Granite residual soil is widely used as a subgrade material in pavement engineering.
Previous studies have not investigated the influence of stress on the soil water retention …

The paper investigates experimentally the distribution, variation in time of a temperature and
moisture in a pavement and subgrade of a highway located in the south of Kazakhstan …

Electrical resistivity and seismic refraction geophysical methods have been used to
investigate the competence of the near-surface soil at the proposed College of Engineering …

The tendency of expansive subgrade soil to undergo swelling and shrinkage with the
change in moisture has a significant impact on the performance of the pavement. The …

In order to probe into one simplified method to predict the shear strength of Shaoxing
unsaturated silty clay, the test method combining unsaturated soil consolidation instrument …

The engineering behavior of frozen soils is critical to the serviceability of civil infrastructure in
cold regions. Among various geophysical techniques, electrical resistivity imaging is a …

Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) has turned out to be one of the most applied and user-
friendly geophysical methods in geotechnical and geoenvironmental research. ERT is an …

Understanding subgrade moisture content is critical for ensuring the structural integrity and
performance of roadways, particularly in cold regions where snowmelt-induced thawing can …

Most of the pavements in North Texas are constructed over highly expansive clayey
subgrade which are severely affected by seasonal swelling and shrinkage. The clayey …

High plasticity expansive clayey soils are prone to repeated swelling and shrinkage due to
cyclic climatic variations. These variations lead to desiccation cracks that act as pathways for …