Computers and Geotechnics

Papers
(The median citation count of Computers and Geotechnics is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Investigating the impact of natural fractures on the propagation of multi-cluster fractures using XFEM127
Study on rock-breaking mechanism of impact trenching in underground diaphragm wall with consideration of slurry effects113
Three–dimensional continuous–discontinuous pipe network method for simulating fractured and porous seepage102
Fully analytical solution in time and space domains on temperature in multi-barrier nuclear waste repository102
Editorial Board100
Investigating soil-pipe interaction in dense sand: a numerical study using Cosserat continuum theory98
Inversion of geotechnical parameters based on improved adaptive sequential sampling method and surrogate model98
Factors influencing nonstandard piezocone dissipation curves and interpreting the coefficient of consolidation96
Reliability analysis of slopes reinforced by frame-anchor structures under earthquake conditions95
An extension of Broms’ theory to unsaturated soils90
Robustness analysis of shield tunnels in non-uniformly settled strata based on fuzzy set theory88
Interpretation of piezocone tests in normally- and over-consolidated clay using a spherical cavity expansion solution87
Ground vibration attenuation performance of surface walls87
A state-dependent dilatancy model for cemented sand82
Analytical solutions for stresses and displacements of tunnels under static and seismic loading82
Finite discrete element modeling of desiccation fracturing in partially saturated porous medium80
The effect of soil boundary conditions in fully coupled mathematical models of partly saturated vegetated soil poromechanics80
Characterizing friction factors in head loss causing non-Darcy flow on fractures with tortuosity and inertial effects80
Strain regularisation using a non-local method in Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian analyses79
A generalized water retention model in a wide suction range considering the initial void ratio and its verification77
Numerical analysis of dynamic behavior of piled embankment under train loading77
Probabilistic stability analysis of bolt-reinforced rock slopes considering corrosion based on sparse polynomial chaos expansions77
Mitigation of Liquefaction Risk in Layered Soils via Stone Column Drains: Numerical Study and Novel Uncoupled Approach76
DEM study on role of fines in mobility of dry granular flows considering particle size-shape correlation76
Quantifying the scale effects on shallow foundation bearing capacity induced by shear band on sensitive marine clays76
Three-dimensional site characterization for unsaturated soil nail wall analysis using integration of multivariate co-kriging and finite element method75
A comprehensive approach for Bayesian soil classification using Cone Penetration Test data75
Analysis of the behavior of a high earth-core rockfill dam considering particle breakage75
Multiscale investigation of bonded granular materials: The H-bond model74
Risk assessment of a layered slope considering spatial variabilities of interlayer and intralayer74
High-fidelity digital modeling and comparative morphological analysis of Chang’E-5 and Chang’E-6 lunar grains72
Fixed-mesh isogeometric analysis for phreatic surface reconstruction in 2D steady-state seepage flow72
Coupled hydro-mechanical modelling of unsaturated soils; numerical implementation and application to large deformation problems71
Slope stability analysis based on SBFEM and multistage polytree-based refinement algorithms71
An analytical solution for consolidation of soils with stone columns and vertical drains by considering the deformation of stone columns70
Three-dimensional elastoplastic constitutive modeling of green sandstone within ductile domain70
Deconvolved Intensifying Artificial Accelerations (DIAA): Theory and application in geostructures69
Polar and Cartesian representations of mechanical quantities in granular materials69
A hydraulic-mechanical (HM) coupling constitutive model for unsaturated soil-continuum interfaces considering bonding effect67
Investigating the impact of polyvinyl alcohol on mechanical and thermal properties of expansive soil under freeze–thaw cycles67
A coupled thermomechanical peridynamic correspondence model for damage prediction in a freezing rock67
Multimode tunnel deformation analysis under oblique normal faulting considering gap formation and horizontal intersection66
Investigation on failure behavior and hydraulic fracturing mechanism of Longmaxi shale with different bedding properties65
Reliability analysis of soil slope stability considering spatial variability of desiccation cracks64
