Hydromechanical behaviors of geogrids-reinforced expansive soil slopes: Case study and numerical simulation

W Zou, Y Xie, Z Han, H Zhang, B Bai, S Lan - Computers and Geotechnics, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the hydromechanical behaviors of geogrids-reinforced expansive
soil slopes under repeated external climate actions through a series of case study …

Microstructure and dynamic behaviours of polyurethane-cured sea sand under traffic–load–induced stress path

Y Shen, R Liu, K Fan, Q Xu, Z Lai… - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Employing sea sand as fill material for roadbeds presents significant challenges due to its
naturally high dispersibility and low bearing capacity, which contribute to substantial …

Experimental investigations of the shear strength and deformation behavior of a frozen unsaturated silt

H Wang, X Li, W Huang, SK Vanapalli - Cold Regions Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
There are limited studies in literature with respect to the deformation and shear strength
behavior of frozen unsaturated soils that consider sensitive changes in temperatures below …

Impact of incorporating waste tire rubber particles into granular inclusion on reducing lateral swelling pressures of expansive soil against concrete retaining walls

K Fan, Y Shen, Z Han, W Zou, S Liu… - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Using waste tire rubber particles-sand mixture as the inclusion between concrete retaining
walls and expansive soil backfills help to improve the performance of pure sand inclusion in …

Static and dynamic characteristics of cement-treated and untreated aeolian sand from the Tengger desert hinterland: Laboratory tests and prediction models

W Liu, X Huang, W Yin, G Liu - Construction and Building Materials, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper contributes to evaluate the performance of using aeolian sand as subgrade filler
in the hinterland of the desert, solving the problem of scarce and high transportation costs of …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils from suction controlled ring shear tests

X Yang, SK Vanapalli - Engineering Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
The shear strength behavior associated with a large shear deformation of both the fine-and
coarse-grained unsaturated soils is important in interpreting and forecasting the initiation …

Stress-strain responses of EPS geofoam upon cyclic simple shearing: Experimental investigations and constitutive modeling

W Zou, Y Li, Z Han, Q Xiang, X Wang - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the cyclic simple shearing behaviors of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)
geofoams considering influences of the shear strain amplitude (γ a), number of shear cycles …

[HTML][HTML] Soil-water retention capacity of expansive soil improved through enzyme induced carbonate precipitation-eggshell powder

Y Liu, Y Xia, M Mehmood, L Wang, W Nie, Y Zhao… - Biogeotechnics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Enzyme Induced Carbonate Precipitation (EICP) has been extensively investigated
as a promising approach to improve engineering properties of soil, while Eggshell Powder …

On-site monitoring of expansive soil slope protected by soilbags based on the universal Beidou monitoring system

H Zhang, J Yang, S Lan, Y Li, P Ni, Q Chen… - … of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2024 - Elsevier
To explore an effective method for deformation monitoring and behavior prediction of
expansive soil slope, field tests are conducted for a flexible slope protection scheme with …

Backcalculation of in-situ nonlinear viscoelastic properties of subgrade using a finite element-based machine learning approach

H Fan, F Gu, J Zhang, J Peng, J Zheng - Transportation Geotechnics, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aimed to develop a method to determine nonlinear viscoelastic properties of
subgrade soil using the light weight deflectometer (LWD) test. Firstly, a constitutive model …