YaBeSH Digital Library: Recent submissions
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Effect of Roughness on the Shear Strength of Frozen Soil–Concrete Contact Surfaces in an Open Environment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The roughness of the contact surface is closely associated with the shear strength characteristics of the pile–soil interface, and as the roughness of the contact surface increases, so does the contact area, resulting in ... -
Assessment Method and Impact Range of Lateral Thermal Erosion in Highway Engineering in Permafrost Regions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The Qinghai–Tibet Engineering Corridor passes through a 550-km-long permafrost area. The lateral thermal erosion of the linear engineering project inside the corridor substantially influences its stability and serviceability. ... -
Study on the Effect of the Second Phase Transition on Water and Salt Transfer in Sodium Chloride Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Saline soil within cold and arid areas is characterized by frost heave and salt expansion, thereby presenting risks for the stability of engineering buildings and structures therein. Because of the deficiency in understanding ... -
Cooling Effect of Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphons on a Cast-In-Place Pile Foundation in a Permafrost Region
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)A cast-in-place pile foundation, widely utilized in the permafrost regions of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, boasts superior load-bearing capacity, effectively mitigating the seasonal freeze–thaw effects. In permafrost regions, ... -
Thermoreversible Aging Characteristics of Crumb Rubber–Modified Bitumen Based on Rheological and Fracture Mechanics Theories
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In cold regions, bitumen exposed to low temperatures for an extended period undergoes thermoreversible aging, which can cause premature cracking of the bitumen pavement. The rheological properties and fracture characteristics ... -
Effect of Freeze–Thaw Cycles on the Water Absorption and Retention Capacity of Unsaturated Expansive Soil Liners
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Understanding the behavior of expansive soil liners is essential to address concerns about retention capacity and unsaturated flow of water through them in geotechnical and geoenvironmental applications. Soil water retention ... -
Effect of Low-Temperature Fluctuations on Martian Steel Structures: Numerical and Analytical Studies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)To harness a variety of unique resources, humanity is progressively venturing deeper into space. This endeavor necessitates a comprehensive investigation into the formidable challenges presented by hostile environments, ... -
Cold Region Road Surface Defect Detection Using an Intelligent Machine Vision Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Defect detection is crucial for timely maintenance of roads in cold regions. Manual methods of road defect detection are inefficient and costly. In response to these problems, this paper proposes an intelligent method for ... -
Wind-Induced Fragility Assessment of Large-Span Continuous Girder Bridges under Construction in Cold Regions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In this work, finite-element models of four typical bridge construction stages were established via OpenSees (version 3.4.0) software using the Tonghe Songhua River Highway Bridge as a case study, and the OpenSees model ... -
A Method for Evaluating Material Performance Parameters in Long-Life Structural Design under Random Degradation from Freeze–Thaw Cycles
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In long-life design of structures, material parameter values should be determined reasonably based on the design working life of the bridge and considering the degradation of the material properties during service. In this ... -
Fractal Shear Strength Model for Unsaturated Soils Considering the Combined Effects of Matric Suction and Surface Tension
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Existing shear strength models for unsaturated soils have paid limited attention to the effect of surface tension. Recent research has demonstrated that this effect cannot be disregarded. This paper examines the influence ... -
Micro–Macro Strength Criterion and Elastoplastic Constitutive Model for Frozen Mixed Soils
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Frozen mixed soils are widely distributed in the strata and slopes of permafrost regions. This paper aims to study the strength criterion and elastoplastic constitutive model for frozen mixed soils from micro to macro ... -
Assessing Variations in Sediment Properties and Erodibility in Harrison Bay, Alaska, Using a Portable Free-Fall Penetrometer
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Geomechanical data of Arctic nearshore and offshore seabed sediments remain sparse. Two field surveys were conducted in Harrison Bay, Alaska, in the summers of 2021 and 2022. These surveys involved portable free-fall ... -
A Unified Theoretical Thaw Expansion and Settlement Coefficient Model for Frozen Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Thaw settlement and expansion of frozen soil pose significant risks to railway construction and maintenance in cold regions, particularly due to the greenhouse effect and extreme climate events. To address the thaw settlement ... -
Sustainability Enhancement of Inclement Weather Dummy Factor Model: A Study of Big Traffic Data in Canada
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Transportation agencies in cold regions are tasked with developing traffic models and verifying their accuracy. Few prior studies have examined the spatial transferability of model coefficients across different types of ... -
The Influence of Varying Subgrade Soil Compaction on the Relationship between Soil Water Content and Resistivity
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Quantifying the water content of subgrade soils is crucial for subgrade design and maintenance. As a noninvasive approach, the resistivity method is widely used for measuring the soil water content. However, the measuring ... -
A System for Investigating Water–Heat–Salt-Mechanics Coupling Effects in Saline Soil under Climate Change
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The global climate is becoming warmer and wetter, and the physical properties of saline soil are easily affected by the external climate changes, which can lead to complex water–heat–salt-mechanics (WHSM) coupling effect ... -
Temperature Effect on the Thermal Expansion Coefficient of Concrete
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is typically assumed to be constant in RC bridge design. In fact, under freezing temperatures, the CTE of concrete exhibits hysteretic nonlinear response, which, however, is rarely ... -
Comparison of Antistripping Performance Evaluation Methods on Asphalt Runway Pavement in Cold Regions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Influenced by aircraft engine wake effects, aggregates stripped off from asphalt runway surfaces are more severe during winter than during the other seasons in cold regions. In this study, five types of asphalt specimens ... -
Thermal Modeling of Small Modular Reactors in Permafrost Regions Subjected to Climate Nonstationarity
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Small modular reactors (SMRs) are an alternative for clean energy solutions in Canada’s remote northern communities, owing to their safety, flexibility, and reduced capital requirements. Currently, these communities are ...