Inclusion of root water absorption and reinforcement in upper bound limit stability analysis of vegetated slopes63
Analytical solutions for contaminant transport through a GMB/CCL composite liner system considering effective porosity and thermodiffusion63
A Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and Finite Element Method (SPH-FEM) coupled model for fluid-object-structure interaction problems62
Leveraging physics-informed neural networks in geotechnical earthquake engineering: An assessment on seismic site response analyses61
A new prediction model of the jet grouting column diameter for three jet grouting systems61
A semi-analytical solution for the load-transfer behaviors of precast concrete pile reinforced by cemented soil with long-core in layer soils60
Finite-difference model for two-dimensional transport of degradable organic contaminants in a buffer layer-cutoff wall-aquifer system accounting for the consolidation behavior60
Molecular-scale insights into the freezing of surface-confined aqueous solutions on montmorillonite60
DEM simulations of the liquefaction resistance and post-liquefaction strain accumulation of coarse-grained soils with varying gradations59
Three-dimensional tunnel face stability considering the steady-state seepage in saturated and unsaturated regions with changing water levels59
Multicomponent gases (CH4/CO2/C6H6) diffusion and adsorption in unsaturated bentonite: A molecular insight59
A plasticity‑based upper‑bound prediction model incorporating shank effects for drag embedment anchor behavior in layered clay seabed58
Understanding structural anisotropy and mechanical properties of Na-montmorillonite with crystalline swelling and uniaxial deformation under different hydration degrees58
Flexible barrier-landslide interaction: a coupled MPM-DEM framework and real case study57
Investigation of permeability of superquadric granular materials based on discrete element-lattice Boltzmann method56
Role of Pile-Joint-Soil Interaction in Lateral Resistance: Finite Element Exploration of Steel Pipe Sheet Pile Foundations55
Seismic combined bearing capacity of strip footings on partially saturated soils using lower bound theorem of finite element limit analysis and second-order cone programming55
Characterizing the as-encountered ground condition with tunnel boring machine data using semi-supervised learning55
Editorial: Special issue on “Multiscale Modeling of Geomechanics”54
Hybrid physics and data-driven method for predicting existing tunnel lining deformation in twin tunnels construction54
Evaluation of the Methods of Particle Morphology Characterization: CT Scanning, Digital Imaging and Light Microscopy54
Probabilistic failure envelopes of tripod bucket-supported offshore wind turbines in spatially variable clay based on a novel continuous method54
A meta-heuristic optimization-based approach for 3D simplified parametric analysis of embedded soil-foundation systems undergoing coupled horizontal-rocking vibrations53
A hysteretic water retention model incorporating the soil deformability and its application to rainfall-induced landslides53
Adaptive FEM-SPH for anchored slope failure with fractal dimension crack analysis53
A three-dimensional thermal-hydro-mechanical coupling model for simulation of fracturing driven by multiphysics53
Coupled hydro-mechanical analysis for water inrush of fractured rock masses using the discontinuous deformation analysis52
Temperature and plant root effects on soil hydrological response and slope stability52
Data-driven hydraulic property analysis and prediction of two-dimensional random fracture networks52
Analytical solution for consolidation of saturated viscoelastic soils around tunnels with general Voigt model52
Multi-source monitoring data filtering assisted deformation analysis model updating of ultra-high rockfill dam52
DEM study on the effect of pore characteristic on single particle crushing behavior of porous particles51
SPH–DEM modeling of rainfall-induced slope failure in partially saturated soil–rock mixture51
Stabilizing nodal integration in dynamic smoothed particle finite element method: A simple and efficient algorithm51
Scattered wave effects on the vertical dynamic response of pile groups embedded in layered soil51
A Coupled FEM-MPM GPU-based algorithm and applications in geomechanics51
Parameter estimation of grouting pressure and surface subsidence on the reliability of shield tunnel excavation under incomplete probability information51
An efficient strength reduction method for finite element slope stability analysis50
Synthesising microstructures of a partially frozen salty sand using voxel-based 3D generative adversarial networks50
