Dispersivity has long been a major concern in civil and geo-environmental engineering, as
well as in agricultural engineering and soil sciences. Dispersive clay soils are common, but …

Commercial eucalyptus forestry has significantly increased in the last decades to supply the
growing demand for forest goods (pulp, paper, sawmill, by-product industries, and biomass …

The curing temperature-dependent cement hydration causes the nonlinear evolution of
fracture behavior and properties of fiber-reinforced cemented paste backfill (CPB) and thus …

Antarctic soils are heavily affected by climate change in terms of properties and ecosystem
functions. With increasing global temperatures, the frequency of freeze and thaw cycles of …

Soil constitutive models are widely investigated and applied in soil mechanical behaviors
simulation; however, the damage evolution process of soil with various shear deformation …

Soil structure and its stability against external stresses is fundamental to various soil
functions and ecosystem services. Particularly soil moisture dynamics and microbial activity …

Soil structural degradation through compression from machine and animal traffic affects soil
functioning and threatens environmental sustainability. However, the structural stability of …

Investigating soil organic matter's (SOM) microscale assembly and functionality is
challenging due to its complexity. This study constructs comparatively realistic SOM models …

The invasive plant species Impatiens glandulifera native to Asia mainly occupies European
riparian ecosystems. It is still unclear to which extent this invasive plant can alter physico …

Horizons with cohesive character impose physical restraints on plant development,
particularly when it occurs near the soil surface. Howbeit, the genesis of cohesive character …