This study aims to achieve the densest possible state of soil for constructing dams and
roads. This requires assessing the compaction characteristics, Optimum Moisture Content …

In geotechnical practice, the shrink-swell behaviour of heaving soils causes significant
damage to constructions. Soil stabilisation techniques helped to enhance the strength of …

The shear strength is a fundamental property of soil material. The measurement of the shear
strength of unsaturated soils is challenging. Several tests are necessary to establish the …

This study investigates the suction characteristics of a laterite-bentonite mixture intended for
use as a soil cover system for landfill liners and cutoff walls. It examines the impact of …

Soil suction is a critical stress-state variable essential to characterize the behaviour of
unsaturated soils. The evaluation of soil suction is challenging in both field and laboratory …

The objective of this study is to evaluate the influences of soil index properties, swelling
parameters, and soil mineralogy on unsaturated shear strength parameters (ϕ', ϕb, c') of …

Compaction is a very important aspect of civil engineering practice but is a very laborious
and time-consuming process that equally consumes enormous amounts of natural …

In geotechnical engineering, expansive soils are not a suitable soil material to be used as
soil support due to the swell/shink behaviour of these soils. Reactive soils are distributed …