An unsaturated soil is a state of the soil. All soils can be partially saturated with water.
Therefore, constitutive models for soils should ideally represent the soil behaviour over …

The effects of wetting-drying (WD) cycles on the desiccation-induced cracking of a fat clay
(CH) as well as the role of soil suction in the evolution of soil strength, were investigated …

Relative humidity (RH) is among key environmental and climatic factors that affect the
evolution of soil desiccation cracking. This study aims to investigate how RH variations …

Quantitative estimation of mechanical characteristics of soils and determination of their
behavior using in-situ experiments have always been one of the main concerns of …

Soils usually experience multiple drying-wetting cycles in nature, which can have a
significant impact on the engineering properties of soils. Laboratory tests were conducted to …

Crushed soft rocks are becoming inevitable geotechnical materials for construction of
foundations, fill material for transportation infrastructures, and earthen dams for economic …

The basis of the design of earth and rockfill dams is focused on ensuring the stability of the
structure under a set of conditions expected to occur during its life. Combined mechanical …

The mechanical weathering of marl in the form of disintegration of intact material caused by
repeated drying and wetting, also known as “slaking”, is an important factor affecting the …

The paper presents the results of a comprehensive experimental programme carried out to
study the effects of relative humidity cycling on the degradation of argillaceous rocks. Lilla …

The basic concepts of the breakage mechanics of rocks and soils are briefly introduced in
this article. The underlying mechanism for the breakage evolution of loess in a natural acidic …