Landslides are serious geohazards that occur under a variety of climatic conditions and can
cause many casualties and significant economic losses. Centrifuge modelling, as a …

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 …

Urbanization has been linked to destructive geo-hazards that can cause loss of life,
destruction of property, and environmental damage. On August 14, 2017, a devastating geo …

As a result of climate change and increasing engineering activities, soil-related disasters
such as slope failures and sandstorms have become more frequent worldwide. These …

The study investigates plant reinforcement to the stability of coarse-grained soil slopes,
exploring the relative contribution of mechanical root reinforcement and hydrological effects …

Plant roots can strengthen soil significantly. This study aimed to develop a high-fidelity 3D
root system morphological model for the mechanical analysis of root-soil composites …

The spatial variability is an inherent characteristic of soils. In addition to isotropic and
transversely anisotropic soils, rotated anisotropic soils can also be observed in nature owing …

The formation and propagation of surface desiccation cracks in vegetated infrastructures
involve coupled factors including unsaturated soil mechanics, atmospheric conditions and …

Red clay, an easily cracking lateritic soil, is extensively distributed in southern China.
Cracked red clay slopes often show shallow failures under rainfall, which is challenging to …

Analytical solutions are proposed considering the hydrological and mechanical effects of
roots with different root architectures on shallow slope stability. Analytical parametric studies …