Acta Geotechnica

Papers
(The TQCC of Acta Geotechnica is 13. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Effects of initial shear stress on the hydromechanical behavior of collapsible soils134
Generalised ultimate loads for pile groups126
Mechanical behaviors and reinforcement mechanisms of engineering waste mud reinforced with industrial by-product lignocellulosic fiber and hydrophobic polymer123
Lessons in geomechanics of deep foundations from nature95
Microstructure, strength and durability of nano-cemented soils under different seawater conditions: laboratory study92
A weight combination anisotropic strength criterion considering the effect of joint orientation89
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 applications82
Effects of soil properties and geomorphic parameters on the breach mechanisms of landslide dams and prediction of peak discharge81
Effects of biostimulation treatment methods on mechanical properties and microstructure characteristics of biocemented soil79
Stress–strain–strength behavior of geosynthetic reinforced rubber–sand mixtures76
Hydraulic conductivity and compressibility of polyanionic cellulose-modified sand-calcium bentonite slurry trench cutoff wall materials67
Deep learning-based calibration of resistance factors for pile groups with load tests67
Centrifuge model test on the behavior of geosynthetic-reinforced pile foundations under simulated train loads64
Effects of concave facing profile on the internal stability of geosynthetic-reinforced soil walls62
Engineering and leachability behavior of lime-treated highly compressible soil amended with nano-clay55
A three-dimensional multi-surface plasticity soil model for seismically-induced liquefaction and earthquake loading applications55
Laboratory investigation and constitutive modeling of the mechanical behavior of sand–GRP interfaces55
Evaluation of liquefaction resistance for single- and multi-phase SICP-treated sandy soil using shaking table test54
Passive earth pressure in sand on inclined walls with negative wall friction based on a statically admissible stress field54
Risk assessment of seepage failure in deep excavations based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and cloud model54
Macro and mesoscopic shear behavior of interface between sand and concrete with different JRC under cyclic load53
Strengthening mechanism of plum blossom pile composite foundation52
Thermally induced volume change behavior of sand–clay mixtures51
Back-analysis of one-dimensional consolidation settlement51
Theoretical solutions of lateral response of a scoured fixed-head pile in elastoplastic soil considering plastic hinging48
Identification of the optimal ground motion intensity measure and input parameters for assessing liquefaction-induced lateral spreading based on the generalized additive method47
Spatiotemporal settlement deformation characteristics analysis of rockfill dam with anti-impact FBG sensing array46
Water–heat–vapor–salt–mechanics coupling mechanism in unsaturated freezing sulfate saline soil: insights from theory and experiment46
On the particle morphology characterization of granular geomaterials45
Investigating the effect of degree of compaction, initial water content, and electric field intensity on electrokinetic remediation of an artificially Cu- and Pb-contaminated loess45
Analytical study on multiple-mode deformation behaviors of tunnels subjected to asymmetric loading in composite strata44
Changes in strength, hydraulic conductivity and microstructure of superabsorbent polymer stabilized soil subjected to wetting–drying cycles44
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’i43
Deciphering anomalous dielectric traits of nanoconfined water and its roles in modeling crystalline swelling of bentonite43
Reply to discussion on “3D image-based method to measure soil stiffness in triaxial tests” Zewen Wang, Wenhan Du and B.M. Lehane42
Temperature- and stress-dependent electrical responses of frozen soils39
Study on the differential disintegration mechanism of water glass cured sandy soil: analysis from the perspective of the coexistence state of gel and particles39
Regional landslide susceptibility assessment based on improved semi-supervised clustering and deep learning39
Behavior of piled rafts in sand under nonuniform and eccentric loads39
Backfill-geogrid interaction: insights from pullout tests and numerical simulation39
Evaluating drained shear strength of sands by shear wave velocity from a critical state perspective39
The study of foaming agent concentration choice in EPB shield soil conditioning39
Characterizing uncertainty in geotechnical design of energy piles based on Bayesian theorem38
Extended model of shear modulus reduction for cohesive soils38
Uniaxial compression characteristics of frozen soil–rock mixture38
Centrifugal model tests on impact of environmental vibration on scientific device-housed tunnel and vibration reduction schemes38
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/s1137
Reply to the discussion by Dimitrios Kolymbas of the article entitled “Characteristic limitations of advanced plasticity and hypoplasticity models for cyclic loading of sands”36
Study on the shear strength characteristics and source mechanism of early-age shield synchronous grouting materials35
Failure mechanism and combined bearing capacity of monopile–friction wheel hybrid foundation in sand-over-clay deposit35
Visualized liquefaction behavior of sandy soil deposited in water under undrained cyclic shearing35
Marc Panet and Jean Sulem: Convergence-confinement method for tunnel design, in Springer tracts in civil engineering, 2021, 151 pages, ISSN: 2366-259X34
