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 …

[HTML][HTML] Review of collapse triggering mechanism of collapsible soils due to wetting

P Li, S Vanapalli, T Li - Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Loess soil deposits are widely distributed in arid and semi-arid regions and constitute about
10% of land area of the world. These soils typically have a loose honeycomb-type meta …

Effects of pyrolysis temperature, feedstock type and compaction on water retention of biochar amended soil

H Huang, NG Reddy, X Huang, P Chen, P Wang… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Recent studies on water retention behaviour of biochar amended soil rarely considers the
effect of pyrolysis temperature and also feedstock type into account. It is well known that …

An insight into the water retention properties of compacted clayey soils

E Romero, G Della Vecchia, C Jommi - Géotechnique, 2011 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Experimental data from different testing methodologies on different compacted clayey soils,
with dominant bimodal pore size distribution, are presented and analysed, to provide a …

Water retention and volumetric characteristics of intact and re-compacted loess

CWW Ng, H Sadeghi, SKB Hossen… - Canadian …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
A laboratory testing program was conducted to investigate the effects of microstructure on
the water retention curve (WRC) and wetting–drying induced volume change in loess. The …

[PDF][PDF] 击实黄土孔隙结构对土水特征的影响分析

李同录, 范江文, 习羽, 谢潇, 侯晓坤 - 工程地质学报, 2019 - dsjyj.com.cn
摘要土水特征曲线是非饱和土的基本土物理r 力学关系, 即将含水率这一物理参数转化为土粒间
力的作用, 土水特征曲线受土的结构控制. 为了探讨击实黄土孔隙结构对土水特征曲线的影响 …

A model to predict the water retention curve from basic geotechnical properties

M Aubertin, M Mbonimpa, B Bussière… - Canadian …, 2003 - cdnsciencepub.com
The water retention curve (WRC) has become a key material function to define the
unsaturated behavior of soils and other particulate media. In many instances, it can be …

Pore structure effects on the water retention behaviour of a compacted silty sand soil subjected to drying-wetting cycles

CWW Ng, D Peprah-Manu - Engineering Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Most of the previous studies on the effects of pore structure on soil water retention behaviour
are limited to a single drying and wetting cycle. This study evaluated the effects of pore …

Influence of stress state on soil-water characteristics and slope stability

CWW Ng, YW Pang - Journal of geotechnical and …, 2000 - ascelibrary.org
A soil-water characteristic curve defines the relationship between the soil (matric) suction
and either the water content or the degree of saturation. Physically, this soil-water …

Water-retention behaviour and microscopic analysis of two biopolymer-improved sandy soils

J Zhang, J Liu, Y Cheng, T Jiang, M Saberian - Construction and Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …