Fracture damage in loess poses a significant threat to the safety of loess-based
infrastructure in the China Loess Region. To investigate the fracture damage behavior of …

Nowadays, raw earth construction is an area of growing interest, both for its eco-friendly
characteristics and very interesting thermo-hygroscopic properties. Nevertheless, this type of …

The tensile strength of soil is a major mechanical parameter controlling the development of
tensile cracking, which is commonly encountered in many earth structures. This paper aims …

Under the conditions of drought, cracks are likely to appear in loess due to shrinkage, which
leads to salt precipitation and accumulation on the surface of loess. Therefore, salinized …

Desiccation cracking in clayey soils is a complex phenomenon investigated by researchers
over many decades. Understanding and mitigating this issue will have a significant influence …

Desiccation cracking significantly affects the unsaturated permeability (Kunsat), which
governs the water diffusion in the soil in several engineering applications, such as slope …

Climate-related extreme weather events such as drought and heat waves increase regional
soil salinization and desiccation cracking that degrade the environment. Soils shrink, crack …

During the drying process, an initially saturated clay deforms mainly due to the loss of water.
It causes clay shrinkage that represents one of the fundamental reasons of cracking by …

Abstract The Chinese Loess Plateau is located in northwestern China. During investigations
in loess fields, it was found that, under dry climatic conditions, cracks were prone to appear …

As a new type of agricultural waste block substrate utilization, the initial wet base state of the
substrate culture block needs to be dried. Therefore, studying the drying mechanism of …