Face stability is an essential issue in tunnel design and construction. Layered rock masses
are typical and ubiquitous; uncertainties in rock properties always exist. In view of this, a …

The soil water retention curve (SWRC) or soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) is a
fundamental feature of unsaturated soil that simply shows the relationship between soil …

In this paper, an analytical method is proposed for estimating the bearing capacity of soil
within the framework of slip line theory. The method incorporates a closed-form solution …

The settlement has been reported to regularly be a fundamental factor in controlling the
stability of geotechnical structures. Because the theory of elasto-plasticity is widely …

Rainfall infiltration is a key factor that determines the active earth pressure on an earth-
retaining structure. Previous investigations on the stability of earth retaining structures were …

In engineering mathematics, the unsaturated nature of soil has a significant impact on the
seismic bearing capacity solution. However, it has generally been neglected in the …

Numerical modelling can simulate the interaction between structural elements and the soil
continuum in a piled-raft foundation. The present work utilized a two-dimensional finite …

Compaction quality is directly related with the shear strength of soils. Inadequately
compacted soils have lower shear strength that decrease the load bearing capacity and …

This paper proposes an improved discretization‐based kinematic approach (DKA) with an
efficient and robust algorithm to investigate slope stability in nonuniform soils. In an effort to …

Hoek-Brown (HB) failure criterion is widely used to predict the strength of intact or heavily
jointed rock mass. For stability analysis of rock slopes governed by the HB failure criterion …