Abstract: Soil-shrinkage curve (SSC) is an intrinsic constitutive relationship characterizing soil deformation due to variation of water content under drying. The determination of SSC has been challenging due to the difficulty of ...

Abstract: Thermal conductivity is a fundamental physical property governing heat transfer in soil. It depends on soil types, pore structure, temperature, and moisture content, and can vary over an order of magnitude. Some theories ...

Abstract: Engineered geomaterials are designed with functionalities on demand to address practical problems in the geoenvironment, such as filtration and/or retardation of environmentally hazardous substances. In this study, an ...

Abstract: Drying-induced consolidation in soil is defined as volumetric shrinkage by interparticle stresses (suction stress) during drying under conditions of zero external or total stress. A new analysis is presented to synthesize ...

Abstract: Soil sorptive potential (SSP) has recently been conceptualized as the sum of four known electromagnetic potentials in soil: cation and surface hydration, van der Waals attraction, electrical attraction, and osmosis due to ...