The interface behavior between soil and geosynthetics plays a key role in reinforced soil structures. The soil-geosynthetic interface resistance, usually obtained by pullout or direct shear tests, is an essential parameter ...

© 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.This paper proposes and validates a thermo-mechanical ratcheting mechanism that explains the cumulative displacement of soil–continuum interfaces when subjected ...

The inclined plane test (IPT) is commonly performed to measure the interface shear strength between different materials as those used in cover systems of landfills. The test, when interpreted according to European test ...

Field experiments have demonstrated that piles driven into sand can respond to axial cyclic loading in Stable, Unstable or Meta-Stable ways, depending on the combinations of mean and cyclic loads and the number of cycles. ...

This paper presents a numerical formulation for a three dimensional elasto-plastic interface, which can be coupled with an embedded beam element in order to model its non-linear interaction with the surrounding solid medium. ...

Abstract Background The coexistence of Cd2+ and Zn2+ ions in nature has a significant influence on their environmental behaviors in soils and bioavailability for plants. ...

The study of drying process in soils has received an increased attention in the last few years. This is very complex phenomenon that generally leads to the formation and propagation of desiccation cracks in the soil mass. ...

This thesis presents a study of Visible Near-infrared spectroscopy technique applied to predict soil properties. The purpose was to develop quantitative soil information due to the demand of digital soil mapping, environmental ...