Abstract: The detrimental effect of moving vehicle loading on the antisettling performance of geosynthetic-reinforced embankments overlying voids has been ignored in current design methods but needs to be carefully investigated at ...

Abstract: A series of true triaxial tests have been performed on rectangular prismatic specimens of Santa Monica Beach sand at three different relative densities to study the occurrence of failure, mechanisms that create failure, ...

Abstract: The occurrence of failure, mechanisms that create failure, and soil behavior in the vicinity of failure have been investigated. One mechanism is smooth peak failure, in which the soil continues to behave as a continuum ...

Abstract: Compacted Gaomiaozi (GMZ) bentonite has been considered as the first choice of buffer materials in the deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive wastes (HLW) in China. During the long-term lifespan of the repository, ...

Abstract: Swelling pressure (SP) is one of the most basic properties of bentonite and bentonite-based materials. To date, extensive models have been proposed for predicting SP. However, most of the existing models are aimed at ...

Abstract: Understanding the hydraulic fracturing and self-healing behavior of compacted bentonite is essential for the long-term performance evaluation of engineered barriers in deep geological disposal. In this study, cyclic hydraulic ...

Abstract: Gas breakthrough pressure is of great importance for evaluating the sealing efficiency and assessing the long-term performance of saturated buffering materials with low permeability in the deep geological disposal of ...

Abstract: To ensure the safety of shield tunneling near pile foundation and reduce the disturbance of this phenomenon in an urban metro in the loess area of China, a three-dimensional finite-element analysis model of shield-tunneling ...