Effects of climate change on geotechnical infrastructures—state of the art

S Kandalai, NJ John, A Patel - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Geotechnical infrastructures, like slopes and embankments, retaining walls, foundations,
engineered landfills, overburden dumps, and pavements, get continuously exposed to …

Quantifying changes in future intensity‐duration‐frequency curves using multimodel ensemble simulations

E Ragno, A AghaKouchak, CA Love… - Water Resources …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
During the last century, we have observed a warming climate with more intense precipitation
extremes in some regions, likely due to increases in the atmosphere's water holding …

Geotechnical engineering in the face of climate change: Role of multi-physics processes in partially saturated soils

F Vahedifard, JM Williams, A AghaKouchak - IFCEE 2018, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
Climate change is expected to alter the statistics of extreme events including rainfall storms,
floods, droughts, and heatwaves. Climate-adaptive geotechnical structures warrant a …

Stability analysis of unsaturated soil slopes under random rainfall patterns

G Tang, J Huang, D Sheng, SW Sloan - Engineering Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
The significance of rainfall pattern in the assessment of rainfall-induced landslide is widely
recognized. However, much work so far is limited to several simplified typical rainfall …

Earth pressure profiles in unsaturated soils under transient flow

S Shahrokhabadi, F Vahedifard, E Ghazanfari… - Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Assessing the effect of heavy precipitations on earthen structures warrants studying earth
pressure profiles in unsaturated soils under transient flow. This paper presents an analytical …

Climate-resilient infrastructure: Adaptive design and risk management

Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate - 2018 - ascelibrary.org
MOP and 239–242, 240–241t; Policy Statement 418, 238; report 2 3–4, 232; Standard 26-97
244; standards about sensitivity to weather and climate extremes 240–241t ASCE/ANSI …

Levee fragility behavior under projected future flooding in a warming climate

F Vahedifard, FH Jasim, FT Tracy… - … of Geotechnical and …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Adaptation to climate change requires careful evaluation of infrastructure performance under
future climatic extremes. This study demonstrates how a multidisciplinary approach …

Model tests of geosynthetic-reinforced soil walls with marginal backfill subjected to rainfall

KH Yang, HM Wu, TL Tseng, C Yoo - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2023 - Elsevier
A series of model tests were conducted to investigate the performance of geosynthetic-
reinforced soil (GRS) walls with marginal backfill subjected to rainfall infiltration. The …

Failure investigation of a geosynthetic-reinforced soil slope subjected to rainfall

KH Yang, JN Thuo, JW Chen… - Geosynthetics …, 2019 - icevirtuallibrary.com
This paper presents a comprehensive failure investigation of a geosynthetic-reinforced soil
(GRS) slope subjected to rainfall. The investigated slope is a 26-m high, four-tier, geogrid …

Numerical study of the impact of climate conditions on stability of geocomposite and geogrid reinforced soil walls

GB Nunes, FHM Portelinha, MM Futai, C Yoo - Geotextiles and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Geosynthetic-reinforced soil (GRS) walls using marginal soils can operate under
unsaturated conditions depending on climate conditions and drainage inside the reinforced …