Acta Geotechnica

Papers
(The median citation count of Acta Geotechnica is 6. 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
Identification of the optimal ground motion intensity measure and input parameters for assessing liquefaction-induced lateral spreading based on the generalized additive method130
Theoretical solutions of lateral response of a scoured fixed-head pile in elastoplastic soil considering plastic hinging112
Engineering and leachability behavior of lime-treated highly compressible soil amended with nano-clay110
Risk assessment of seepage failure in deep excavations based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and cloud model107
Deep learning-based calibration of resistance factors for pile groups with load tests104
Slurry pressure transmission in saturated sand during shield tunneling: expanding from infiltration tests to realistic scale simulation101
Hydraulic conductivity and compressibility of polyanionic cellulose-modified sand-calcium bentonite slurry trench cutoff wall materials89
Passive earth pressure in sand on inclined walls with negative wall friction based on a statically admissible stress field86
Lessons in geomechanics of deep foundations from nature86
Pullout responses of root-inspired anchors in transparent soil: visualizing anchor-soil interaction and correlation analysis79
How particle breakage affects the critical state line of silty-sand iron ore tailings74
Microstructure, strength and durability of nano-cemented soils under different seawater conditions: laboratory study68
Macro and mesoscopic shear behavior of interface between sand and concrete with different JRC under cyclic load67
A three-dimensional multi-surface plasticity soil model for seismically-induced liquefaction and earthquake loading applications66
Stress–strain–strength behavior of geosynthetic reinforced rubber–sand mixtures66
Compacted red soil-bentonite liners: effect of compactive effort, wet-dry cycles and chemical contamination63
Effects of concave facing profile on the internal stability of geosynthetic-reinforced soil walls60
Back-analysis of one-dimensional consolidation settlement59
Near-surface inhomogeneity effect on the dynamic axial frictionless interaction of a rigid plate and a two-layered transversely isotropic medium58
Evaluation of liquefaction resistance for single- and multi-phase SICP-treated sandy soil using shaking table test57
Mechanical behaviors and reinforcement mechanisms of engineering waste mud reinforced with industrial by-product lignocellulosic fiber and hydrophobic polymer56
A novel temperature-controlled apparatus for testing unsaturated/saturated soil–structure interfaces55
Investigating the effect of degree of compaction, initial water content, and electric field intensity on electrokinetic remediation of an artificially Cu- and Pb-contaminated loess53
A weight combination anisotropic strength criterion considering the effect of joint orientation53
Effects of initial shear stress on the hydromechanical behavior of collapsible soils51
Stabilization of compacted kaolin against wetting-induced collapse under field conditions by geopolymerization-assisted sand columns matrix50
Strengthening mechanism of plum blossom pile composite foundation50
Effects of soil properties and geomorphic parameters on the breach mechanisms of landslide dams and prediction of peak discharge49
Water–heat–vapor–salt–mechanics coupling mechanism in unsaturated freezing sulfate saline soil: insights from theory and experiment48
Analysis of a deep excavation project on gravelly cobble formation in Taichung based on feedback of reliable field data47
Spatiotemporal settlement deformation characteristics analysis of rockfill dam with anti-impact FBG sensing array46
Experimental study of horizontal displacement monitoring based on a distributed piezoelectric inclinometer tube44
Changes in strength, hydraulic conductivity and microstructure of superabsorbent polymer stabilized soil subjected to wetting–drying cycles44
Effects of biostimulation treatment methods on mechanical properties and microstructure characteristics of biocemented soil44
Monotonic and cyclic triaxial testing of untreated and polyurethane-treated soil and soil–rubber mixtures44
Analytical study on multiple-mode deformation behaviors of tunnels subjected to asymmetric loading in composite strata43
On the particle morphology characterization of granular geomaterials43
A bio-chemo-hydro-mechanical model of transport, strength and deformation for bio-cementation applications43
Discussion to the article Characteristic limitations of advanced plasticity and hypoplasticity models for cyclic loading of sands, by J. Duque $$\cdot$$ M. Yang $$\cdot$$ W. Fuentes $$\cdot$$ D. Maš’i42
