Most of the previous studies on the effects of pore structure on soil water retention behaviour
are limited to a single drying and wetting cycle. This study evaluated the effects of pore …

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

Deterioration of earthworks and the resultant implications for serviceability and increased
occurrence of failures have a significant negative impact on transport networks both in the …

Several factors control the vulnerability of historic geostructures to climate change. These
factors are both temporally and spatially variable depending on construction techniques and …

This study explores the compression deformation characteristics of compacted loess after
different wetting–drying (WD) cycles, by tracking microstructure changes by scanning …

The wide engineered application of compacted expansive soils necessitates understanding
their behavior under field conditions. The results of this study demonstrate how seasonal …

Molding water content and compaction degree are the major factors driving differences in
the microstructure, which has a control on the permeability of compacted loess. Although the …

Dual-porosity structures of fine-grained soils can noticeably affect their ability to retain water.
This work jointly employs axis translation technique, filter paper method, and vapor …

Landslides and ground subsidence resulting from changes in soil-water characteristics
during drying and wetting cycles present a severe hazard to the environment and human life …

The wetting–drying cycles and overlying stresses experienced by unsaturated subgrade
alter soil pore structure, resulting in variations in its hydraulic characteristics, ultimately …