Factors affecting the performance of microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) treated soil: a review

CS Tang, L Yin, N Jiang, C Zhu, H Zeng, H Li… - Environmental Earth …, 2020 - Springer
Soil stabilization technology based on microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) has
gained widespread interest in geotechnical engineering. MICP has been found to be able to …

Biochar implications for the engineering properties of soils: A review

Y Lu, K Gu, Z Shen, CS Tang, B Shi, Q Zhou - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Use of biochar as a soil amendment for climate change mitigation and environmental
remediation has been intensively studied over the past decade, yet the growing interest in …

Evolution process of the microstructure of saline soil with different compaction degrees during freeze-thaw cycles

J Shen, Q Wang, Y Chen, Y Han, X Zhang, Y Liu - Engineering Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
For backfill projects in seasonally frozen regions, freeze-thaw and compaction are two
critical factors that affect engineering safety by changing the soil structure. This study …

Efficient computational techniques for predicting the California bearing ratio of soil in soaked conditions

A Bardhan, C Gokceoglu, A Burman, P Samui… - Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
California bearing ratio (CBR) is one of the important parameters that is used to express the
strength of the pavement subgrade of railways, roadways, and airport runways. CBR is …

Effects of compaction state on desiccation cracking behaviour of a clayey soil subjected to wetting-drying cycles

BG Tian, Q Cheng, CS Tang, H Zeng, J Xu, B Shi - Engineering Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Desiccation crack is an important factor affecting engineering properties of clayey soils. In
this study, the effects of compaction state and wetting-drying cycles on desiccation cracking …

The effects of vegetation traits and their stability functions in bio-engineered slopes: A perspective review

S Bordoloi, CWW Ng - Engineering Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Bio-engineered slopes use vegetation as “live” protection elements against the triggering
forces of landslides, erosions and debris flows. In this paper, the effects of basic plant traits …

Water infiltration in a cracked soil considering effect of drying-wetting cycles

Q Cheng, CS Tang, D Xu, H Zeng, B Shi - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Effects of wetting-drying cycles and desiccation cracks on mechanical behavior of an unsaturated soil

CS Tang, Q Cheng, T Leng, B Shi, H Zeng, HI Inyang - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
The effects of wetting-drying (WD) cycles on the desiccation-induced cracking of a fat clay
(CH) as well as the role of soil suction in the evolution of soil strength, were investigated …

Role of biochar from corn straw in influencing crack propagation and evaporation in sodic soils

B Yang, D Li, S Yuan, L Jin - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil degradation has become one of the serious global environmental problems, biochar is
a recyclable natural material which has been widely used in soil remediation. Soil cracking …

Drought‐induced soil desiccation cracking behavior with consideration of basal friction and layer thickness

H Zeng, CS Tang, Q Cheng, C Zhu… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Drought‐induced cracking of soils is of great concern with the advent of global climate
change. The cracking process accelerates the evaporation rate of pore water, lowers the …