Over the last 60 years, soil microbiologists have accumulated a wealth of experimental data
showing that the bulk, macroscopic parameters (eg, granulometry, pH, soil organic matter …

Rock fragmentation is one of the most commonly optimized blasting outcomes due to its
significant influence on the efficiency of downstream operations. This paper reviews the …

Anti-water-penetration techniques are important to raise the durability of cement-based
materials (CBMs). Here the water penetration resistances of cement mortars with ethylene …

A new soil water retention curve (SWRC) equation, generalized from previous models and
the latest understanding of soil-water interaction, explicitly accounts for capillary and …

How to effectively and cleanly exploit unconventional resources is currently being widely
concerned. Due to the unavoidable limitations of water-based fracturing, CO 2 and N 2 etc …

Compacted expansive soils undergo large volumetric changes during wet–dry cycles owing
to the seasonal moisture fluctuations, and during drying the shrinkage is accompanied with …

Deterioration of mineralogical and physical characteristics of mineral raw materials results in
the formation of the primary task for the comminution processes—reduction in the size of ore …

Recycling metallic powders used in the additive manufacturing (AM) process is essential for
reducing the process cost, manufacturing time, energy consumption, and metallic waste. In …

Commonly used hydraulic models that describe the water retention and transport properties
of variably saturated soils mainly account for the capillary component of matric potential but …

There is currently a significant need to improve our understanding of the factors that control
a number of critical soil processes by integrating physical, chemical and biological …