Polymeric products such as plastics and rubbers are in widespread use, and the recycling of
these polymeric materials has not kept pace with the increased production. There are …

Variability in moisture content is a common condition in natural soils. It influences soil
properties significantly. A comprehensive understanding of the evolution of soil …

The influence of wetting and drying cycles (WDC) on the strength weakening of typical rocks
in soft and hard interbedded rock masses is vital to comprehend the mechanism of …

Expansive clay soils are extensively distributed worldwide, and are a source of great
damage to infrastructure and buildings. These soils can cause heavy economic losses, as …

干湿变化是自然界中土体必然经历的过程, 对土体工程性质有重要影响. 系统掌握干/湿过程中土
结构演化特征, 对深入认识土体宏观力学性质有重要意义. 基于国内外大量文献资料 …

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 …

The behaviour of an expansive soil was studied through a number of experiments involving
cycles of wetting and drying. Laboratory tests were conducted on compacted samples of an …

Expansive soils, which contain the clay mineral montmorillonite, are extensively distributed
throughout many regions of the world and represent a source of risk to civil engineering …

Expansive clayey soils contain silicate clay minerals that have the potential for swelling and
shrinkage under changing moisture contents. Cyclic wetting–drying phenomena can cause …

Many civil engineering projects are related to hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated
expansive soils over a wide suction range, which was investigated by imposing suctions on …