Abstract: While analyzing the frost heaving and cracking of rock mass in cold regions, it is generally assumed that the cracks are fully saturated. However, rock mass cracks are often in an unsaturated state in actual engineering ...

Abstract: This paper considers the anisotropic frost heave that occurs in frozen soils during thawing and investigates the dynamic response of tunnel systems in such regions to a uniformly distributed load. The phase change of ice ...

Abstract: An experimental campaign was undertaken to characterize the mechanical properties of newly proposed aluminum alloy ribs (ARs)-anchored glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars via tensile, short beam shear and pullout ...

Abstract: To study how the coupling between acid–base pollution and freeze–thaw cycles (FTCs) affects the shear-strength properties of recompacted loess, soil specimens are subjected to direct shear tests after FTCs. The experimental ...