Thermally induced volume change behavior of sand–clay mixtures42
Comment on “Experimental study on the thixotropic mechanism of deep-sea clay from the perspective of microstructure and bound water” by Ren et al. (2023), Acta Geotechnica, https://doi.org/10.1007/s1141
Reply to discussion on “3D image-based method to measure soil stiffness in triaxial tests” Zewen Wang, Wenhan Du and B.M. Lehane41
Reply to the discussion by Dimitrios Kolymbas of the article entitled “Characteristic limitations of advanced plasticity and hypoplasticity models for cyclic loading of sands”40
Temperature- and stress-dependent electrical responses of frozen soils39
Evaluating drained shear strength of sands by shear wave velocity from a critical state perspective39
Centrifugal model tests on impact of environmental vibration on scientific device-housed tunnel and vibration reduction schemes39
Does fabric evolution in granular materials depend on particle shape? An experimental study using X-ray tomography39
Stabilized smoothed particle finite element method for coupled large deformation problems in geotechnics39
A novel method to improve the soil erosion resistance with fungi39
Mitigation measures to control erosion in river banks using biochar-assisted biocementation method39
Uniaxial compression characteristics of frozen soil–rock mixture38
Field tests on installation effects of cast-in-situ pile and pre-bored grouted PHC pile38
Backfill-geogrid interaction: insights from pullout tests and numerical simulation38
Intelligent inversion of industrial solid waste-stabilized subgrade soil based on adaptive optimization strategy38
Numerical simulation of segment floating in shield tunnel construction using coupled IBM–FVM38
Small strain stiffness of graded sands with light biocementation38
Study on the shear strength characteristics and source mechanism of early-age shield synchronous grouting materials38
Effects of installation advancement rate on helical pile helix behavior in very dense sand37
Investigation of the soil deformation around laterally loaded deep foundations with large diameters37
Experimental study and numerical simulation of geosynthetic-encased stone column composite foundation based on transparent soil technique37
Effect of freeze–thaw–vacuum pretreatment modes on the performance of sludge reduction36
Failure mechanism and combined bearing capacity of monopile–friction wheel hybrid foundation in sand-over-clay deposit36
Inversion and similarity characterization on the interface of geological formations using conditional random field and image structural similarity36
Marc Panet and Jean Sulem: Convergence-confinement method for tunnel design, in Springer tracts in civil engineering, 2021, 151 pages, ISSN: 2366-259X36
A particle-scale study of the triaxial compression behavior of methane hydrate-bearing sands36
Micro-mechanical analysis of cohesionless-frictional particulate materials considering principal stress rotation induced by moving surface loads36
Micro-macro evolution of EICP-treated sand characterized by polarization measurement36
The geomechanical responses of hydrate-bearing sandy and clayey–silty sediments during hydrate dissociation by depressurization: mechanical parameters evolution and prediction36
Enhancing strength and environmental benefits of sustainable soil stabilization using phosphogypsum-activated GGBS and magnesium oxide35
Three-dimensional dynamic analysis of seismic-induced rockslides and river blockage35
Evolution of sediment after a decade of the Wenchuan earthquake: a case study in a protected debris flow catchment in Wenchuan County, China35
Nonlinear burgers model for sliding zone soil subjected to cyclic seepage pressure and its applications to the deformation analysis of landslide35
Behavior of piled rafts in sand under nonuniform and eccentric loads34
Optimal IM selection using fuzzy multiple criteria decision-making method for submarine shield tunnel in layered liquefiable seabed34
The study of foaming agent concentration choice in EPB shield soil conditioning34
Remediation of a floodplain soil contaminated by different gradients of Cd, applying MICP technique34
Study on the differential disintegration mechanism of water glass cured sandy soil: analysis from the perspective of the coexistence state of gel and particles34
Three-dimensional deformation field construction method for landslides using ICP algorithm and physics-informed deep learning34
A three-dimensional particle finite element model for simulating soil flow with elastoplasticity33
A dual-mechanism tensile failure criterion for transversely isotropic rocks33