Modeling of soil cracks in electroosmosis50
Sphere discontinuous deformation analysis simulation of single-particle breakage of ballast based on voxelization and amplification by contact number49
Symbolic regression based prediction of anisotropic closure in deep tunnels49
Editorial Board49
A simplified interpolation algorithm for the numerical simulation of the consolidation in composite foundation containing group of stone columns49
Polynomial chaos kriging-assisted reliability-based design optimization for a deep mixing wall48
Enhanced damage modelling of steel wire ring nets subjected to repeated rockfall impacts48
Numerical investigation of heating and cooling-induced damage and brine migration in geologic rock salt : Insights from coupled THM modeling of a controlled block scale experiment48
Bayesian updating on resistance factors of H-Piles with axial load tests47
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Quasi-site-specific prediction for foundation capacity based on load-test database47
Contribution of capillary pressure to effective stress for unsaturated soils: Role of wet area fraction and water retention curve47
Effect of mineral dissolution on fault slip behavior during geological carbon storage47
Effect of realistic shape on grain crushing for rounded and angular granular materials47
Local refinement strategy and implementation in the Numerical Manifold Method (NMM) for two-dimensional geotechnical problems47
Angle of repose for superquadric particles: Investigating the effects of shape parameters46
Numerical investigation of an equivalent hydraulic aperture for rough rock fractures based on cosimulation46
Macro- and micro-scale investigation of suffusion in gap-graded soils under multiple factors using CFD-DEM46
Exploring packing density, critical state, and liquefaction resistance of sand-fines mixture using DEM46
Seismic responses of suction bucket foundation in liquefiable seabed considering spatial variability46
Analytical solution for suction-induced seepage flow during suction bucket installation in multilayered soil with anisotropic permeability46
Horizontal vibration behavior of a rigid disk resting on a viscoelastic soil layer overlying rigid bedrock46
A 3D SPH framework for simulating landslide dam breaches by coupling erosion and side slope failure46
A thermo-hydromechanical damage model and its application to a deep geological radioactive repository46
Effect of dynamic compaction by multi-point tamping on the densification of sandy soil45
A binary-medium-based constitutive model for rocks under cyclic loading45
Reconstruction and generation of 3D realistic soil particles with metaball descriptor45
Numerical simulation study on the thermal stress evolution and thermal cracking law of granite under heat conduction45
Three-dimensional discrete element simulation of the triaxial cyclic loading of sandstone based on a nonlinear parallel-bonded stress corrosion model45
Investigation of the compaction behaviour of sand-gravel mixtures via DEM: Effect of the sand particle shape under vibration loading45
Towards an error indicator-based h-adaptive refinement scheme in kinematic upper-bound limit analysis with the presence of seepage forces45
An implicit thermo-mechanical coupling model for heat conduction and thermal cracking in brittle materials45
Improving the estimation of soil spatial variability by considering transformation uncertainty based on LDRFE analysis45
An h-adaptive edge-based smoothed point interpolation method for elasto-plastic analysis of saturated porous media44
An updated Lagrangian framework with quadratic element formulations for FDEM44
A new pile-soil interface and its application in battered mini piles under monotonic lateral load in cohesive soil44
A quantitative evaluation method for granular skeleton state of binary soils at arbitrary relative density44
A frequency-velocity CNN for developing near-surface 2D vs images from linear-array, active-source wavefield measurements43
Improved soil–structure interaction model considering time-lag effect43
SPH/FEA method for confined and intruded granular media43
A path-dependence aware LSTM-based framework for modeling the mechanical behavior of unsaturated soil43
CFD-DEM modeling of seepage in foam-conditioned soil42
Vertical mechanical response of axial loaded pile to tunneling-induced pile exposure42
Elimination method of sliding blockage effect in discrete element simulation of rolling stone based on discrete fracture network and damping joint model42
A mixed finite element/finite volume formulation for granular bentonite mixtures42
Permanent displacement reliability analysis of soil slopes subjected to mainshock-aftershock sequences42
