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  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,802 Views
19 Pages

28 October 2019

The purpose of the research was to assess the possibility of using granulated expanded glass aggregate (GEGA) with cement grout as a replacement of a sub-grade and frost-protection layer, made of natural fine aggregates (NATU), stabilized with a hydr...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,401 Views
25 Pages

17 February 2025

Soil reinforcement using rice husk ash and cement is emerging as an effective method for enhancing geotechnical performance in subgrade layers, offering an environmentally friendly, stable, durable, and cost-efficient solution. This study investigate...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Mortars and Concrete Produced with Recycled Binders, Aggregates or Water)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,752 Views
21 Pages

Real-Time Monitoring Method for Layered Compaction Quality of Loess Subgrade Based on Hydraulic Compactor Reinforcement

  • Tianyu Xu,
  • Zhijun Zhou,
  • Ruipeng Yan,
  • Zhipeng Zhang and ,
  • Linxuan Zhu,
  • Chaoran Chen,
  • Fu Xu and
  • Tong Liu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

31 July 2020

Hydraulic compactor is an efficient reinforcement machine for loess subgrade. However, it is difficult to control the layered compaction quality of the subgrade. This research presents a real-time layered compactness monitoring method for hydraulic c...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,764 Views
15 Pages

Study on GA–ANN-Based Prediction of Paving Time of Cement-Stabilized Layer above Ultra-High-Filled Subgrade

  • Wenjie Liu,
  • Wanli Chao,
  • Yuxuan Jin,
  • Fei Yang and ,
  • Limin Fan,
  • Wuqiao Zhang,
  • Lijian Wu and
  • Changjun Song
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

In mountainous areas, high-filled subgrade often experiences significant post-construction settlement. Prematurely paving the cement-stabilized gravel layer on an unstable subgrade can easily lead to subsequent cracking. To accurately predict the set...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Reinforcement Technologies Applied in Slope and Foundation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,977 Views
14 Pages

1 November 2022

This study presents a hybrid Artificial Intelligence-Finite Element Method (AI-FEM) predictive model to estimate the modulus of a subgrade reaction of a strip footing rested on a bi-layered profile. A parametric study was carried out using 2D Plaxis...

(This article belongs to the Topic Application of Big Data and Deep Learning in Engineering Analysis and Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,685 Views
24 Pages

13 June 2025

The disposal of rice husk ash (RHA) in rice-producing regions poses critical environmental and public health challenges. However, RHA’s high amorphous silica content offers significant potential for soil stabilization, particularly in improving...

(This article belongs to the Section Green Building)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,470 Views
15 Pages

3 February 2019

To achieve the purposes of storing industry solid wastes and enhancing subgrade stability in seasonally frozen regions, Structure III, which utilized the modified silty clay (SC) and extruded polystyrene (XPS) board as a novel subgrade thermal insula...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Civil Engineering: from Sustainable Materials to Sustainable Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,918 Views
17 Pages

9 January 2023

In the alpine mountain area, the stability of the steep-slope permafrost subgrade is mainly affected by the temperature variation in the frozen soil layer at the base of the road. Under the conditions of climate warming and engineering-related distur...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analysis and Modeling for Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
474 Views
15 Pages

25 May 2026

The lift thickness of subgrade fill significantly influences both compaction quality and construction efficiency. With the increasing application of continuous compaction control (CCC) technology, the determination of lift thickness must balance comp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry/Asymmetry in Geotechnical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,984 Views
14 Pages

Railway Substructure Modeling Approach for Modal Analysis Using Multibody Simulation

  • João Morais,
  • Eduardo Fortunato,
  • Diogo Ribeiro and
  • Joaquim Mendes

25 July 2024

A novel modeling solution (MS) was created that can provide realistically accurate results on the natural frequencies of a railway subgrade layer in the context of a railway infrastructure numerical simulation. This MS was specifically developed for...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Railway Structure and Track Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,795 Views
16 Pages

According to pavement design principles, the subgrade or soil layer serving as the foundation for pavement depends on the properties and stiffness of the soil material. The resilient modulus (MR) is the absolute measure of the bearing capacity of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,200 Views
31 Pages

The theoretical and practical studies of the cyclic loads resulting from the movement and passage of trains on the unsaturated subgrade to determine the effect of the degree of saturation and moisture content on the foundations and infrastructure of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Railway in the City (RiC))
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,397 Views
20 Pages

7 September 2023

In cold mountainous regions of China, the construction of highways is challenging, owing to frost damage of weak subgrade soils and the difficulties posed from dealing with waste materials derived from tunnel excavation. In order to address these iss...

