Abstract: Rainfall erosion in slopes is a common natural disaster threatening the safety of urban infrastructure and farmland and the full life cycle sustainability of construction. In this study, a large-scale field test was performed ...

Abstract: Particle breakage and particle shape are two prominent characteristics of carbonate sand. In this study, a series of drained shearing tests with different axial strains and confining pressures were performed to investigate ...

Abstract: Shallow landslides often occur in unsaturated soil slopes under seepage conditions. The shear strength of unsaturated soils is one of the key factors in evaluating the stability of these slopes. Due to the high nonlinearity ...

Abstract: The soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) model considering the temperature effect is significant in precisely predicting the relationship between the matric suction and degree of saturation in unsaturated soils in ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a study on the evolution of particle shape in carbonate sands that underwent different degrees of particle breakage. Carbonate sand specimens with three different initial particle sizes ...

Abstract: A meter-scale model test with microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is an efficient method to validate this sustainable soil reinforcement technique. Mechanical and physical testing methods for evaluating the ...

Abstract: Carbonate sand has been widely used as the building materials for land reclamation in marine areas in the recent decades. The complex inner structures and particle characteristics of carbonate sand increase the difficulty ...

Abstract: This study investigated the performance of microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) in reinforcing road bases reconstituted with calcareous or silica sands. Four testing models were prepared by the surface percolation ...