Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical mechanism in view of the soil particle rearrangement of granular thermodynamics

B Bai, R Zhou, G Cai, W Hu, G Yang - Computers and Geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper established a coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical mechanism in view of the soil
particle rearrangement for saturated/unsaturated soils under the framework of granular …

Energy geotechnics: Advances in subsurface energy recovery, storage, exchange, and waste management

JS McCartney, M Sánchez, I Tomac - Computers and Geotechnics, 2016 - Elsevier
Energy geotechnics involves the use of geotechnical principles to understand and engineer
the coupled thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical processes encountered in collecting …

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 …

Effect of temperature on the shear strength of soils and the soil–structure interface

N Yavari, AM Tang, JM Pereira… - Canadian Geotechnical …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
In the present work, the shear behaviour of soils and the soil–concrete interface is
investigated through direct shear tests at various temperatures. A conventional direct shear …

Response of soil subjected to thermal cyclic loading: experimental and constitutive study

A Di Donna, L Laloui - Engineering Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
The response of soil subjected to thermal cyclic loading plays an important role in certain
engineering applications, such as high-level nuclear waste disposal, heat storage systems …

Effect of temperature on the mechanical properties of fine-grained soils-A review

M Azhar, S Mondal, AM Tang, AK Singh - Geothermics, 2024 - Elsevier
Contemporary geotechnical engineering practice encompasses design and construction of
thermo-active geo-structures or structures which would encounter thermal cycles throughout …

Non-isothermal unified hardening model: a thermo-elasto-plastic model for clays

YP Yao, AN Zhou - Géotechnique, 2013 - icevirtuallibrary.com
A constitutive, non-isothermal unified hardening (UH) model is presented to interpret the
thermo-elasto-plastic behaviours of normally consolidated and overconsolidated clays. Two …

Modeling the combined effect of initial density and temperature on the soil–water characteristic curve of unsaturated soils

TA Pham, M Sutman - Acta Geotechnica, 2023 - Springer
The soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) plays an important role in solving the stability
and deformation problems of unsaturated soils. In many practical situations, soils are usually …

Centrifuge modeling of cyclic nonsymmetrical thermally loaded energy pile groups in clay

CWW Ng, A Farivar, SMMH Gomaa… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Heat transfer from/to energy piles can cause plastic contraction of soft clay with a low
overconsolidation ratio (OCR) during heating and cooling. This can lead to thermally …

Experimental and molecular dynamics studies on the consolidation of Hong Kong marine deposits under heating and vacuum preloading

ZJ Chen, W Feng, A Li, KYM Al-Zaoari, JH Yin - Acta Geotechnica, 2023 - Springer
Consolidation of marine soft soils with prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) and vacuum
preloading is a hot spot of research in marine geotechnical engineering. Marine soft soils …