It has become an inevitable trend of human development to seek resources from the deep
underground. However, rock encountered in deep underground engineering is usually in an …

Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) method is the only viable method for reducing
massive amount of carbon dioxide (CO 2) from the atmosphere to prevent the subsequent …

Featured Application The presented paper conducted a comparative analysis based on well-
known MLP, SVM, DT, and RF learning methods to assess/predict the safety factor (FS) of …

Elements fabricated by extrusion-based 3D concrete printing (3DCP) display anisotropic
mechanical properties when subject to loading conditions orientated in principle cartesian …

Abstract OWT (Offshore Wind Turbine) support structures are exposed to harsh ocean
environment with significant uncertainties in soil properties and environmental loads …

Deformation and failure phenomena in rock mass after excavation can be described from
the energy perspective, ie the work done by external forces increases the energy, thereby …

Under the heavy rainfall risk due to global warming, a new trend has emerged in geological
disasters of loess, which have often evolved into a chain form of disaster chain of loess …

Based on an extensive list of research work, expansive soil is renowned for its swelling-
shrinkage property. Despite the wealth of research, the strength characteristics of expansive …

The failure behavior of geological materials depends heavily on confining pressure and
strain rate. Under a relatively low confining pressure, these materials tend to fail by brittle …

Cubic specimens of granite, marble, and sandstone, with side lengths of 50 mm, were
prepared in the laboratory. True triaxial compression tests were conducted on each rock …