Deciphering anomalous dielectric traits of nanoconfined water and its roles in modeling crystalline swelling of bentonite33
Reply to Discussion on “Analysis of anchor uplift capacity in spatially varying soil using MARS model” by Mukherjee et al., Acta Geotechnica (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-023-02212-932
Experimental study on deformation and strength characteristics of granular soil-structure interface under coupled monotonic shear and vibration using a modified direct shear apparatus32
Shear behaviour of foam-conditioned gravelly clay: insights from unconsolidated undrained triaxial compression tests32
Investigations on mechanical responses of frozen soil–rock mixture under cyclic loading: experiments and binary-medium-based multiscale constitutive model32
Deformation characteristics of energy piles subjected to horizontal load under heating–cooling cycles in sand32
Regional landslide susceptibility assessment based on improved semi-supervised clustering and deep learning32
Shape effects on penetration of dynamically installed anchors in a transparent marine clay surrogate32
Effect of overlying pressure and applied shear velocity on the nonlinear behavior of confined shear flow32
The effect of temperature on injection-induced shear slip of laboratory faults in sandstone32
Opposite turning hook of crushable sand's stress–dilatancy curve and its prediction32
Stiffness and cyclic responses of kaolin clay at a wide range of strains: the role of structure32
Load–settlement behaviour of membrane-confined grouted pile: experimental and analytical study31
Premix–spray biomineralization method for anti-disintegration improvement of granite residual soil31
Lateral dynamics of non-circular piles in layered viscoelastic soils: a semi-analytical approach31
Optimal tip shape for minimum drag and lift during horizontal penetration in granular media31
Infiltration characteristics of bentonite-based stabilizing fluid into pore spaces of sand investigated by X-ray micro-CT analysis31
Experimental study on the water retention behavior of intact loess under mechanical wetting and hydraulic wetting30
Investigation on compressive and pullout behavior of cast-in situ piles using BOFDA technique30
Behavior of model pile in unsaturated soil subjected to cyclic loading30
An explicit FEM-NN framework and the analysis of error caused by NN-predicted stress30
Hydraulic conductivity and microscopic properties of sodium hexametaphosphate-amended sand-sodium-activated calcium bentonite backfill in vertical cutoff walls exposed to lead-contaminated groundwater30
Physical meaning and mechanical effects of the neutral stress and effective stress in unsaturated soils30
Field investigation of ammonia alkali soda residue-based foamed concrete as a subgrade filler29
Evaluating the subgrade deformation monitoring effect of sensor-enabled piezoelectric geocables based on cyclic dynamic shear tests29
Mechanical parameter identification technique for a bentonite buffer based on multi-objective optimization29
Evolution of the pore structure and permeability of thermally desorbed diesel-contaminated soils29
Mechanical degradation and particle breakage of sandstone rockfill material under wetting–drying cycles28
A unified thixotropic fluid model considering stage characteristics for soil liquefaction28
Mechanism-based shift factors to predict the fatigue performance of cemented pavement materials28
Evaluating the effect of active ions on the early performance of soft clay solidified by modified biomass waste-rice husk ash28
A coupled hydro-mechanical peridynamic model for unsaturated seepage and crack propagation in unsaturated expansive soils due to moisture change28
The critical state of crushable granular sand28
Time-resolved triggering and runout analysis of rainfall-induced shallow landslides28
Deformation analysis and optimized design of a cement-saving grid hard crust for soft ground improvement27
A critical state-based thermo-elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model for thermal creep deformation of frozen soils27
Effect of strength anisotropy on strain localization in natural clay27
Confirmation and utilization of water vapor circulation in soil under temperature gradients27
Finite element modeling of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in clay soils considering bound water dehydration27
Progressive collapse analysis and robustness evaluation of a propped excavation failed due to inappropriate strut removal27
Stability analysis of reservoir slopes under fluctuating water levels using the combined finite-discrete element method27
