Abstract: Additives enhancing the fracture resistance of clay are of great importance to decrease cracking potential of earth structures. With the promotion of environmental protection, eco-friendly biopolymers have shown their ...

Abstract: This study presents a directional constitutive model to predict the nonproportional cyclic behavior of undrained soft clay. A novel strategy consisting of a combination of directional dilation and the damage microplane ...

Abstract: Modeling of water flow in the propagating cracks plays an important role in the stability analysis of concrete dams. The water pressure within concrete cracks is a function of water permeability of the crack. In this paper, ...

Abstract: Modeling of water flow in the propagating cracks plays an important role in the stability analysis of concrete dams. The water pressure within concrete cracks is a function of water permeability of the crack. In this paper, ...

Abstract: Tensile cracking of soil is an important issue that affects the strength and permeability of soil in many geotechnical applications, such as in soil dams and landfill liners. When the size of the fracture process zone is ...