A novel multimodal data fusion neural network for predicting the crack paths in reservoir rocks42
Thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical coupling peridynamic model of fractured rock mass and its application in geothermal extraction42
Theoretical prediction study on drawdown and surface settlement induced by dewatering and excavation in unconfined aquifers41
Thermodynamic constitutive model for granular soils considering particle shape distribution41
A new approach for seepage parameter inversion of earth–rockfill dams based on an improved sparrow search algorithm41
Peridynamic theory coupled with PHREEQC for reactive transport modeling in heterogeneous and discontinuous porous media41
A three-dimensional numerical simulation method for seismic nonlinear response of underground structure in liquefiable site and analysis of structural damage41
Stabilized low-order finite-element formulation for static and dynamic simulation of saturated soils based on a hybrid integration scheme41
Uplift resistance mechanism of pipes in lightweight backfill material of ceramsite41
Influence of different cooling treatments on micro-cracking behaviour of marble: Insight from grain-based modelling40
Multiphysics coupling material point method for modelling frost heave of rock slope40
A coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical lattice Boltzmann–Peridynamic model for rock masses fracturing40
Estimation of site-specific multivariate probability distribution of soil properties using a mixed sampling technique40
Root size effects on transverse root-soil interactions40
Numerical manifold simulation and medium-parameter analysis of the polymer grouting process in three-dimensional rock fractures40
Effect of multi-scale rough surfaces on oil-phase trapping in fractures: Pore-scale modeling accelerated by wavelet decomposition40
One-dimensional consolidation of unsaturated–saturated soil system considering pervious or impervious drainage condition induced by time-dependent loading39
Complex variable solution on over-/under-break shallow tunnelling in gravitational geomaterial with reasonable far-field displacement39
DEM simulation of geotextile-geomembrane interface direct shear test considering the interlocking and wearing processes39
Microstructure effects on the uniaxial compression mechanical properties of granite: A study using a novel Stochastic Grain-Based Model (SGBM)39
Erratum to “Long-term stability of a tunnel excavated in expansive stratum: response to water infiltration and influence of surrounding ground stiffness” [Comput. Geotech. 188 (2025) 107580]39
An anisotropic semi-micromechanical cyclic constitutive model for sands39
Bearing capacity of shallow foundations on Florida limestone: A study of single layer and rock-over-sand subsurface39
Coupled THM modeling of bentonite heating and hydration in tank tests with a new temperature-dependent water retention model39
Analytical study of fractional viscoelastic transversely isotropic media along shallow-buried square tunnels38
Multivariate probability distributions for index and mechanical clay parameters in Shenzhen38
Supplement to the reliability index approach and its application to tunnel reliability problems38
Numerical modeling of open TBM tunneling in stratified rock masses using a coupled FDM-DEM method38
Numerical investigation and ML-based formulation for conventional and modified suction caissons subjected to unidirectional and combined loadings38
Dynamic response prediction for slope during earthquake using modal analysis and deep learning methods38
MFPINN-DIC: Multi-scale Fourier feature encoding physics-informed neural network enhanced digital image correlation method38
A discrete element model for simulating the coupled hydraulic-mechanical dynamic mechanical behaviors of rocks38
A theoretical analysis method for stiffened deep cement mixing (SDCM) pile groups under vertical load in layer soils38
A DRM-SMM Framework for Wave Propagation in Layered Saturated Ground under Inclined P1-SV Waves38
Simplified mathematical modeling to plane strain consolidation considering unsaturated and saturated conditions for ground with anisotropic permeability38
Innovative strategy for determining the spatial decoupling high-precision artificial boundary range under soil structure interaction38
A dual-modified implicit time integration method for three-dimensional impact modelling within the framework of the SBFEM37
A simplified analytical method for the tunnels’ mechanical behaviour under the action of active fault zones37
Numerical investigation and prediction of the excavation face stability for river-crossing shield tunneling: An intelligent prediction model for limit support pressure37
