Soil compaction not only reduces available pore volume in which fluids are stored, but it
alters the arrangement of soil constituents and pore geometry, thereby adversely impacting …

Soil water potential is a cornerstone in defining the thermodynamic state of soil water
required to quantify phenomena such as water phase change, water movement, heat …

The concept of the suction stress characteristic curve (SSCC) for unsaturated soil is
presented. Particle-scale equilibrium analyses are employed to distinguish three types of …

La surface spécifique comprend des effets combinés de la grosseur des particules et de leur
minceur dans une mesure qui est indépendante et complémentaire à la distribution …

Vadose zone soil moisture is often considered a pivotal intermediary water reservoir
between surface and groundwater in semi-arid regions. Understanding its dynamics in …

Desertification and soil degradation are becoming more serious due to global warming and
concurrent extreme climate events. Although anti-desertification efforts have been mounted …

The interpretation of in-situ geotechnical test data needs a unified approach so that soil
parameters are evaluated in a consistent and complementary manner with laboratory …

In this study, the influence of transient flow on the active and passive lateral earth pressures
of variably saturated backfills is thoroughly evaluated employing the lower bound theorems …

Soils are particulate materials. Therefore, the behavior of soils is determined by the forces
particles experience. These include forces due to boundary loads (transmitted through the …

We present a discrete element model for simulating, at the grain scale, gas migration in
brine‐saturated deformable media. We rigorously account for the presence of two fluids in …