Microstructure investigation in unsaturated soils: a review with special attention to contribution of mercury intrusion porosimetry and environmental scanning electron …

E Romero, PH Simms - Geotechnical and Geological engineering, 2008 - Springer
With the advent of modern microstructural testing techniques and microstructure based
constitutive models the microstructural characterisation of soils is gaining prominence. This …

Review of fundamental principles in modelling unsaturated soil behaviour

D Sheng - Computers and Geotechnics, 2011 - Elsevier
An unsaturated soil is a state of the soil. All soils can be partially saturated with water.
Therefore, constitutive models for soils should ideally represent the soil behaviour over …

Soil–environment interactions in geotechnical engineering

A Gens - Géotechnique, 2010 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The range of problems that geotechnical engineers must face is increasing in complexity
and scope. Often, complexity arises from the interaction between the soil and the …

CO2 breakthrough—Caprock sealing efficiency and integrity for carbon geological storage

DN Espinoza, JC Santamarina - International Journal of Greenhouse Gas …, 2017 - Elsevier
Small pores in high specific surface clay-rich caprocks give rise to high capillary entry
pressures and high viscous drag that hinder the migration of buoyant carbon dioxide CO 2 …

Influence of dry density and water content on the swelling of a compacted bentonite

MV Villar, A Lloret - Applied Clay Science, 2008 - Elsevier
In the context of a project for the study of the behaviour of the clay barrier in a nuclear waste
repository, the swelling properties of compacted bentonite have been investigated. Results …

Experimental study on the swelling behaviour of bentonite/claystone mixture

Q Wang, AM Tang, YJ Cui, P Delage, B Gatmiri - Engineering geology, 2012 - Elsevier
A mixture of the MX80 bentonite and the Callovo-Oxfordian (COx) claystone were
investigated by carrying out a series of experiments including determination of the swelling …

Advances on the knowledge of the thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of heavily compacted “FEBEX” bentonite

A Lloret, MV Villar - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2007 - Elsevier
A review of the more relevant laboratory results concerning the thermo-hydro-mechanical
(THM) behaviour of the FEBEX bentonite is presented. Most of the THM features of …

A microstructural insight into compacted clayey soils and their hydraulic properties

E Romero - Engineering Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
A review of the literature is initially presented to bring into light the important microstructural
effects on the hydraulic properties of different compacted clayey soils. Experimental data …

Advances on the knowledge of the buffer/backfill properties of heavily-compacted GMZ bentonite

WM Ye, YG Chen, B Chen, Q Wang, J Wang - Engineering Geology, 2010 - Elsevier
GMZ bentonite has been selected as a potential material for the construction of engineered
barrier in the Chinese program of geological nuclear waste disposal, for its high …

Rainfall-induced soil slope failure

L Zhang, J Li, X Li, J Zhang… - Florida: Taylor&Francis …, 2016 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Rainfall-induced landslides pose a significant threat to the public safety in many parts of the
world especially in tropical or subtropical mountainous areas. The research field of …