Assessing highway resilience subjected to rainfall-induced slope failure37
Softening-based interface model and nonlinear load-settlement response analysis of piles in saturated and unsaturated multi-layered soils37
Reconstruction of Cam-clay model based on multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient36
Numerical analysis of environmental influences on evaporation in a cracked soil slope36
Crack analysis using a dislocation-based displacement discontinuity method: Derivation of higher-order elements, numerical implementation, and accuracy analysis36
Numerical and analytical investigation on inclined plate anchors in sand36
Universal conversion framework for characterizing rock mass structures: From joint systems to block systems with adaptability to multiple joint model types36
Multiscale modeling for fire induced spalling in concrete tunnel linings based on the superposition-based phase field fracture model36
Entrainment effect of dry and saturated path material on granular flow movement and the force of granular flow impacting on the retaining wall: A numerical study36
Evaluation of the shear stiffness and load redistribution of framed structures affected by tunnelling36
Numerical investigation of variable-mass seepage mechanism of broken rock mass in faults36
The hydraulic fracturing with multiple influencing factors in carbonate fracture-cavity reservoirs36
Numerical analysis of buried pipelines response to bidirectional non-uniform seismic excitation36
An explicit method for in-situ determination of undrained elastic shear modulus using ROBOCONE torsional and vertical modules36
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Temperature effect on the stability of 3D reinforced slopes under unsaturated flow conditions36
Performance and geocell-soil interaction of sand subgrade reinforced with high-density polyethylene, polyester, and polymer-blend geocells: 3D numerical studies35
Editorial Board35
Thermal fracture modelling of borehole-heated rocks: A focus on inhomogeneities, physical properties, and heating rates35
2D orthogonal simulation method for multi-physics field evolution in material-structure heterogeneous rocks under microwave irradiation35
Hydromechanical modelling of salt caverns subjected to cyclic hydrogen injection and withdrawal35
Bearing capacity of lunar soil ground under extraterrestrial environmental effects35
An interpolation and remesh based large deformation finite element method considering soil spatial variability35
Incorporating the AUS criterion into the limit equilibrium method to study the undrained seismic bearing capacity of strip footings on anisotropic slopes35
Random structure modeling of soil and rock mixture and evaluation of its permeability using three-dimensional numerical manifold method35
State parameter for partially drained paths using a SANISAND model35
Analysis of the influence of interlayer discontinuity conditions on the dynamic responses of multilayered poroelastic soil35
Strain rockburst evolution process under true triaxial condition with single face unloading due to tunnel excavation34
A fast mesh model for block generation in tunnels34
Nonlinear distinct element modeling of the microstructural compression-hardening effect on the progressive failure and associated acoustic emission of brittle rock34
Mesoscopic modeling approach and application based on rock thin slices and nanoindentation34
A simple load transfer method for energy pile groups34
Micromechanical investigation of the aging mechanism in sand34
Fully coupled physics-informed neural networks for hydro-mechanical analysis of saturated poroelastic media34
Study on the influence of statistical geometrical characteristics on the permeability tensor of fractured rock masses by the equivalent pipe network method34
A unified understanding and calculation method of the compression behavior of loess with different particle size distributions and sample preparation methods across the Chinese Loess Plateau34
Modified non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II for the optimal design of soil-concrete periodic plane wave barriers34
Predicting the uniaxial capacity of plate anchors in spatially variable clay using metamodels34
Investigation on wave-induced responses of heterogeneous seabed around a buried pipeline based on nonstationary random field model34
Fully coupled hydromechanical study of tunnel excavation considering leachate leakage from a high water-level landfill34
Enhanced calibration of Discrete Element models for soil-structure interaction problems33
DEM-PFV numerical investigation of the spatial heterogeneity induced by suffusion in sands33
