Unsaturated loessial Aeolian deposits tend to experience significant volumetric compression
when subjected to loading. This behavior is generally attributed to their open, unstable soil …

The understanding of the mechanical behavior of the unsaturated soils has been
significantly enhanced due to the recent advancement of technology and modifications to …

Multistage triaxial testing offers a potentially reliable and time-saving alternative method of
determining the shear strength of soils under suction-controlled conditions, while addressing …

Suction-stress characteristic curve (SSCC) is an important constitutive relation defining
variation of effective stress because of changes in soil water content. It can be intrinsically …

We have evaluated an innovative application of extended elastic impedance (EEI) to
integrate seismic and geomechanics for geomechanical interpretation of hydrocarbon …

Multistage triaxial tests offer a convenient alternative to determine the mechanical response
of saturated and unsaturated soils. However, the primary challenge is to accurately identify …

Suction stress is the effective stress independent of mechanical boundary conditions but is
due to water content variation. It occurs on or near particle contacts and does not directly …

Evaluating short-and long-term performance of engineered earthen structures and slopes
requires proper understanding of the behavior of compacted and highly compacted soils …

The suction stress characteristic framework is a practical approach for relating the suction
and the water-filled pore volume to the stress state of unsaturated soils. It predicts the …

This paper presents an evaluation of the effective stress concept in unsaturated, compacted
silt at low degrees of saturation. A set of isothermal, consolidated-drained triaxial tests was …