(This article belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,346 Views
15 Pages

Analysis of Behaviors of the Railway Subgrade with a New Waterproof Seal Layer

  • Wubin Wang,
  • Zhixing Deng,
  • Yunbin Niu,
  • Yandong Li and ,
  • Zhichao Huang,
  • Minqi Dong and
  • Qian Su
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

3 February 2022

This study proposes a new waterproof sealing layer to reduce the impact of water on subgrade beds. The proposed waterproof sealing layer is composed of a polyurethane adhesive (PA) mixture, which aims to control interlaminar deformation and prevent s...

(This article belongs to the Topic Processing, Analysis, Modelling and Mechanics of Materials and Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,082 Views
21 Pages

22 July 2022

This study resulted from the need for better consideration of subgrade and unbound layers on the performance of flexible pavements in Kansas. Thus, the main objective was to develop pavement performance prediction models with emphasis on the effects...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,685 Views
7 Pages

12 October 2019

The vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) has unique advantages over the conventional edge-emitting laser and has recently attracted a lot of attention. However, the output power of GaN-based VCSEL is still low due to the large electron leak...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wide Bandgap Based Devices: Design, Fabrication and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,026 Views
11 Pages

8 June 2018

In0.82Ga0.18As epitaxial layers were grown on InP (100) substrates at 530 °C by a low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (LP-MOCVD) technique. The effects of different buffer structures, such as a single buffer layer, compositionally...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,039 Views
15 Pages

26 June 2019

For strengthening sustainability of subgrade life-cycle service performance and storing industry solid wastes in seasonally frozen regions, compared to previous research of modified silty clay (MC) which consisted of oil shale ash (OSA), fly ash (FA)...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Civil Engineering: from Sustainable Materials to Sustainable Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
780 Views
24 Pages

21 May 2026

Stabilizing weak soils is a well-known pavement and geotechnical engineering technique. This technique involves introducing minimal cementitious materials to improve the soil’s geotechnical characteristics. This paper investigates the use of re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymers in Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
9,267 Views
11 Pages

11 February 2020

Storm drains and sanitary sewers are prone to backups and overflows due to extra amount wastewater entering the pipes. To prevent that, it is imperative to efficiently monitor the urban underground infrastructure. The combination of sensors system an...

(This article belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,187 Views
15 Pages

7 July 2020

In order to achieve the purpose of subgrade frost damage control and waste utilization, this paper proposes a specific kind of composite subgrade structure which is suitable for subgrade in seasonal frozen regions, especially wet subgrade. The compos...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,897 Views
32 Pages

27 August 2022

Affected by global warming, permafrost thawing in Northeast China promotes issues including highway subgrade instability and settlement. The traditional design concept based on protecting permafrost is unsuitable for regional highway construction. Ba...

(This article belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,858 Views
12 Pages

8 April 2024

Forest roads are composed of surface and subsurface layers. Determining the seasonal strength and associated moisture changes in these roads is required to understand their capacity. This study looks at changes in the subgrade layer. Laboratory and f...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,455 Views
22 Pages

24 April 2022

The hydrologic and thermal states of foundation soils have an important influence on subgrade stability in degrading permafrost regions. However, thawing settlement remains a problem in the permafrost regions of Northeast China, because there are few...

(This article belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,947 Views
17 Pages

7 January 2023

Atmospheric precipitation leads to the increase of moisture in the subgrade. The moisture and soil migration in subgrade is a key scientific problem in evaluating the service performance of the subgrade and resolving or preventing mud pumping. Using...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Interactions of Atmosphere and Permafrost)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,455 Views
14 Pages

3 July 2024

Improving the durability of flexible pavements and constructing new roads on weak soil foundations present significant challenges, prompting designers to explore alternative methods to prolong pavement lifespan. Geosynthetics have emerged as a promis...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Pavement Engineering: Design, Construction, and Performance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,084 Views
18 Pages

Subgrade collapse threatens coastal infrastructure under harsh environments, where deterioration accelerates deformation and failure risk. Accurate prediction is essential, yet traditional monitoring suffers from low informatization and delayed respo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corrosion Characteristics and Surface Protection of Coastal Infrastructure)
  • Article
  • Open Access
333 Views
17 Pages

27 August 2026

Airport pavement damage is mostly caused by the cumulative effect of subgrade settlement, but existing calculations for subgrade cumulative settlement seldom consider the dynamic variation characteristics of the degree of compaction of subgrade soil...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,446 Views
27 Pages

