Abstract: Mechanically stabilized earth-retaining walls (MSEWs) have been widely used in construction and transportation projects. Most codes and guidelines require that the soil used as backfill for MSEWs have fines contents lower ...

Abstract: A multiphase, thermohydro-mechanical model of unsaturated soils is presented to assess the risk of desiccation of a geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) in a composite lining system (i.e., a high-density polyethylene geomembrane ...