Coarse aggregates are essential for constructing railways and highways, as they affect
structural performance through their compacted state and shear strength. Particle geometry …

Permeation grouting is used to fill the voids in soils with particulates for the purpose of
improving soil strength. The technique has been predominatly used for cohesionless soils …

Frost heave represents a significant factor influencing the smoothness of railway track and
the long-term service performance of subgrade in cold regions. The solar heating subgrade …

Frost heave poses a serious hazard to geotechnical engineering. However, conventional
experimental and theoretical methods, which have limitations in accurately describing the …

The deployment of asphaltic support layers (ASLs) within railway track structures has the
potential to increase track bending stiffness, assist moisture runoff and provide a platform for …

Frost heave of railway roadbed leads to track geometry degradation during the cold season,
seriously threatening the safety of high-speed trains. An accurate estimation of freezing …

Canals play a vital role in water supply, irrigation, flood control, electricity generation, and
shipping. However, in seasonally frozen regions, canal slopes often suffer from damage as a …

Rapid growth and implementation of high-speed trains (HSTs) have made commuting
easier. However, the vibrations induced by HSTs deteriorate the embankment of ballastless …

Vibration induced by high-speed trains (HSTs) is well-known problem, which can deteriorate
the embankments, piers and other structures along the railways. Particularly, the problem is …

The volumetric expansion of saline soils under cooling could pose a threat to infrastructure
constructed on these soils. This study examines the crystallization deformation …