Abstract: At present, there is a lack of good sampling technology and methods for sandy gravel soil. The sampling quality of sandy gravel soil directly affects the accuracy of important parameters such as soil shear strength, ...

Abstract: Excavation causes disturbance to the surrounding soil, affecting the soil’s mechanical properties. This study presents a case study to investigate the effect of excavation disturbance on soil properties and pile capacity ...

Abstract: Buffer/backfill material is an important part of engineered barriers in deep geological repositories of high-level radioactive waste (HLRW). A good buffer material not only possesses good heat conductivity, expansion, and ...

Abstract: Due to their advantages of high rupture strength and long service life, polymer fibers are often used for soil improvement. However, there is no consensus on how the mixing of discrete polymer fibers affects the stress–strain ...

Abstract: There is a trade-off between pile safety and cost, and a balance between the two factors is crucial. An important aspect of pile safety that is often overlooked is design robustness, which requires that the structural ...

Abstract: Red clay is commonly used as filler for roadbed or subgrade, but it always leads to engineering problems of uneven settlement and strength decay under cyclic dynamic loading because of its engineering characteristics such ...

Abstract: The thermal conductivity of soil is an important parameter that determines the geothermal properties of geotechnical engineering structures. In this research, a series of thermal needle tests were conducted to investigate ...

Abstract: The coefficient of consolidation is an important parameter to evaluate the engineering properties of soil. The current piezocone penetration test (CPTU) method to obtain the coefficient of consolidation is time-consuming ...