Exposed geo−infrastructures filled with compacted soils experience cyclic wetting–drying effects due to environment and underground water fluctuations. Soil physical and mechanical behaviors are prone to deterioration to a great extent, e...
Soil physical properties are the main factors that influence soil fertility and directly affect the soil structure and water storage capacity. Microplastics (MPs), which have caused growing concern with respect to soil pollution, have readily been de...
Mine tailings have shown viability as the fine–grained layer in a capillary barrier structure for controlling acid mine drainage in a circular economy. Their saturated hydraulic conductivities (ksat) under wetting–drying cycles and freeze...
The swelling-shrinkage behavior of expansive soils under climate changes will cause the crack development, which can be destructive of expansive soil slopes. This study investigated the effect of drying/wetting cycles on the stability of an expansive...
Repeated wetting–drying cycles accelerate scouring and deteriorate soil structure by increasing pore-water pressure. This study examines the durability of sand treated with zein biopolymers subjected to wetting–drying cycles and compares...
Cement-stabilized soil is a commonly used pavement base/bottom base material. Adding a suitable curing agent to cement-stabilized soil can effectively reduce the dosage of cement, meet the strength requirements, and also greatly improve its water sta...
To address the challenge of long-term stiffness retention of subgrades in humid–hot climates, this study evaluates expansive soil stabilized with construction and demolition waste (CDW), focusing on the resilient modulus (Mr) under coupled stre...
This study investigates the evolution characteristics of fissure networks in cohesive soils under wetting–drying cycle conditions with varying guar gum content. Four wetting–drying cycles were conducted under outdoor natural conditions, w...
Among the slope hazards caused by rainfall, not all of them occur directly during storm washout, and the wetting–drying cycles’ effect on the rainfall–evaporation process is an important cause of shallow slope instability. In this s...
To investigate the durability of reinforced concrete (RC) beams under the combined actions of transverse cracks and corrosion, corrosion tests were conducted on a total of eight RC beams with different water–cement ratios and cracking states. T...
The cyclic wetting–drying (W–D) effect as a typical form of weathering causes the engineering properties of rock degradation. Unlike previous research on soft sedimentary rocks, this study sought to investigate the influence of W–D...
To promote the sustainable exploitation of open-pit coal resources, waste is used as backfill material to realize the comprehensive utilization of solid waste mine resources. We proposed a mining method that is a combination of the highwall mining an...
Red sandstone is widely distributed in southern China. Due to the significant difference in mechanical properties before and after hydration and its poor water stability, red sandstone often triggers landslide accidents. In this paper, red sandstone...
This study investigated the crack propagation law of expansive soil slopes under drying–wetting conditions and the influence of cracks on slopes by conducting a large-scale indoor slope test subjected to drying–wetting cycles. The change...
Red mud-based backfill containing circulating fluidized bed (CFB) ash and reactive MgO must maintain adequate mechanical integrity and environmental stability under moisture and alkaline exposure. This study investigated the durability of carbonation...
The long-term durability of adhesive anchors in aggressive environments is a critical concern for infrastructure safety, with steel corrosion being one of the most detrimental phenomena. While glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) anchors offer corro...
Understanding the crack development and rainfall infiltration in loess under wetting–drying cycles is crucial for assessing slope stability and promoting sustainable land management in ecologically vulnerable regions. This study employed a thre...
Coal gangue-slag geopolymer is a kind of environment-friendly material with excellent engineering performance and is formed from coal gangue and slag after excitation by an alkaline activator. In this study, three kinds of coal gangue-slag geopolymer...
Study on the behavior and fate of nanofertilizers in soil plays a key role in the assessment of the efficiency of their use for intended purposes. The behavior of nanoparticles (NPs) in soil depends on environmental scenarios, such as Wetting-Drying...
Engineering structures, including rock slopes and embankments, are vulnerable to wetting–drying cycles caused by tidal shifts and rainfall, which exacerbate mechanical degradation in hole-fissured sandstone. This study investigated the effects...
The soil-based infrastructure is the backbone of the global economy, connecting people, enhancing quality of life, and promoting health and safety. However, its vulnerabilities are becoming apparent due to climate change, mainly through frequent wett...
Expansive clays present serious issues in a variety of engineering applications, including roadways, light buildings, and infrastructure, because of their notable volume changes with varying moisture content. Tough weather conditions can lead to dryi...
In the long-term operation of canals in loess areas, instability and landslides frequently occur due to the effect of wetting–drying cycles, which severely restricts the long-term safe operation of engineering projects. To reveal the evolution...
Wetting–air-drying cycling significantly alters the internal damage evolution and failure behavior of sandstone, and identifying reliable acoustic-emission (AE) precursors during loading is important for understanding the rupture mechanism of w...
In the Southeast United States (U.S.), the climate is predicted to be warmer and have more severe drought in the summer. Decreasing rainfall in summer months should create more severe soil drying, which will eventually affect re-wetting cycles deeper...
