Abstract: Unsustainable groundwater use has led to the lowering of groundwater levels and the degradation of groundwater-dependent ecosystems worldwide. Integrated hydrologic-ecological-economic models have been developed to simulate ...

Abstract: Tunneling inevitably induces changes in soil stress and, hence, may adversely affect the surrounding ground and nearby existing tunnels. A model test and a series of numerical analyses were carried out to investigate the ...

Abstract: Red mudstone is a problematic soil that is easily subjected to weathering, disintegrating, and swelling. In this study, a series of large-scale cyclic triaxial tests were performed to investigate the cumulative deformation ...

Abstract: The air-boost vacuum preloading method has become popular in soft soil foundation reinforcement, especially in land reclamation projects. However, there are still some consolidation mechanism issues that need to be ...