Laboratory test and constitutive model for quantifying the anisotropic swelling behavior of expansive soils

Z Liu, R Zhang, T Lan, Y Zhou, C Huang - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Expansive soils exhibit directionally dependent swelling that traditional isotropic models fail
to capture. This study investigates the anisotropic swelling characteristics of expansive soil …

Experimental study on swelling behavior and its anisotropic evaluation of unsaturated expansive soil

Z Liu, R Zhang, Z Liu, Y Zhang - Advances in Materials Science …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Evaluation of swelling behavior is important for designing structures in expansive soils
areas, especially for highway that the swelling pressure generated upon pavement and …

Effects of water content change path on laboratory and field compaction of lime stabilized expansive soil

Y Guo, F Zhang, Z Liu, Q Meng - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Generally, the soil requires to be compacted in highway construction. The expansive soil is a
special type of soil that is highly susceptible to variations in water content, which affects the …

Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties of Highway Subgrade in Cold Regions under Different Conditions

Z Wang, D Li, Z Jia, Z Wang, Q Sun - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
In order to study the changes in the mechanical properties of road subgrade in cold areas
after the freezing and thawing of highways in cold areas, indoor mechanical tests were …

Experimental study on mechanical properties of subgrade soil in cold region under different conditions

Z Wang, D Li, Z Jia, Z Wang, Q Sun - 2023 - researchsquare.com
In order to study the change of mechanical properties of subgrade under the condition of
thawing after the highway in cold region is subjected to freeze-thaw action all the year …