Soil improvement using biopolymers has attracted considerable attention in recent years,
with the aim to reduce the harmful environmental effects of traditional materials, such as …

Soil amelioration is a challenging task in bulk civil engineering applications such as
embankment slopes, landfill liner, pavement subgrade, retaining wall back fill. The …

Soil erosion in the Yellow River basin in China has seriously affected the stability of the
foundations of civil engineering structures. Traditional treated materials used for preventing …

Sustainable engineering discourages the use of conventional soil stabilizers such as lime
and cement owing to their higher carbon emission rates. To address these challenges, many …

In the last decade, biopolymers have been used as organic soil binders in ground
improvement and earthen construction material modification. Although biopolymer-treated …

Recently, microbial biopolymer-based soil treatment (BPST) has gained attention for its
application in environmentally friendly soil stabilization, particularly for enhancing the …

The tensile strength of loess is closely related to geological disasters. As eco-friendly
materials, biopolymers have an excellent strengthening effect on the mechanical properties …

The ground is a natural grand system; it is composed of myriad constituents that aggregate
to form several geologic and biogenic systems. These systems operate independently and …

Dune sands have low shear strength due to weak particle structures and lack of bondings.
Environmental challenges, sandstorms for instance, can be occurred by the wind. Therefore …

The main objective of soil stabilization is to transform the soil into engineered soils that can
better support the loading of buildings, either prior to construction or following damages from …