Bio-hydrogel and biomineralization in improving water retention ability of sandy soils27
Role of iron oxide content on mechanical properties of granite residual soil in full suction range27
Experimental study on thermal contact resistance between GMZ bentonite block and pellets26
Effects of alkaline solution on shear strength of GMZ bentonite as a buffer/backfill material in China26
Undrained anisotropy and non-coaxial response of soft clay under monotonic and cyclic shearing with varying principal stress orientations26
Influence of layer thickness on bioremediation of drought-induced soil desiccation cracks using microbially induced calcite precipitation26
Multi-effect investigation on desiccation crack evolution and mechanical behavior of swelling clay26
In-depth understanding of porosity evolution in compacted Gaomiaozi bentonite under high-alkaline cement water conditions: from micro- and macro-perspectives26
Shear behaviors and peak friction angle predictions of three critical geomembrane–soil interfaces26
Three-invariant model and bifurcation analysis of deformation bands for a sandstone subjected to true triaxial loading paths26
Experimental study with complete stress state interpretation of undrained monotonic and cyclic simple shear tests with flexible boundaries26
Water retention behaviour of 3D-printed double-structured soil26
Load transfer of the disconnected pile25
Resistive force modeling for shallow cone penetration into dry and wet granular layers25
Multi-scale characterization of the hydromechanical behavior of a heterogeneous porous sandstone using neutron and X-ray tomographies25
A machine learning-based hybrid GWO-SVR model for assessing slope stability under heavy rainfall25
Vertical dynamic impedance of pile groups embedded in soils considering the groundwater level25
Pore-scale, mechanical, and hydraulic properties of EICP-treated sand using crude legume ureases with different protein contents25
Coupled hydro-mechanical XFEM analysis for multi-fracturing through an excavation driven by an underlying aquifer: a forensic case study25
The high-cyclic model for sand tested beyond the usual ranges of application25
Quantification of chloride saline soil freezing–thawing temperature threshold based on thermodynamic theory25
Insights on experimental methodologies and theoretical models for microplastics transport in soils and sediments based on meta-analysis25
Undrained monotonic shear behavior of sand mixed with a small amount of fines content25
Wetting deformation characteristics of soil–rock mixture considering the water-disintegration of red stratum soft rock25
Cementation and pore-filling mechanisms in cement treated low-plastic clays25
Small DEM sample size can lead to qualitatively erroneous results25
Self-sealing behavior of annular technological voids between compacted bentonite blocks: insights from the macro- and micro-perspectives25
Kinematic response of large diameter floating pipe piles under vertical S-wave loading25
Dynamic evaluation of tiered geogrid mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls using shake table test25
Simulation and interpretation of compaction patterns around boreholes excavated in high-porosity rocks25
Effect of minerals on the threshold of compacted clay material liners and service life of barriers in municipal solid waste landfills25
Semi-analytical solutions for soil consolidation induced by drying24
Validation of a contour diagram-based model for monopile cyclic design in sand and clay24
Influence of soil–pile interface characteristics on the seismic response of single pile foundations: shaking table testing and numerical simulation24
Thermal effect on rock strength: strengthening-weakening transition explored by grain-based model24
A non-associated fractional-order plasticity model of rockfill material without using yield function24
Undrained cyclic behavior of nanoscale transparent clay under unloading conditions: experiments and simulations24
Load-bearing performance of caisson-bored pile composite anchorage foundation for long-span suspension bridge: 1-g model tests24
Mechanical properties of rockfill under generalized stress conditions: true triaxial testing and constitutive modeling24
Probability-based analyses of bearing capacity of square and rectangular footings resting on sandy soil considering rotational anisotropy24
The mechanical behaviour of gap-graded soils under triaxial compression and extension loading paths24
Load transfer behavior and interference effect of load distributive compression anchor in residual soil24
Combined study of creep and ageing under deviatoric loading in granular materials24