Research on High-Speed Railway Subgrade Design Method Based on Energy Dissipation and Dynamic Stability Characteristics

  • Zongqi Bi,
  • Yangsheng Ye,
  • Degou Cai,
  • Hongye Yan and ,
  • Mingzhe Ouyang and
  • Ke Su
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 January 2025

The subgrade structure of high-speed railways is an important foundation for the safe and smooth operation of high-speed trains, and the scientific design of the subgrade structure provides a fundamental guarantee of its durability and technical econ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
837 Views
17 Pages

Analysis of the Causative Mechanism of Subgrade Subsidence Based on Combined Weight

  • Chao Ren,
  • Lijian Wu,
  • Peng Li,
  • Changjun Song and
  • Jianming Du

30 October 2025

When a highway overlies a goaf, the cracking and subsidence of the highway subgrade seriously threaten the safe operation and maintenance of highways, including passenger safety. In this study, subgrade subsidence in the operation period of the G0611...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,963 Views
25 Pages

Investigation of Subgrade Stabilization Life-Extending Benefits in Flexible Pavements Using a Non-Linear Mechanistic-Empirical Analysis

  • Ali Reza Ghanizadeh,
  • Mandana Salehi,
  • Anna Mamou,
  • Evangelos I. Koutras and ,
  • Farhang Jalali and
  • Panagiotis G. Asteris
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This paper investigates the effect of subgrade soil stabilization on the performance and life extension of flexible pavements. Several variables affecting soil stabilization were considered, including subgrade soil type (CL or CH), additive type and...

(This article belongs to the Section Smart Infrastructures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,034 Views
17 Pages

18 February 2024

To calculate and analyze the equivalent resilient modulus of a submerged subgrade, a constitutive model considering the effect of saturation and matrix suction was introduced using ABAQUS’s user-defined material (UMAT)subroutine. The pavement r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Performance-Related Material Properties of Asphalt Mixture Components (Second Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,260 Views
15 Pages

3 February 2021

Slab track structures become deformed under the effects of differential subgrade settlement. According to the properties of the China Railway Track System (CRTS) II slab track on a subgrade, a three-dimensional (3D) coupled model based on both the di...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Interactions between Railway Subsystems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,261 Views
18 Pages

1 June 2024

One of the main types of distress in pavement structures is rutting, which may also reduce serviceability significantly. Most design methods typically attribute rutting to the asphalt layer alone, proposing that it can be managed by controlling verti...

(This article belongs to the Section Chemical, Civil and Environmental Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,576 Views
15 Pages

17 April 2023

The subgrade construction in the permafrost forest region will aggravate the degradation of frozen soil, which will lead to the settlement of the subgrade. Based on the road project of National Highway 332 in the Great Khingan Mountains, by means of...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,563 Views
4 Pages

Cement stabilization has been successfully used to improve poor-quality subgrade soils by increasing the soil support to remedy these soils useful for pavement construction. Cement stabilization has the potential to reduce initial construction costs...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Constructed Infrastructure Facilities (MAIREINFRA2))
  • Article
  • Open Access
639 Views
23 Pages

Study on the Mechanical Behavior of Joint in Articulated Assembled Subgrade Asphalt Pavement

  • Yichao Liu,
  • Xuelei Jiang,
  • Jixu Yang,
  • Wenpeng Bian and ,
  • Wengang Zhang,
  • Kui Hu,
  • Lilong Cui and
  • Xiaoping Ji
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

4 December 2025

To study the mechanical response of the joint under the lateral synergistic action of articulated assembled subgrade, and to screen out the joint materials with the best suitability, this paper establishes a finite element model of an articulated, as...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
257 Views
16 Pages

23 September 2026

Subgrade deformation under load is accumulated from the local compressive strain of each layer. Solely relying on the overall settlement monitoring at the top surface makes it difficult to reveal the internal strain distribution and the evolutionary...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,564 Views
15 Pages

8 September 2020

China is strongly dependent on railway transportation, but the frost heaving of the subgrade in cold regions has seriously affected the safety and comfort of trains. Moisture content is an essential parameter in the subgrade frost heave. Non-destruct...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing in Applied Geophysics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,306 Views
20 Pages

This article presents the fundamentals of an analytical method for determining the stress–strain state of a railway subgrade reinforced with geosynthetic material. The reinforcement described is a combined system where the geosynthetic material...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,077 Views
21 Pages