The durability of marine concrete square piles is critically governed by chloride transport at the corners of piles, regions subject to multi-directional erosion and pronounced accumulation under cyclic wetting–drying conditions. In this study,...
Converting waste slurry from underground construction into foamed lightweight soil (FLS) offers a route to waste valorization, but its durability under repeated moisture changes requires evaluation. This study compared FLS prepared with ordinary Port...
Climate-induced wetting and drying (WD) cycles significantly affect the long-term performance of geotechnical structures. This study explores expansive Oxford clay’s mechanical and volumetric responses stabilised with ordinary Portland cement (...
The loess in Yili Valley is prone to landslides in the rainy season. We studied the influence law of shrinkage and the microstructure of the loess in Yili Valley under different wetting and drying cycles. Considering the climatic conditions and sampl...
This work investigates the equilibrium stage of the crack propagation of a fine-grained soil after several drying and wetting cycles (shrinkage and swelling hysteresis). This stage is found to be crucial in practical engineering since the soil contin...
Coastal saline soils are vulnerable to degradation under repeated wetting–drying (W–D) exposure, while conventional inorganic stabilizers are associated with high energy consumption and environmental burdens. To address this issue, an env...
Recycled fine aggregate (RFA) produced from concrete waste is commonly used in the construction industry; however, its use for structural concrete members has not been extensively studied. Moreover, its durability in a drying–wetting cycle envi...
This study aimed to explore the use of additives in soil–cement mixtures that have undergone a wetting-drying cycle. In total, two types of soil were used, granitic and lateritic, which are widely used in road base construction in the Katingan area,...
The world today is more oriented towards sustainable and environmental-friendly solutions in every field of science, technology, and engineering. Therefore, novel sustainable and eco-friendly approaches for soil improvement have also emerged. One of...
To better understand and analyze the unsaturated stability of loess filling body, it is necessary to study the changes in suction stress before and after the drying-wetting cycles. In this study, the SWCC of compacted loess before and after drying-we...
This paper comprehensively summarizes moisture transport, ion transport, and mechanical damage models applied to concrete under sulfate attack and drying–wetting cycles. It highlights the essential aspects and principles of each model, emphasiz...
Recently, concerns have been rising about the impact of increasing the depletion of natural resources and the relevant generation of construction and demolition waste, on the environment and economy. Therefore, several efforts have been made to promo...
This research examined the drying–wetting cycles induced changes in undrained triaxial shear strength parameters and microstructural changes of Yili loess. The drying–wetting cycles were selected as 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 20 and 30. Then, we col...
In this study, the durability of phosphogypsum (PG)-based cemented backfill was investigated by drying-wetting cycles to explore deterioration of its strength and the release of impurities. The leachates in this test were composed of deionized water,...
Concrete structures such as rigid pavements, tunnels, and runways at airports are usually subject to fatigue traffic loading during their service life. Research on the aftereffects of drying–wetting cycles coupled with alternating loads on conc...
Owing to the alternating processes of rainfall and evaporation, the compacted loess employed in ground and roadbed construction frequently experiences drying and wetting (D-W) cycles. These cycles are prone to induce substantial deformation of the so...
Soil shrink–swell behavior is a common phenomenon in farmland, which usually alters the process of water and solute migration in soil. In this paper, we report on a phenomenological investigation aimed at exploring the impact of drying–we...
In this paper, four water–binder ratios (w/b) of 0.29, 0.33, 0.39, and 0.46 were designed. A variable test temperature was implemented in the drying–wetting cycle test according to the temperature fluctuations in the actual service enviro...
Natural fibre-reinforced cementitious composites are commonly used as outer construction materials. They usually suffer weather as a result of being expose to various types of climates. In this study, a series of experimental tests were carried out t...
The degradation of concrete under wetting–drying cycles significantly compromises the safety and durability of bridge structures; however, existing constitutive models often exhibit limitations in practical engineering applicability. To improve...
Cyclic wetting and drying processes have been considered as important factors that accelerate the weathering process and have deteriorative effects on rock properties. In the present study, a fully nondestructive and noninvasive testing approach util...
Due to frequent water level fluctuations and complex hydrochemical environments, rock slopes in reservoir areas progressively deteriorate and become unstable. This study investigated the coupling effect of drying−wetting cycles and acidic solut...
Expansive soil is prone to cracks under a drying–wetting cycle environment, which brings many disasters to road engineering. The main purpose of this study is use coal gangue powder to improve expansive soil, in order to reduce its cracks and further...
To clarify the water-sensitive deterioration mechanisms of red-bed soft rocks under repeated wetting–drying cycles, mudstone samples from two representative sites in the Sichuan Basin were investigated through multiscale experiments combining m...
Drying–wetting cycles play a crucial role in the investigation of the origin of life as processes that both concentrate and induce the supramolecular assembly and polymerization of biomolecular building blocks, such as nucleotides and amino aci...
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