Experimental study on axial response and side resistance mobilization mechanism of large diameter distributed post-grouted drilled shafts in cohesive soil24
A hypoplastic model for hydrate dissociation considering grain breakage24
Cyclic compression of sands at constant stress ratio—experimental investigations and constitutive modelling23
Mechanical and microstructure analysis of mass-stabilized organic clay thermally cured using a ternary binder23
Shear behavior of calcareous sands in three-dimensional stress23
Full-scale in situ experimental study on the bearing capacity of energy piles under varying temperature and multiple mechanical load levels23
Shear wave velocity and dynamic resilient modulus of electro-osmosis-treated unsaturated subgrade soil23
SPH–DEM modeling overtopping failure of earthfill dams23
Effects of particle morphology on infiltration behavior in calcareous sand materials: a CFD-DEM-based microscopic perspective23
Influence of piston wind induced by high-speed trains on the temperature field of a tunnel in cold regions23
An efficient Bayesian multi-model framework to analyze reliability of rock structures with limited investigation data23
Convolutional neural networks prediction of the factor of safety of random layered slopes by the strength reduction method23
Formation and evolution of particle migration zones for different drilling fluid compositions in porous media22
A coupled CFD-DEM investigation into suffusion of gap-graded soil considering anisotropic stress conditions and flow directions22
Micromechanical mechanism-based anisotropic strength criteria for regularly arranged elliptical particle assembly22
Predicting occurrence of liquefaction-induced lateral spreading using gradient boosting algorithms integrated with particle swarm optimization: PSO-XGBoost, PSO-LightGBM, and PSO-CatBoost22
Forecasting of pile plugging using machine learning22
2D full-field deformation measurement at grain level using optical flow with deep networks22
Acceleration stage detection and dynamic model selection for real-time landslide time-of-failure predictions22
Seismic site characterization of shallow bedrock sites in peninsular India using multiple geophysical methods22
Failure analysis of the edge-notched beam test on fluid-exposed Berea Sandstone21
What friction angle would characterize a pile–soil interface as “rough” or “smooth”?21
Microbial interactions during carbonate biomineralization via urea hydrolysis metabolic pathway21
PINN-based approach to the nonlinear large-strain consolidation under time-dependent drainage boundary21
Internal erosion of a gap-graded soil and influences on the critical state21
Strain energy dissipation during liquefaction of fibre-reinforced sand under undrained cyclic triaxial loading21
Hypoplastic modeling of inherent anisotropy in normally and overconsolidated clays21
Ground displacements and stresses around a non-uniformly deforming circular tunnel in elastic media using complex variable method21
Experimental studies on the behavior of a single shaped pile under oblique pullout loads21
Shielding effects of deep cement mixing column rows on an anchored sheet pile quay in soft clay: three-dimensional centrifuge and numerical modeling21
Numerical model for solid-like and fluid-like behavior of granular flows21
Machine learning-based soil–structure interaction analysis of laterally loaded piles through physics-informed neural networks21
The response of caisson induced by adjacent spudcan penetration in nonhomogeneous clay21
Physics-informed deep learning method for predicting tunnelling-induced ground deformations21
A graphical solution for undrained cylindrical cavity expansion in strain-hardening frictional soil21
An experimental investigation on progressive failure mechanism of the earth-retaining structure with sloping backfill using image analysis20
Performance of debris flow barriers: an energy perspective20
Compression and critical-state behaviors of calcareous sand–diatom mixtures20
An innovative test data processing approach for continuous characterizing plastic strain increment direction of sand20
A physics-inspired machine learning approach for water-tightness estimation of defective cut-off walls with random construction errors20
Appraisal of the HySand_base constitutive model against the Karlsruhe fine sand database20
Effect of styrene–acrylic emulsion on the mechanical performance of cement-stabilized soils as road materials20
Towards universality of extended seismic laws with largest labquakes20
Single MICP treatment method for soil improvement using pH adjustment and milk20
Evaluation of desiccation cracking characteristics of inorganic micro-fiber-reinforced engineered barrier material (IMEBM) for geological repository20
