Acta Geotechnica

Papers
(The TQCC of Acta Geotechnica is 12. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Passive earth pressure in sand on inclined walls with negative wall friction based on a statically admissible stress field113
An approach for modelling spatial variability in permeability of cement-admixed soil106
On the role of joint roughness on the micromechanics of rock fracturing process: a numerical study91
Lessons in geomechanics of deep foundations from nature85
Monotonic and cyclic triaxial testing of untreated and polyurethane-treated soil and soil–rubber mixtures83
A bio-chemo-hydro-mechanical model of transport, strength and deformation for bio-cementation applications75
Influence of deep excavation on adjacent bridge piles considering underlying karst cavern: a case history and numerical investigation72
Hydraulic conductivity and compressibility of polyanionic cellulose-modified sand-calcium bentonite slurry trench cutoff wall materials71
Generalised ultimate loads for pile groups71
Microstructure, strength and durability of nano-cemented soils under different seawater conditions: laboratory study69
Effects of biostimulation treatment methods on mechanical properties and microstructure characteristics of biocemented soil66
Effects of concave facing profile on the internal stability of geosynthetic-reinforced soil walls63
Interpretation of grouting characteristics in unsaturated sand from the perspective of water–air interface62
Centrifuge model test on the behavior of geosynthetic-reinforced pile foundations under simulated train loads62
Study of grouting effectiveness based on shear strength evaluation with experimental and numerical approaches57
Macro and mesoscopic shear behavior of interface between sand and concrete with different JRC under cyclic load57
Thermally induced volume change behavior of sand–clay mixtures56
Back-analysis of one-dimensional consolidation settlement54
Identification of the optimal ground motion intensity measure and input parameters for assessing liquefaction-induced lateral spreading based on the generalized additive method53
A weight combination anisotropic strength criterion considering the effect of joint orientation53
Effects of initial shear stress on the hydromechanical behavior of collapsible soils52
Laboratory investigation and constitutive modeling of the mechanical behavior of sand–GRP interfaces51
Risk assessment of seepage failure in deep excavations based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and cloud model49
Stress–strain–strength behavior of geosynthetic reinforced rubber–sand mixtures48
Engineering and leachability behavior of lime-treated highly compressible soil amended with nano-clay48
Strengthening mechanism of plum blossom pile composite foundation48
Comparative 3D DEM simulations of sand–structure interfaces with similarly shaped clumps versus spheres with contact moments48
Spatiotemporal settlement deformation characteristics analysis of rockfill dam with anti-impact FBG sensing array47
A three-dimensional multi-surface plasticity soil model for seismically-induced liquefaction and earthquake loading applications47
Effects of soil properties and geomorphic parameters on the breach mechanisms of landslide dams and prediction of peak discharge47
Investigating the effect of degree of compaction, initial water content, and electric field intensity on electrokinetic remediation of an artificially Cu- and Pb-contaminated loess44
Reply to the discussion by Dimitrios Kolymbas of the article entitled “Characteristic limitations of advanced plasticity and hypoplasticity models for cyclic loading of sands”44
Evaluation of liquefaction resistance for single- and multi-phase SICP-treated sandy soil using shaking table test44
Changes in strength, hydraulic conductivity and microstructure of superabsorbent polymer stabilized soil subjected to wetting–drying cycles44
On the particle morphology characterization of granular geomaterials44
Extended model of shear modulus reduction for cohesive soils43
Temperature- and stress-dependent electrical responses of frozen soils43
Investigations on mechanical responses of frozen soil–rock mixture under cyclic loading: experiments and binary-medium-based multiscale constitutive model43
An effective stress-based DSC model for predicting the coefficient of lateral soil pressure in unsaturated soils42
Field monitoring and assessment of the impact of a large eucalypt on soil desiccation42
Assessment of internal stability of sand–fine mixture using particle detachment model and its implications on suffusion40
Automated calibration of advanced soil constitutive models. Part I: hypoplastic sand40
Effect of overlying pressure and applied shear velocity on the nonlinear behavior of confined shear flow40
Load transfer and performance evaluation of piled beam-supported embankments40
A novel method to improve the soil erosion resistance with fungi40
Nonlinear burgers model for sliding zone soil subjected to cyclic seepage pressure and its applications to the deformation analysis of landslide40
Evolution of sediment after a decade of the Wenchuan earthquake: a case study in a protected debris flow catchment in Wenchuan County, China39
Centrifugal model tests on impact of environmental vibration on scientific device-housed tunnel and vibration reduction schemes39
