Abstract: Hydraulic hysteresis and mechanical behavior [i.e., void ratio

Abstract: Significant research has been conducted on the stability of footings on slopes under dry conditions. However, there are only limited studies under unsaturated conditions. In this paper, the load-bearing capacity of a rigid ...

Abstract: Significant research has been conducted on the stability of footings on slopes under dry conditions. However, there are only limited studies under unsaturated conditions. In this paper, the load-bearing capacity of a rigid ...

Abstract: This paper reports numerical studies into mechanical characteristics of tunnel stability in unsaturated soils using a modified upper bound discretization scheme, the discontinuity layout optimization (DLO) method. A modified ...