Abstract: Coarse-grained soil particles are suspectible to breakage under high-stress conditions, with particle breakage being the main reason for the compression of samples. The compression coefficient λ in the e–log σ′ curve is ...

Abstract: Describing the time-dependent free swelling behavior of bentonite in saline solution is challenging as it is determined by the coupling effect of the chemical field and the swelling stress field in soil. The swelling ...

Abstract: The management and knowledge of landfills are generally inadequate and could lead to significant catastrophes. This is particularly concerning for solid waste landfills due to their large size and potential to threaten ...

Abstract: This paper presents semianalytical solutions of one-dimensional (1D) consolidation for unsaturated soils with depth-dependent vertical stress induced by multistage load. Based on the 1D consolidation theory of unsaturated ...

Abstract: This study presents a new series of semianalytical solutions of Fredlund and Hasan's one-dimensional consolidation equations for unsaturated soils under a variety of boundary conditions. The Laplace transform was adopted ...