Traditional soil stabilization techniques, such as cement and lime, are known for their
menacing effect on the environment through heavy carbon emissions. Sustainable soil …

Polymer soil stabilisers have been shown to improve soil strength and erosion resistance,
for example on slopes where topsoil can be easily eroded. However, fundamental …

Large-scale newly built high fills involve initial void ratio-and moisture content-dependent
subsidence of compacted loess, which could have catastrophic effects on post-construction …

Considering the hydraulic hysteresis caused by the change of contact angle at the soil–
capillary water interface during the drying–wetting processes, this note proposes a novel …

Expansive soils in the field are typically exposed to cyclic wetting and drying due to climatic
fluctuations and subjected to a variety of stress conditions in nature or when used as …

A novel statistical framework was developed to quantify the variability of the fitting
parameters of the soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC). Reliable estimation of the mean …

A novel framework was developed for the stability analysis of spatially variable slopes under
rainfall by approximating the performance function in standard normal space by a second …

First-and second-order reliability-based optimization of rainfall-triggered slope failures has
not received significant attention in the past few decades. The application of first-order …

Water absorbing polymers (WAPs) are gaining attention in the field of geotechnical
engineering, with application to bioengineered slopes, vegetation growth on landfill covers …

Thermal and moisture diffusions in the sand-based materials are important factors for the
thermal performance of ground heat exchangers in the ground source heat pumps. Based …