... from 2·2 to 7·4 times greater than those in sand alone. The associated mitigating mechanisms include the dissipation of flow energy, resistance to internal erosion due to pore space clogging and prevention of sand fluidisation. The mitigating effect is affected by the reduction of hydraulic...

...-repellent soils subjected to seepage has not been explored in the literature. In this study, the mechanical responses to internal erosion in three synthetic water-repellent soils, treated by different organic matters, were first investigated using a modified stress-controlled triaxial apparatus. The degree...

... of the proposed approach. The applicability of the proposed approach is also illustrated for the estimation of a critical hydromechanical envelope. 01 12 2021 18 05 2022 © 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Internal erosion by suffusion and piping is governed by the internal stability...