Investigation of acid dissolution patterns along rough-walled fractures with effects of mineral compositions and fracture geometries33
An algorithm based on distribution similarity to determine the representative sample size for particle morphology characterization33
A novel complex variable solution for the stress and displacement fields around a shallow non-circular tunnel33
Three-Dimensional Stress-Free Assumption 3-DOF FE-LEM for Tunnel Face Stability33
DEM study on evolution of soil arching in a deep trapdoor in seismic shaking conditions33
Stress integration algorithm of the small-strain Unified Hardening model for soils based on multistage Homotopy continuation method33
Machine learning approach to predicting the macro-mechanical properties of rock from the meso-mechanical parameters33
Multiscale modeling of coupled thermo-mechanical behavior of granular media in large deformation and flow33
Multiscale damage constitutive model of rock based on the energy evolution of mineral grains and its application33
Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracturing and associated seismicity in lab-scale coal samples: A new insight into the stress and aperture evolution33
Hypoplastic model with an inner memory surface for sand under cyclic loading33
A simple water retention model of dual-porosity soils based on self-similarity of bimodal pore size distribution33
Novel semi-analytical model for the transient response of laterally loaded pile considering geometric nonlinear behaviors32
Numerical analysis of seismic response of a circular tunnel-rectangular underpass system in liquefiable soil32
A thermodynamic multi-field model for unsaturated sulfate-saline soils considering crystallization process32
Torsional vibration of a pile in unsaturated soil considering the construction disturbance32
A novel coupled bES-FEM formulation with SUPG stabilization for thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis in saturated porous media32
An LSTM RNN proposal for surrogate modeling the dynamic response of buried structures to earthquake plane waves in soil half-spaces32
Effect of heterogeneity of particle properties on the mechanical properties of sandy soil materials32
FDEM numerical study on the mechanical characteristics and failure behavior of heterogeneous rock based on the Weibull distribution of mechanical parameters32
Effect of copula dependence structure on the failure modes of slopes in spatially variable soils32
Quantitative relationships between the mineral composition and macro mechanical behaviors of granite under different temperatures: Insights from mesostructure-based DEM investigations32
A sixfold-path discontinuity topology with through-type triangular mesh: Numerical implementation in the upper-bound finite element method32
Prior geological knowledge enhanced Markov random field for development of geological cross-sections from sparse data32
Wind-wave combined effect on dynamic response of soil-monopile-OWT system considering cyclic hydro-mechanical clay behavior32
Data-driven site demarcation using tailored lego clustering – size of site32
Surrogate model for 3D ground and structural deformations in tunneling by the sequential excavation method32
Phase field fracture modeling of cohesive-frictional materials like concrete and rock using the scaled boundary finite element method32
Strain-dependent slope stability for earthquake loading32
A micromechanical study of shear-weakening characteristics of granular flow in a torsional shear cell32
A thermodynamics-based micro-macro elastoplastic micropolar continuum model for granular materials31
A unified fractional-order viscoplastic fatigue damage model for rock materials under cyclic loading with creep effects31
Microstructural behaviour of soft-rigid granular mixes under compressive loads: DEM study using coherent contact model31
Response to “Discussion of ‘A multifractal geometric model for estimating spontaneous imbibition in an unsaturated fractured core-scale network in a low-permeability reservoir’”31
A simple 3D elastoplastic constitutive model for overconsolidated soils based on the improved Hvorslev envelope31
A hypoplastic constitutive model for structured soils31
Machine Learning-guided Observational Method for Prediction of Preloading-induced Consolidation Settlement31
Kinematic response of floating piles in two-layered soils subjected to vertically incident S-waves31
Experimental and MPM modelling of widened levee failure under the combined effect of heavy rainfall and high riverine water levels31
Microscopic analysis of the influence of soil properties on the suction bucket installation in sand based on the CFD-DEM model31
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