Stabilized smoothed particle finite element method for coupled large deformation problems in geotechnics39
Investigation of the soil deformation around laterally loaded deep foundations with large diameters39
Effects of installation advancement rate on helical pile helix behavior in very dense sand38
Experimental study on deformation and strength characteristics of granular soil-structure interface under coupled monotonic shear and vibration using a modified direct shear apparatus38
Regional landslide susceptibility assessment based on improved semi-supervised clustering and deep learning37
Small strain stiffness of graded sands with light biocementation37
The effect of temperature on injection-induced shear slip of laboratory faults in sandstone36
Visualized liquefaction behavior of sandy soil deposited in water under undrained cyclic shearing36
Failure mechanism and combined bearing capacity of monopile–friction wheel hybrid foundation in sand-over-clay deposit35
Validation of LBM simulation of saturated seepage flow through 3D-printed homogeneous porous medium for fluid-particle coupled analysis35
Effect of freeze–thaw–vacuum pretreatment modes on the performance of sludge reduction35
Multi-functional direct shear apparatus for geosynthetic interfaces with its application on various GMB/GCL interfaces35
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’i35
A glimpse into rapid freezing processes in clay with x-ray tomography35
Reply to discussion on “3D image-based method to measure soil stiffness in triaxial tests” Zewen Wang, Wenhan Du and B.M. Lehane35
Study on the shear strength characteristics and source mechanism of early-age shield synchronous grouting materials34
Backfill-geogrid interaction: insights from pullout tests and numerical simulation34
Behavior of piled rafts in sand under nonuniform and eccentric loads34
Marc Panet and Jean Sulem: Convergence-confinement method for tunnel design, in Springer tracts in civil engineering, 2021, 151 pages, ISSN: 2366-259X34
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/s1134
Deciphering anomalous dielectric traits of nanoconfined water and its roles in modeling crystalline swelling of bentonite33
The study of foaming agent concentration choice in EPB shield soil conditioning33
A dual-mechanism tensile failure criterion for transversely isotropic rocks33
A three-dimensional particle finite element model for simulating soil flow with elastoplasticity33
Confirmation and utilization of water vapor circulation in soil under temperature gradients32
A particle-scale study of the triaxial compression behavior of methane hydrate-bearing sands32
Characterizing uncertainty in geotechnical design of energy piles based on Bayesian theorem32
Evaluating the subgrade deformation monitoring effect of sensor-enabled piezoelectric geocables based on cyclic dynamic shear tests32
Study on the differential disintegration mechanism of water glass cured sandy soil: analysis from the perspective of the coexistence state of gel and particles32
Use of microfluidic experiments to optimize MICP treatment protocols for effective strength enhancement of MICP-treated sandy soils32
A comparative study of different machine learning algorithms in predicting EPB shield behaviour: a case study at the Xi’an metro, China32
Experimental study on the water retention behavior of intact loess under mechanical wetting and hydraulic wetting31
Deformation characteristics of energy piles subjected to horizontal load under heating–cooling cycles in sand31
Physical meaning and mechanical effects of the neutral stress and effective stress in unsaturated soils31
Time-resolved triggering and runout analysis of rainfall-induced shallow landslides31
Investigation on compressive and pullout behavior of cast-in situ piles using BOFDA technique31
An explicit FEM-NN framework and the analysis of error caused by NN-predicted stress30
Load–settlement behaviour of membrane-confined grouted pile: experimental and analytical study30
A unified thixotropic fluid model considering stage characteristics for soil liquefaction30
Real-time prediction of shield moving trajectory during tunnelling using GRU deep neural network30
Hydraulic conductivity and microscopic properties of sodium hexametaphosphate-amended sand-sodium-activated calcium bentonite backfill in vertical cutoff walls exposed to lead-contaminated groundwater29
Mechanical parameter identification technique for a bentonite buffer based on multi-objective optimization29
Influence of dry density and water salinity on the swelling pressure and hydraulic conductivity of compacted GMZ01 bentonite–sand mixtures29
Modelling undrained behaviour of sand with fines and fabric anisotropy28
Evolution of the pore structure and permeability of thermally desorbed diesel-contaminated soils28
Stability analysis of reservoir slopes under fluctuating water levels using the combined finite-discrete element method28
Premix–spray biomineralization method for anti-disintegration improvement of granite residual soil28
Evaluating the effect of active ions on the early performance of soft clay solidified by modified biomass waste-rice husk ash28
Progressive collapse analysis and robustness evaluation of a propped excavation failed due to inappropriate strut removal28
Field testing of single instrumented steel driven batter piles under vertical vibrations27
