Unsaturated soil mechanics: Fundamental challenges, breakthroughs, and opportunities

N Lu - Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes
containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the …

Computational coupled large‐deformation periporomechanics for dynamic failure and fracturing in variably saturated porous media

S Menon, X Song - International Journal for Numerical Methods …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The large‐deformation mechanics and multiphysics of continuous or fracturing partially
saturated porous media under static and dynamic loads are significant in engineering and …

A computational periporomechanics model for localized failure in unsaturated porous media

S Menon, X Song - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article is devoted to a computational plastic periporomechanics model for localized
failure in unsaturated porous media assuming passive atmospheric pressure. The …

On the peridynamic effective force state and multiphase constitutive correspondence principle

X Song, SA Silling - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2020 - Elsevier
This article concerns modeling unsaturated deformable porous media as an equivalent
single-phase and single-force state peridynamic material through the effective force state …

Computational multiphase periporomechanics for unguided cracking in unsaturated porous media

S Menon, X Song - International Journal for Numerical Methods …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we formulate and implement a computational multiphase periporomechanics
paradigm for unguided fracturing in unsaturated porous media assuming passive pore air …

Determination of clay-water contact angle via molecular dynamics and deep-learning enhanced methods

X Song, Z Zhang - Acta Geotechnica, 2021 - Springer
Molecular dynamics modeling is a useful tool to study the interface physics of the clay-water
system at the nanoscale. A key parameter to characterize the interface physics of …

Analyzing geotechnical characteristics of soils in Erbil via GIS and ANNs

ZB Qader, Z Karabash, AF Cabalar - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study is to analyze and model the geotechnical characteristics of soils in Erbil
city using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). The …

Strain localization in non-isothermal unsaturated porous media considering material heterogeneity with stabilized mixed finite elements

K Wang, X Song - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this article, we investigate strain localization in non-isothermal unsaturated geomaterials
considering spatial material heterogeneity. For this purpose, we formulate a mesoscale …

Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) modeling of nanoscale hydrodynamics of clay‐water system at elevated temperature

Z Zhang, X Song - … for Numerical and Analytical Methods in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The engineering problems involving clay under non‐isothermal conditions (eg, geothermal
energy harvest, landfill cover system, and nuclear waste disposal) are multiscale and …

[HTML][HTML] Coupled analysis of desiccation cracking in unsaturated soils through a non-local mathematical formulation

S Menon, X Song - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
The formation of desiccation cracks in unsaturated soils as a discontinuity phenomenon can
compromise the integrity of civil infrastructure on unsaturated soils. Because of the …