of the energy-intensive …

Soil thermal conductivity (k) is an important parameter for geotechnical engineering
temperature field analysis and energy pile design. It is affected by various factors such as …