... deformation laboratory tests sand–clay mixture temperature effects C clay content (%) C c coefficient of curvature C c compression index C_u coefficient of uniformity D specimen diameter (mm) d...

... 12 2022 15 12 2023 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 suction temperature effects unsaturated soils Energy piles are an environmentally friendly and efficient technology for harvesting shallow geothermal energy. Unlike conventional piles, the circulation of heat...

... concept. The test results show that λ α * is only slightly dependent on temperature. isotaches organic soils temperature effects viscosity 14 12 2023 10 12 2024 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only...

... for low-plasticity soils. © 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 energy geotechnics laboratory testing temperature effects The requirement to reduce carbon dioxide (CO_{2) emissions and rely on sustainable and environmentally friendly sources of energy has created new opportunities}...

... Ltd 2023 clays ground freezing strength & testing of materials temperature effects tensile properties Recent underground projects involve complex excavation processes at greater depths reaching 40–50 m more commonly than ever, often adjacent to existing substructures and/or under...

... temperature effects tunnels & tunnelling wireless sensor network After construction, underground tunnels are influenced by various internal and external factors over their lifetime. These factors in the long run can bring about unfavourable functional and operational risks, such as excessive...

... deformation sands temperature effects A microprocessor-controlled and high-precision load frame with integrated force, position and velocity control is adopted for the mechanical system. Such a system is suitable for any test procedure with constant loads, load ramps, constant position, or constant...

...-BY 4.0 license. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) © 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2022 constitutive relations creep ground freezing shear strength temperature effects The ground freezing technique has been used for over 150 years in engineering...

... reserved 2022 centrifuge modelling finite-element modelling piles temperature effects A thermo-active pile is an energy geostructure (Brandl, 2006) that has been increasingly used in practice for supporting and reducing carbon emissions from buildings or other infrastructure (Bourne-Webb...

... article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. compressibility ground freezing temperature effects Frozen saturated soils generally...

... cooling. 15 07 2020 08 02 2021 © 2021 Thomas Telford Ltd 2021 field instrumentation full-scale tests piles & piling temperature effects A number of studies examining the thermo-mechanical behaviour of energy piles have now been published. These are a mix of field...

... monitoring seepage temperature effects Seepage can significantly influence the stability of rock and soil masses. Many accidents in geotechnical engineering projects are induced by seepage (Yin et al., 2016). Seepage monitoring is thus an important part of monitoring the safety...

... 02 2020 01 07 2020 © 2020 Thomas Telford Ltd 2020 clays deformation fabric/structure of soils ground freezing laboratory tests temperature effects A temperature-controlled triaxial apparatus was adopted in one test series, in which a 30 mm dia., 60 mm high cylindrical...

... © 2020 Thomas Telford Ltd 2020 ground movements numerical modelling soil/structure interaction temperature effects tunnels & tunnelling Owing to rising awareness of the negative impacts of burning fossil fuels on the environment, as well as diminishing resources, interest...

... conditions as used in the TRT. It should be noted, however, that other pile types that do not extensively remould the clay adjacent to the pile shaft may show more significant influence of the thermal changes. clays consolidation creep full-scale tests piles & piling settlement temperature...

... to the same pre-heating temperature and the average values of the strains are calculated and presented. permeability rock mechanics temperature effects Hot dry rock (HDR) resources, exploited as heat from rocks with a temperature in the range from 150 to 650°C and at about 3 to 5 km below...

... ( ∘ C ) ≥ 0 ground freezing shear strength temperature effects Frozen soils have many favourable engineering properties such as greater resistance against compression, shear deformation and failure than are available in unfrozen states, and these have been exploited...

... the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. in situ testing penetrometers temperature effects Heat flow through soil, and resulting temperatures...

... clays consolidation ground freezing permeability silts temperature effects Freeze–thaw cycles are seasonal natural processes occurring in the shallow soils in northern regions, but in some geotechnical applications they could be artificially induced in the ground by means of ground heat...

... specimen. laboratory tests strain temperature effects Soil fabric refers to the arrangement of soil particles (Mitchell & Soga, 2005) and significantly influences the volume change behaviour of soil. Most of the previous studies about the effects of soil fabric on the volume change...