Most soils and rocks contain varying fractions of clay minerals within their solid matrix. These
geomaterials can exhibit a significant swelling potential toward chemo‐thermo …

Bentonite-sand mixtures are widely used in engineering barrier of deep geological disposal
of high-level radioactive nuclear waste and anti-seepage barrier of civil geotechnical …

Most soils and rocks contain varying fractions of clay minerals within their solid matrix. These
geomaterials can exhibit a significant swelling potential toward chemo-thermo …

Multistage triaxial testing offers a potentially reliable and time-saving alternative method of
determining the shear strength of soils under suction-controlled conditions, while addressing …

Pore fluid chemistry can significantly influence the shear strength characteristics of a clayey
soil. To explore the underlying mechanisms, a series of ring shear experiments are …

Sanitary landfill is a common method for the treatment of municipal solid waste. The landfill
leachate contains a large amount of NH 4+, which will affect the physicochemical properties …

A constitutive model of unsaturated soils is developed by incorporating the concept of
intergranular stress into the framework of the modified Cam–Clay model. Within this context …

Shear strength equation is a basic theory for solving many geotechnical engineering
problems. Although the shear strength equation has received widespread attention, shear …

Shear strength is an essential geotechnical parameter for assessing the landslide potential
of loess slopes under rainfall infiltration and farm irrigation conditions on the loess plateau …

Soil‐water characteristic curve reflects water retention behavior of unsaturated soil mass.
Particle size and mineral composition can influence water retention behavior of soil mass …