Geotechnics, Volume 5, Issue 1

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In the exploration missions for Mars and the Moon, rovers with legs as mobility mechanisms are necessitated owing to their high mobility. However, the surface of Mars and the Moon is loose, leading the rovers to slip by virtue of the ground easily de...

The “rail track superstructure–subgrade” system is a sophisticated engineering structure critical in ensuring safe and efficient train operations. Its analysis and design rely on mathematical modeling to capture the interactions bet...

This research proposes an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital twin framework for highway slope stability risk monitoring and prediction. For highway slope stability, a digital twin replicates the geological and structural conditions of highw...

Oil sands tailings consist of a combination of sand, fine particles, water, and residual unextracted bitumen in varying ratios. The management of these mine waste tailings is largely influenced by their consolidation behavior. Large strain consolidat...

The efficiency of heat transfer through borehole heat exchangers is influenced by the thermal resistances of both the borehole and the surrounding soil. Optimizing these resistances can improve the heat transfer performance and reduce system costs. S...

The 2023 storm Daniel hit areas of Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey and Libya, leading to severe flooding phenomena. One of the severely affected areas was the Thessaly Region in central Greece, which was subjected to extreme precipitation, with historic rec...

The epikarst (the subsurface cavernous part of karstic rock studied in the Bakony Regions, the Mecsek Mountains and the area of Pádis) was compared across several karst sample sites. Since the degree of cavity formation in the epikarst cannot...

This experimental study examines the effects of landfill leachate contamination on soil hydraulic conductivity over a 12-month period, addressing the current lack of long-term experimental data in this field. Laboratory permeability tests were perfor...

Predicting rockfall dynamics is essential for effective risk management and mitigation in mining and civil engineering, where uncontrolled rockfalls can have serious safety implications. This study explores machine learning (ML) approaches to model r...

This study presents a comprehensive analysis of site effects in the highly seismic area of L’Aquila in central Italy, which has been conducted within the framework of a seismic microzonation project funded by the Abruzzo Region’s Departme...

The increasing global demand for renewable energy has resulted in a high interest in wind power, with offshore wind farms offering better performance than onshore installations. Coastal nations are thus, actively developing offshore wind turbines, wh...

A new method for measuring internal pore water pressure (PWP) is introduced to determine the critical state line (CSL) in partially frozen sand, investigating the influence of temperature and strain rate on the critical state parameters. A series of...

Enhancing the engineering properties of clayey soils is crucial for improving their performance in construction projects. Determining the optimal lime dosage using the Chemical Fixation Point (CFP) concept presents challenges due to soil variability,...

This study investigates the impact of sand-induced ballast fouling on railway track performance, focusing on track stiffness (modulus), settlement, and overall degradation. The research utilized an 18-cubic-foot ballast box designed to replicate real...

Designing petroleum tanks that are inter-related with pipelines in a founding position containing very compressible soil are a challenging task, particularly when a possible high-water table and considerably high seismicity are also present. Some of...

In deep foundation pit engineering, the soil undergoes a complex stress path, encompassing both loading and unloading phases. The Shanghai model, an advanced constitutive model, effectively accounts for the soil’s deformation characteristics un...

Sub-surface soil hydrological characterization is one of the challenging tasks for engineers and soil scientists, especially the complex hydrological processes that combine key variables such as soil moisture, matric suction, and soil temperature. Th...

Middle–Late Miocene clay layers, which occur in several places in Budapest (Hungary), contain varying amounts of sand, with predominance of sand in some cases. In this paper, the impact of this variability on the engineering properties of these...

The composition of oil sands tailings is a complex mixture of water, fine clay, sand, silt, and residual bitumen that remains after the extraction of bitumen. Effective tailings disposal management requires an understanding of the mechanisms controll...

Hydrogeochemical processes contribute to long-term alterations in key physical properties of a porous medium, including porosity, tortuosity, and permeability, making it essential to understand their evolution and address clogging-dominated problems...

Urmia Lake (UL) is the sixth-largest saltwater lake in the world; however, there is a dearth of geotechnical studies on this region. Geotechnical characteristics of a site are considered important from different engineering perspectives. In this rese...