Environmental pollution of microplastics (MPs) is known to be anthropogenically mediated
menace to biosphere and becoming a debatable concern globally. Large quantities of …

The purpose of this paper is to review the development and the state of the art in desiccation
cracking characterization methods and review the desiccation cracking behaviors of soils …

Environmental contamination of plastics is becoming an issue of concern globally. Detection
of plastics, particularly microplastics, has been increasingly reported in both marine …

Drying-induced cracks negatively impacts the performance of soils in the context of global
warming. Traditional testing approaches used for the cracking characterization of soils are …

Infiltration is of great concern in many fields like hydrology, agriculture as well as
geotechnical and geological engineering. This study aims to investigate water infiltration in a …

Image processing technologies are proposed to quantify crack patterns. On the basis of the
technologies, a software “Crack Image Analysis System”(CIAS) has been developed. An …

Desiccation cracking has a significant influence on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of soils.
Most previous studies focus on the desiccation cracking of slurry soil samples, whereas little …

Contraction of soil during desiccation gives rise to polygon-patterned cracking. This
phenomenon was investigated by continuous full-strain measurements on soil sample …

The problem of desiccation cracks in soils has received increasing attention in the last few
years, in both experimental investigations and modeling. Experimental research has been …

Results of an experimental study on the formation of crack patterns during drying of a soil
paste are presented. The objective is to ascertain whether fracture mechanics plays a …