NMR-based study on soil pore structures affected by drying–wetting cycles

J Dong, H Lyu, G Xu, C He - Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2020 - Springer
Experimental tests are conducted to investigate pore structure variations during the swelling
process of expansive soils that experienced 0–4 drying–wetting cycles. The mathematical …

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Expansive Clay under Drying–Wetting Cycle

M Zang, J Tai, H Lu - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Expansive clay is one of the most widely distributed soils in the world. Due to its rich content
of strongly hydrophilic minerals—such as montmorillonite—expansive clay exhibits …