Natural Fibre for Geotechnical Applications: Concepts, Achievements and Challenges

TT Nguyen, B Indraratna - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Enhancing the use of natural fibre for geotechnical purposes has attracted greater attention
in the past decade, mainly because of the tangible benefits that this green approach would …

Shape characteristics of granular materials through realistic particle avatars

CS Sandeep, A Hernandez, K Stangeland… - Computers and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The micro-and macroscale mechanical behaviors of granular materials strongly depend on
the morphological features of the grains. Imaging techniques, such as X-ray computed …

Analytical model for consolidation and bearing capacity of soft soil stabilized by combined PVD-deep cement mixing columns

BP Nguyen, TT Nguyen, T Nguyen, W Guo - Bulletin of Engineering …, 2023 - Springer
Soil improvement can be enhanced significantly when combining the two well-known
methods, ie, prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) and deep cement mixing (DCM) columns …

Performance of composite PVD–SC column foundation under embankment through plane-strain numerical analysis

BP Nguyen, TT Nguyen, THY Nguyen… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
The combination of soil–cement (SC) columns and prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) has
indicated great success in improving ground stabilization in recent years; however, there is a …

Effect of fabric structure on in-plane and through-plane hydraulic properties of nonwoven geotextiles

G Eskandarnia, P Soltani - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2023 - Elsevier
The intrinsic in-plane (IP) permeability (K∥) and through-plane (TP) permeability (K⊥) of
nonwoven geotextiles were measured experimentally. Also, the realistic 3D images of the …

Novel integrated approaches for predicting the compressibility of clay using cascade forward neural networks optimized by swarm-and evolution-based algorithms

Z He, H Nguyen, TH Vu, J Zhou, PG Asteris… - Acta Geotechnica, 2022 - Springer
Soft soils are considered as disadvantages in construction, especially in clay layers. It
requires many advanced techniques to treat the soft soils before construction, aiming to …

The influence of soil fabric on the monotonic and cyclic shear behaviour of consolidated and compacted specimens

IN Silva, B Indraratna, TT Nguyen… - Canadian …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
While the fabric of soil can significantly influence its behaviour, the effect of varying fabric
parameters on the subgrade shear response is still not well understood. This study creates …

Coupled CFD-DEM modelling of clogging of granular columns by cohesive fines

T Doan, B Indraratna, TT Nguyen… - Computers and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous phenomenon of particle migration and clogging in porous media, particularly
when involving cohesive fines necessitates a critical need for in-depth understanding from a …

The role of particle shape on hydraulic conductivity of granular soils captured through Kozeny–Carman approach

TT Nguyen, B Indraratna - Géotechnique Letters, 2020 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Previous studies indicate that particle shape plays an important role in the hydraulic
conductivity (k) of granular materials, often represented through the Kozeny–Carman (KC) …

Application of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and differential evolutionary optimization for predicting rock displacement in tunnels and underground spaces

X Zhou, H Nguyen, VT Hung, CW Lee, VD Nguyen - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the rock displacement phenomenon was investigated to evaluate and prevent
the failure and collapse of tunnels and underground spaces. The historical datasets were …