Mechanical degradation and particle breakage of sandstone rockfill material under wetting–drying cycles27
Shape effects on penetration of dynamically installed anchors in a transparent marine clay surrogate27
Optimal tip shape for minimum drag and lift during horizontal penetration in granular media27
The critical state of crushable granular sand27
A critical state-based thermo-elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model for thermal creep deformation of frozen soils27
Mechanism-based shift factors to predict the fatigue performance of cemented pavement materials27
Shear strength and shear bands of anisotropic sand27
Serviceability analysis of piled foundations supporting tall structures27
Predicting the chemical and mechanical properties of gypseous soils using different simulation technics26
Behavior of model pile in unsaturated soil subjected to cyclic loading26
Determination of shape parameters of sands: a deep learning approach26
Finite element modeling of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in clay soils considering bound water dehydration26
Nonlocal regularization of an anisotropic critical state model for sand26
Micro-feature-motivated numerical analysis of the coupled bio-chemo-hydro-mechanical behaviour in MICP26
Opposite turning hook of crushable sand's stress–dilatancy curve and its prediction26
An efficient method for evaluating the ground surface settlement of Hangzhou metro deep basement considering the excavation process26
A coupled hydro-mechanical peridynamic model for unsaturated seepage and crack propagation in unsaturated expansive soils due to moisture change26
Bayesian probabilistic characterization of consolidation behavior of clays using CPTU data25
Effect of inherent anisotropy on the strength of natural granite residual soil under generalized stress paths25
The high-cyclic model for sand tested beyond the usual ranges of application25
Self-sealing behavior of annular technological voids between compacted bentonite blocks: insights from the macro- and micro-perspectives25
Calculation of seismic bearing capacity of shallow strip foundations using the cell-based smoothed finite element method25
Effect of minerals on the threshold of compacted clay material liners and service life of barriers in municipal solid waste landfills25
Load transfer of the disconnected pile25
Vertical dynamic impedance of pile groups embedded in soils considering the groundwater level25
Undrained monotonic shear behavior of sand mixed with a small amount of fines content25
Shear behaviors and peak friction angle predictions of three critical geomembrane–soil interfaces25
Kinematic response of large diameter floating pipe piles under vertical S-wave loading25
Quantification of chloride saline soil freezing–thawing temperature threshold based on thermodynamic theory24
Influence of layer thickness on bioremediation of drought-induced soil desiccation cracks using microbially induced calcite precipitation24
Role of iron oxide content on mechanical properties of granite residual soil in full suction range24
Study on the response of postside-grouted piles subjected to lateral loading in calcareous sand24
Resistive force modeling for shallow cone penetration into dry and wet granular layers24
Small DEM sample size can lead to qualitatively erroneous results24
Effect of strength anisotropy on strain localization in natural clay24
Lateral bearing performance and mechanism of piles in the transition zone due to pit-in-pit excavation24
Insights on experimental methodologies and theoretical models for microplastics transport in soils and sediments based on meta-analysis24
Multi-effect investigation on desiccation crack evolution and mechanical behavior of swelling clay24
Three-invariant model and bifurcation analysis of deformation bands for a sandstone subjected to true triaxial loading paths24
Simulation and interpretation of compaction patterns around boreholes excavated in high-porosity rocks23
Coupled hydro-mechanical XFEM analysis for multi-fracturing through an excavation driven by an underlying aquifer: a forensic case study23
Wetting deformation characteristics of soil–rock mixture considering the water-disintegration of red stratum soft rock23
Pore-scale, mechanical, and hydraulic properties of EICP-treated sand using crude legume ureases with different protein contents23
Experimental study with complete stress state interpretation of undrained monotonic and cyclic simple shear tests with flexible boundaries23
Influence of soil–pile interface characteristics on the seismic response of single pile foundations: shaking table testing and numerical simulation23
Effects of groundwater level on the seismic responses of coral sand ground and superstructure by shaking table tests23
Validation of a contour diagram-based model for monopile cyclic design in sand and clay23
A 2D FDEM-based moisture diffusion–fracture coupling model for simulating soil desiccation cracking23
Dynamic evaluation of tiered geogrid mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls using shake table test23
Biopolymer-biocement composite treatment for stabilisation of soil against both current and wave erosion23
Elastic shear stiffness anisotropy and fabric anisotropy of natural clays23
Effects of alkaline solution on shear strength of GMZ bentonite as a buffer/backfill material in China23
