Abstract: Buried high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes are widely used in solid waste landfills, heap-leach mining pads, large earth dams, and other infrastructures. Large earth pressures and elevated temperatures in these applications ...

Abstract: In general, the microdefects in rocks obey Weibull distribution. Based on the laws of statistics of microdefects in rocks, the relationship between the damage and the strain is established. Moreover, by considering ...