The purpose of this paper is to review the development and the state of the art in desiccation
cracking characterization methods and review the desiccation cracking behaviors of soils …

Geotechnical infrastructures, like slopes and embankments, retaining walls, foundations,
engineered landfills, overburden dumps, and pavements, get continuously exposed to …

The objective of this work is to evaluate the effect of rice husk biochar (RHB) and coal fly ash
(CAF) on the formation and stability of aggregates, pore size distribution, water retention …

This investigation aims to assess the nano-silica and silica fume effectiveness on
engineering clay soils' characteristics stabilized with cement kiln dust. Laboratory tests …

Knowledge of shrinkage mechanism and the accompanied cracking behavior is helpful for
better understanding the hydraulic and mechanical performance of clay soil under …

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 …

This article evaluates the use of red mud waste material in the remediation of polluted heavy
metal water to remove copper ions. For studying metal adsorption, 1g of red mud has been …

Desiccation crack is a significant factor contributing to numerous engineering and
environmental disasters. Under complex climate conditions, soils undergo not only seasonal …

Expansive clayey soils contain silicate clay minerals that have the potential for swelling and
shrinkage under changing moisture contents. Cyclic wetting–drying phenomena can cause …

Desiccation cracking process negatively impacts both mechanical and hydraulic properties
of clayey soils. Traditional methods applied for the characterization of soil cracking …