Ground displacements and stresses around a non-uniformly deforming circular tunnel in elastic media using complex variable method22
A basic constitutive model for sands22
The response of caisson induced by adjacent spudcan penetration in nonhomogeneous clay22
2D full-field deformation measurement at grain level using optical flow with deep networks22
Convolutional neural networks prediction of the factor of safety of random layered slopes by the strength reduction method22
Load transfer behavior and interference effect of load distributive compression anchor in residual soil22
Evaluation of hydraulic conductivity of gap-graded granular soils based on equivalent void ratio concept22
Mechanical and microstructure analysis of mass-stabilized organic clay thermally cured using a ternary binder22
A table method for coded target decoding with application to 3-D reconstruction of soil specimens during triaxial testing22
Seismic site characterization of shallow bedrock sites in peninsular India using multiple geophysical methods22
Studying the effect of partial drainage on the response of soft clays reinforced with sand column groups22
Strain energy dissipation during liquefaction of fibre-reinforced sand under undrained cyclic triaxial loading22
Shielding effects of deep cement mixing column rows on an anchored sheet pile quay in soft clay: three-dimensional centrifuge and numerical modeling22
What friction angle would characterize a pile–soil interface as “rough” or “smooth”?22
Experimental studies on the behavior of a single shaped pile under oblique pullout loads21
Load-bearing performance of caisson-bored pile composite anchorage foundation for long-span suspension bridge: 1-g model tests21
Shear wave velocity and dynamic resilient modulus of electro-osmosis-treated unsaturated subgrade soil21
A non-associated fractional-order plasticity model of rockfill material without using yield function21
Failure analysis of the edge-notched beam test on fluid-exposed Berea Sandstone21
Semi-analytical solutions for soil consolidation induced by drying21
Combined study of creep and ageing under deviatoric loading in granular materials21
Modelling the mechanical behaviour of soils using machine learning algorithms with explicit formulations21
Formation and evolution of particle migration zones for different drilling fluid compositions in porous media21
The mechanical behaviour of gap-graded soils under triaxial compression and extension loading paths21
An efficient Bayesian multi-model framework to analyze reliability of rock structures with limited investigation data21
Influence of piston wind induced by high-speed trains on the temperature field of a tunnel in cold regions21
Internal erosion of a gap-graded soil and influences on the critical state21
Microbial interactions during carbonate biomineralization via urea hydrolysis metabolic pathway21
Effect of inherent microcrack populations on rock tensile fracture behaviour: numerical study based on embedded discontinuity finite elements21
Probability-based analyses of bearing capacity of square and rectangular footings resting on sandy soil considering rotational anisotropy20
Hypoplastic modeling of inherent anisotropy in normally and overconsolidated clays20
Time-dependent reliability analysis of unsaturated slopes under rapid drawdown with intelligent surrogate models20
Full-scale in situ experimental study on the bearing capacity of energy piles under varying temperature and multiple mechanical load levels20
Improvement in silty sand with enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation: laboratory model experiment20
Predicting occurrence of liquefaction-induced lateral spreading using gradient boosting algorithms integrated with particle swarm optimization: PSO-XGBoost, PSO-LightGBM, and PSO-CatBoost20
Thermal effect on rock strength: strengthening-weakening transition explored by grain-based model20
Cyclic compression of sands at constant stress ratio—experimental investigations and constitutive modelling20
Forecasting of pile plugging using machine learning20
Micromechanical mechanism-based anisotropic strength criteria for regularly arranged elliptical particle assembly20
Machine learning-based soil–structure interaction analysis of laterally loaded piles through physics-informed neural networks20
A continuum-based model on axial pile-head dynamic impedance in inhomogeneous soil20
Load transfer mechanism for connected and disconnected piled raft: a comparative study20
SPH–DEM modeling overtopping failure of earthfill dams20
A coupled CFD-DEM investigation into suffusion of gap-graded soil considering anisotropic stress conditions and flow directions20
Numerical model for solid-like and fluid-like behavior of granular flows20
Physics-informed deep learning method for predicting tunnelling-induced ground deformations20
Shear behavior of calcareous sands in three-dimensional stress20
Micromechanical investigation of the particle size effect on the shear strength of uncrushable granular materials19
Towards universality of extended seismic laws with largest labquakes19
Mechanism and control of progressive collapse of tied-back excavations induced by local anchor failure19
Analysis of working face stability during obstruction removal from a box tunnel machine19
Suction effects during uplift of steel pipes buried in compacted soil19