Construction of Geosynthetic–Reinforced Pavements and Evaluation of Their Impacts

  • Danrong Wang,
  • Sheng-Lin Wang,
  • Susan Tighe,
  • Sam Bhat and
  • Shunde Yin

15 September 2023

Geosynthetic materials (i.e., geogrids, geotextiles and other geocomposites) act as an interlayer system and are widely used in construction applications. In pavement structures, geosynthetic layers provide potential benefits such as reinforcement, r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Towards the Road of Future—Sustainability and Innovation in Pavement Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,423 Views
21 Pages

10 December 2022

Falling weight deflectometers (FWD) are utilised worldwide to analyse the condition and the load-bearing capacity of road pavement structures. One of the FWD measurement results, the deflection bowl, may provide surplus information that is suitable f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Asphalt Pavement: Materials, Design and Characterization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,086 Views
10 Pages

4 February 2020

The paper presents the effect of considering the substrate under the floor—insulation in the form of closed-cell polyurethane spray foam, which is used for insulating surfaces particularly exposed to mechanical impact. The layer of thermal insu...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,782 Views
26 Pages

Influence of Temperature and Moisture Content on Pavement Bearing Capacity with Improved Subgrade

  • Audrius Vaitkus,
  • Laura Žalimienė,
  • Jurgita Židanavičiūtė and
  • Daiva Žilionienė

21 November 2019

Environmental conditions (temperature, moisture and the intensity of the sun) influence variation in asphalt pavement strength during the year. Lithuania is situated in a zone by average warm summers and average cold winters, and the most important c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Research in the Design of New Sustainable Building Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
7,730 Views
16 Pages

26 April 2018

Freeze-thaw damage is a typical distress incurred in road and railway engineering in cold regions. Concrete waterproofing layer is commonly used in high-speed railway tracks to prevent the penetration of surface water, however, it cracks easily under...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,021 Views
16 Pages

Study on Compression Properties and Construction Applications of Loess Filling Materials for High Embankments Along G85 Expressway in Eastern Gansu Province

  • Wei Sun,
  • Yongle Chen,
  • Xiaoli Yi,
  • Jinpeng Zhao and ,
  • Lulu Liu,
  • Hongli Wang and
  • Meng Han
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

14 August 2025

Based on the G85 high-fill subgrade project in east Gansu Province, this study conducts one-dimensional compression tests in the laboratory on both disturbed and in situ-compacted loess. Through the combination of the test results of remolded soil, c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Development and Engineering Application of Green and Low-Carbon Infrastructure Construction Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
393 Views
24 Pages

Technical, Economic, and Environmental Trade-Offs in Pavements with Lime-Stabilized Soils: A Sustainability-Oriented Approach

  • Caroline Castilhos Rezende,
  • Mônica Regina Garcez,
  • Thaís Radünz Kleinert and
  • Washington Peres Núñez

This paper proposes a sustainability-oriented approach to evaluate the incorporation of lime-stabilized soils into pavement systems as a strategy to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional unbound granular structures. Pavement s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cold and Warm Techniques for Sustainable Pavement Construction and Maintenance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,386 Views
11 Pages

Finite Element Analysis of Geogrid-Stabilized Unpaved Roads

  • Giovanni Leonardi,
  • Dario Lo Bosco,
  • Rocco Palamara and
  • Federica Suraci

3 March 2020

The need to increase the durability of unpaved roads and the need to improve driver comfort have led to this research: to focus more attention on the use of reinforcements for this type of road. Unpaved roads are created by using an unbound granular...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Towards Sustainable Engineering: New Technologies and Methodologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,138 Views
15 Pages

A Study on the Influence of Steel Structures in Concrete Subgrades on the Detection of Subgrade Distresses by Ground-Penetrating Radar

  • Mingzhou Bai,
  • Hongyu Liu,
  • Zhuangzhuang Cui,
  • Dayong Wang and ,
  • Juntao Han,
  • Chunrong Gao and
  • Shuanglai Li
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

7 December 2023

The detection of subgrade distresses in ballastless track railways poses a formidable challenge due to the presence of steel interference caused by the unique characteristics of high-speed rail track slabs and the dense arrangement of the steel reinf...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Disaster Resilience and Sustainability of Structures and Infrastructures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,413 Views
19 Pages

A procedure for determining the optimized composition of layer properties for a continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) system was constructed using field tests, finite element (FE) analysis, and regression analysis methods. The field suppor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Urban Geotechnical Engineering)

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