Mechanical Behaviour of Unsaturated Soil
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2025 | Viewed by 558
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multiscale particle morphology of granular soils; multiscale modelling and simulation of geomaterials; data-driven constitutive modelling of granular materials
Interests: testing methods for the multi-scale mechanical behavior of geotechnical materials; numerical simulation of granular materials; geotechnical engineering of atolls and reefs
Interests: micromechanics of granular media; discrete element modelling (DEM); multiscale modelling and simulation of geomaterials; computational geomechanics; machine learning in geoscience
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue presents current and new insights related to the exploration of the micro–macro mechanical behaviours of granular materials. Granular materials are ubiquitous in nature, from sandcastles built by little builders on the beach to the computer chip that is indispensable in our daily lives. In the domain of soil mechanics and powder technology, the study of granular materials has a pedigree going back to the previous century, where researchers sought to understand and predict how granular materials behave upon various loading conditions. With the rapid development of optical equipment, imaging techniques, and numerical simulation methodology, we have more choices to investigate granular materials and are getting closer to a better understanding of the mechanics.
Researchers are encouraged to submit their latest findings and results as full-length articles or reviews. Targeted topics include, but are not limited to, the design and application of new experimental techniques, the experimental characterization of micro-structures and micro-morphologies of geomaterials, the numerical modelling and analysis of fundamental geomaterial behaviours, constitutive modelling of granular materials, data-driven constitutive modelling of granular materials, and machine learning-aided approaches in this field.
Dr. Wei Xiong
Dr. Zhuang Cheng
Dr. Mengmeng Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- granular soils
- soil mechanics
- mechanical behaviour
- micro-structures and micro-morphologies
- computational geomechanics
- modelling and simulation of geomaterials
- machine learning
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