Analyzing the shear strength of jointed magmatic rock mass excavatability using the hybridization of metaheuristic model of ELM-SVM20
Closed-form seismic earth pressure solutions via adaptive limit analysis and hybrid learning models20
Mechanisms and mitigation effects of oblique seam linings in fault-crossing tunnels: combined experimental and numerical evidence under normal faulting20
Fault slip mechanics and seismic source characteristics considering fracture zone anisotropy20
Performance of imperfect trench installation box culvert on soft ground20
Investigation of the O-cell test conversion coefficient in extremely soft rock conditions based on energy conversion20
Improved mechanical response of Nano-SiO2 powder cemented soil under the coupling effect of dry and wet cycles and seawater corrosion20
A finite strain thermal elastic visco-plastic consolidation model enhanced by particle swarm optimization of model parameters20
Effects of chlorine salt crystallization on long-term characteristics of road base aggregates19
Experimental investigation of mechanical and microstructural properties of re-cemented clay19
Estimation of compression behavior of granular soils considering initial density effect based on equivalent concept19
Evolution of anisotropic stiffness and damping ratio of soft clay by bidirectional step-amplitude cyclic triaxial tests19
Mechanism and control of progressive collapse of tied-back excavations induced by local anchor failure19
Study on the durability and long-term behavior of cement-stabilized soil in post-grouted piles embedded in sand19
Numerical investigations of enhanced shallow geothermal energy recovery using microencapsulated phase change materials and metal fins19
Influence of fracture morphology variation on elastoplastic deformation of unmated rock fractures subject to normal loadings19
Single-layer soil-water coupled SPH method and its application to sinkhole simulation19
Unsaturated slopes behavior under antecedent intermittent rainfall patterns: centrifuge and numerical study19
Mechanical and microseismic characteristics of sandstones subject to moderate low-frequency differential cyclic loading (DCL) followed by monotonic loading up to failure19
Suction effects during uplift of steel pipes buried in compacted soil19
Nonlinear consolidation analysis of multilayered soil with coupled vertical-radial drainage using the spectral method19
A fractal order creep-damage constitutive model of silty clay19
Effects of scour on the lateral response of piles in sand: centrifuge tests and numerical investigation19
Analysis and prediction of the river levee settlement derived from shield tunneling considering the excavation face stability19
Development of a non-local partial Peridynamic explicit mesh-free incompressible method and its validation for simulating dry dense granular flows19
New clogging potential assessment method for conditioned soil based on modified pullout and direct shear tests19
Cosserat model incorporating anisotropy evolution and its application in numerical analysis of strain localization in clay19
Mechanical behaviour and grain breakage characteristics of Tibetan glacial tills under triaxial compression18
Stabilized explicit $$u-p_w$$ solution in soil dynamic problems near the undrained-incompressible limit18
An investigation of single-particle fracture behavior of calcareous nodule using an improved block-based model18
Seawater effects on ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS)-stabilized marine deposits in land reclamation18
Effect of the structure of intra-particle pores on suffusion in coral sand18
Numerical investigation of laboratory hydraulic fracturing tests in Pocheon granite18
Experimental investigations of lateral earth pressures behind rigid retaining walls under different displacement modes18
Formulation and implementation of an isotropic plasticity model enriched with shift stress and fractional flow rule18
Relationship between friction angle and cone penetration resistance for dry sands under low confining stress18
Laboratory-scale thermo-activated piles under long continuous operation and different mobilised shaft resistance18
Experimental investigation of fracture permeability reduction process by MICP technology with Sporosarcina pasteurii cultured by different mediums18
Micromechanical analysis of diffuse instability in two-dimensional granular materials18
A DEM-based Euler–Lagrange model for motion of particle–fluid two-phase mixtures18
Bridging nanoindentation and triaxial creep tests on a shale18
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