Significant progress in the understanding of the different degradation processes affecting
building and ornamental stone has taken place in recent decades. However, some …

Mudstone not only swells and deforms but also be softened during water absorption
because it contains many hydrophilic clay minerals. To study the influence of water on the …

Both surface and underground rocks in nature often undergo repeated drying and wetting.
The dry‐wet cycle is a weathering effect that includes physical and chemical processes …

To study the effect of periodic water circulation on rock mass, chlorite–amphibolite rocks
from the slope of Nanfen open-pit iron mine in Liaoning province were chosen as the …

Moisture has a great effect on the microstructure of mudstone and the stability of muddy
strata. Due to many clay minerals in mudstone, swelling deformation and even disintegration …

Rocks are continuously affected by dry–wet cycles, which leads to intensified weathering
and deterioration of the mechanical properties and often triggers engineering disasters. This …

A comprehensive field investigation and analysis of the spatial distribution of landslides was
conducted in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) along the Yangtze River and its first …

Seasonal rainfall causes a carbonaceous mudstone embankment to undergo cyclic
drying/wetting. The soil mass inside the embankment is within a mechanically loaded and …

In this study, the axial swelling strain of red-bed mudstone under different vertical stresses
are measured by swell-under-load method, and the microstructure of mudstone after …

Abstract The Callovo-Oxfordian (COx) claystone is considered in France as a possible host
rock for the disposal of high-level long-lived radioactive waste at great depth. During the …