One of the challenges that has been faced by civil engineers is the damage to structures due to expansive soils. When such soils get wetted, their volume increase and due to drying, they shrink and the volume decreases. ...

ABSTRACT: Pore water chemistry affects properties such as volume changes, including swell-shrinkage and compressibility, water retention capacity, hydraulic conductivity. The soil swell-shrinkage behavior causes deformations ...

ABSTRACT: Temperature effects on the behavior of compacted soil is essential mainly in the landfill barrier materials subjected to elevated temperatures due to bio-chemical reactions of the waste contained. Previous research ...

Nowadays, the rapid population growth and economic development have made the finding of construction lands in good conditions more and more difficult. Usually encountered soil problems are excessive settlement in soft ...

Long-term settlement of foundation on clay soils is a well-known aspect of geotechnical design. Prediction of the performance of building foundations or embankments can be complicated and expensive in such ground conditions. ...

The amount of tire wastes, an unwanted urban-industry surplus, has been increasing every year throughout the world. One of the chances to dispose of this waste material is to use these refuses, as a stabilizer in soils, ...

The evaluation of liquefaction susceptibility of soils and the related failures during earthquakes are one of the important aspects in geotechnical engineering. The liquefied soil will not only cause instability on ...