Collapsible soils are susceptible to high and relatively sudden volume change after wetting
under a specific load. They tend to have a high initial void index (more than 40%), a low …

Soft soils pose significant challenges to the environment and construction of infrastructure
on them owing to their distinct characteristics such as low bearing strength, high water …

During preliminary investigation phase of the national Chabahar-Zahedan railway line,
serious geotechnical problems including non-uniform settlements, tensile cracks, and local …

Finding new uses and applications of byproducts has significant importance due to the
present need of minimizing the consumption of natural resources, reducing the amount of …

Natural gas hydrate is a clean and high-efficient energy resource, and more than 90% of its
reserves are contained in fine-grained (typically clayey silts) sediment. In this work, for the …

Industrial waste is a major environmental concern nowadays, stimulating the thorough study
of the minimization and recycling of solid wastes and of the containment and treatment of …

Dispersive clays are one of the common problematic soils owing to their unstable structure,
which causes numerous geotechnical problems in construction projects. One of the main …

This study investigated the small-strain shear modulus behavior of compacted loess under
isotropic consolidation. The small-strain shear modulus was obtained from bender element …

Envelopes play important functions to regulate hygrothermal conditions in buildings that
help in achieving an efficient, comfortable and healthy indoor environment. Alternative …

Young loess deposits are the most well-known collapsible soils because of their small unit
masses, high void ratios, and open metastable structures. Properly assessing the collapse of …