Seasonal, weather-driven pore pressure cycles alter and degrade the hydro-mechanical
engineering properties of earthworks as they age. The accumulating effects of deterioration …

The deterioration of transport infrastructure earthworks is a global problem, with negative
impacts for infrastructure resilience, becoming of increasing significance as existing …

This paper details development of a numerical modelling approach that has been employed
to forecast the long-term performance of a cut slope formed in high plasticity clay. It links …

Clay embankments used for road, rail, and flood defense infrastructure experience a suite of
weather-driven deterioration processes that lead to a progressive loss of hydromechanical …

Deteriorating infrastructure slopes have significant implications for infrastructure
management, as their performance and long-term behaviour can impact travel, costs, safety …

Abstract Determining the Soil Water Retention Curve (SWRC) of an active clay constitutes a
challenge due to the significant, and sometimes irreversible, volume changes that occur …

Linear geotechnical infrastructure undergoes seasonal volumetric changes due to climatic
and hydrological cycles, leading to progressive failure of the soil mass and performance …

Featured Application This work has application in coal and lignite mining excavations and
areas, especially during decarbonization and towards a post-coal and post-lignite era. Areas …

Long-term geotechnical slope deterioration, influenced by weathering and meteorological
factors, presents stability challenges to infrastructure. Wetting and drying cycles lead to pore …

Transport and other infrastructure systems are supported on, adjacent to and retained by
extensive systems of earthworks of varying (and increasing) age, and of variable original …