Compression and critical-state behaviors of calcareous sand–diatom mixtures19
Cosserat model incorporating anisotropy evolution and its application in numerical analysis of strain localization in clay19
New clogging potential assessment method for conditioned soil based on modified pullout and direct shear tests19
Nonlinear consolidation analysis of multilayered soil with coupled vertical-radial drainage using the spectral method19
Influence of plastic fines content on the liquefaction susceptibility of sands: monotonic loading18
Development of a non-local partial Peridynamic explicit mesh-free incompressible method and its validation for simulating dry dense granular flows18
A graphical solution for undrained cylindrical cavity expansion in strain-hardening frictional soil18
Field experimental study on cyclic uplift behavior of anchored pier foundations18
Influence of fracture morphology variation on elastoplastic deformation of unmated rock fractures subject to normal loadings18
Unsaturated slopes behavior under antecedent intermittent rainfall patterns: centrifuge and numerical study18
Performance of debris flow barriers: an energy perspective18
Single-layer soil-water coupled SPH method and its application to sinkhole simulation18
A physics-inspired machine learning approach for water-tightness estimation of defective cut-off walls with random construction errors18
Analyzing the shear strength of jointed magmatic rock mass excavatability using the hybridization of metaheuristic model of ELM-SVM18
Experimental study on the road energy harvesting of piezoelectric ceramic in unbound granular materials based on a large-scale triaxial apparatus18
Analysis and prediction of the river levee settlement derived from shield tunneling considering the excavation face stability18
Secondary compression behavior of over-consolidated soft clay after surcharge preloading18
Instability and liquefaction flow slide of granular soils: the role of initial shear stress18
A fractal order creep-damage constitutive model of silty clay17
Effects of scour on the lateral response of piles in sand: centrifuge tests and numerical investigation17
Numerical investigations of enhanced shallow geothermal energy recovery using microencapsulated phase change materials and metal fins17
Improved mechanical response of Nano-SiO2 powder cemented soil under the coupling effect of dry and wet cycles and seawater corrosion17
Strengthening mechanisms in cement-stabilized kaolinite revealed by cross-scale nanoindentation17
Transmission effect of eroded particles in suffusion using the CFD-DEM coupling method17
An experimental investigation on progressive failure mechanism of the earth-retaining structure with sloping backfill using image analysis17
Effects of chlorine salt crystallization on long-term characteristics of road base aggregates17
Predicting tunnel squeezing using support vector machine optimized by whale optimization algorithm17
Applications of micropolar SPH in geomechanics17
A new phase field model for mixed-mode brittle fractures in rocks modified from triple shear energy criterion17
Water retention and compression behavior of MX80 bentonite pellet17
Mechanical and microseismic characteristics of sandstones subject to moderate low-frequency differential cyclic loading (DCL) followed by monotonic loading up to failure17
Multiscale experimental analysis of marine clay stabilized with coal gangue–calcium carbide residue geopolymer17
Estimation of compression behavior of granular soils considering initial density effect based on equivalent concept17
Performance and prediction of long-term settlement in road embankments constructed with recycled construction and demolition waste17
Predicting permeability of tight carbonates using a hybrid machine learning approach of modified equilibrium optimizer and extreme learning machine17
Practical estimation of the thermal conductivity of granular soils considering grading and relative density using three physical parameters16
The impact of large microplastics on the physical behavior of soils: implications to marine sediments16
Effects of sediment densification and strengthening on scour around monopiles using mangrove-inspired skirt piles16
Inherent and stress-induced stiffness anisotropy of natural granite residual soil16
A general simple method for calculating consolidation settlements of layered clayey soils with vertical drains under staged loadings16
Seawater effects on ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS)-stabilized marine deposits in land reclamation16
Analysis on face stability of rectangular cross-sectional shield tunneling based on an improved two-dimensional rotational mechanism16
Mechanical behaviour and grain breakage characteristics of Tibetan glacial tills under triaxial compression16
Formulation and implementation of an isotropic plasticity model enriched with shift stress and fractional flow rule16
A DEM-based Euler–Lagrange model for motion of particle–fluid two-phase mixtures16
Stabilized explicit $$u-p_w$$ solution in soil dynamic problems near the undrained-incompressible limit16
Experimental investigation into the effects of tamper weight and drop distance on dynamic soil compaction16
Progression of backward erosion piping with sudden and gradual hydraulic loads16
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