Numerical simulation of segment floating in shield tunnel construction using coupled IBM–FVM34
Mitigation measures to control erosion in river banks using biochar-assisted biocementation method34
Optimal IM selection using fuzzy multiple criteria decision-making method for submarine shield tunnel in layered liquefiable seabed34
Evolution of sediment after a decade of the Wenchuan earthquake: a case study in a protected debris flow catchment in Wenchuan County, China34
Does fabric evolution in granular materials depend on particle shape? An experimental study using X-ray tomography33
Investigations on mechanical responses of frozen soil–rock mixture under cyclic loading: experiments and binary-medium-based multiscale constitutive model33
Investigation of the soil deformation around laterally loaded deep foundations with large diameters33
Assessment of internal stability of sand–fine mixture using particle detachment model and its implications on suffusion32
Three-dimensional dynamic analysis of seismic-induced rockslides and river blockage32
A dual-mechanism tensile failure criterion for transversely isotropic rocks32
A novel method to improve the soil erosion resistance with fungi32
Stabilized smoothed particle finite element method for coupled large deformation problems in geotechnics32
Field tests on installation effects of cast-in-situ pile and pre-bored grouted PHC pile32
Automated calibration of advanced soil constitutive models. Part I: hypoplastic sand31
A three-dimensional particle finite element model for simulating soil flow with elastoplasticity31
The effect of temperature on injection-induced shear slip of laboratory faults in sandstone31
Effects of installation advancement rate on helical pile helix behavior in very dense sand31
A particle-scale study of the triaxial compression behavior of methane hydrate-bearing sands31
The geomechanical responses of hydrate-bearing sandy and clayey–silty sediments during hydrate dissociation by depressurization: mechanical parameters evolution and prediction30
Use of microfluidic experiments to optimize MICP treatment protocols for effective strength enhancement of MICP-treated sandy soils30
Effect of overlying pressure and applied shear velocity on the nonlinear behavior of confined shear flow30
Load transfer and performance evaluation of piled beam-supported embankments30
Nonlinear burgers model for sliding zone soil subjected to cyclic seepage pressure and its applications to the deformation analysis of landslide30
Enhancing strength and environmental benefits of sustainable soil stabilization using phosphogypsum-activated GGBS and magnesium oxide30
A critical state-based thermo-elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model for thermal creep deformation of frozen soils29
Effect of freeze–thaw–vacuum pretreatment modes on the performance of sludge reduction29
Deformation characteristics of energy piles subjected to horizontal load under heating–cooling cycles in sand29
Physical meaning and mechanical effects of the neutral stress and effective stress in unsaturated soils29
Experimental study on deformation and strength characteristics of granular soil-structure interface under coupled monotonic shear and vibration using a modified direct shear apparatus29
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/s11440-023-02212-929
Small strain stiffness of graded sands with light biocementation29
Mechanical parameter identification technique for a bentonite buffer based on multi-objective optimization28
An explicit FEM-NN framework and the analysis of error caused by NN-predicted stress28
Opposite turning hook of crushable sand's stress–dilatancy curve and its prediction28
Lateral dynamics of non-circular piles in layered viscoelastic soils: a semi-analytical approach28
Shape effects on penetration of dynamically installed anchors in a transparent marine clay surrogate28
Stability analysis of reservoir slopes under fluctuating water levels using the combined finite-discrete element method27
Behavior of model pile in unsaturated soil subjected to cyclic loading27
Evaluating the subgrade deformation monitoring effect of sensor-enabled piezoelectric geocables based on cyclic dynamic shear tests27
Finite element modeling of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in clay soils considering bound water dehydration27
Micro-feature-motivated numerical analysis of the coupled bio-chemo-hydro-mechanical behaviour in MICP27
Time-resolved triggering and runout analysis of rainfall-induced shallow landslides27
Field testing of single instrumented steel driven batter piles under vertical vibrations27
Mechanism-based shift factors to predict the fatigue performance of cemented pavement materials27
Confirmation and utilization of water vapor circulation in soil under temperature gradients27
Evaluating the effect of active ions on the early performance of soft clay solidified by modified biomass waste-rice husk ash27
Progressive collapse analysis and robustness evaluation of a propped excavation failed due to inappropriate strut removal27
An efficient method for evaluating the ground surface settlement of Hangzhou metro deep basement considering the excavation process27
Infiltration characteristics of bentonite-based stabilizing fluid into pore spaces of sand investigated by X-ray micro-CT analysis27
Evolution of the pore structure and permeability of thermally desorbed diesel-contaminated soils27
The critical state of crushable granular sand26
A coupled hydro-mechanical peridynamic model for unsaturated seepage and crack propagation in unsaturated expansive soils due to moisture change26
Modelling undrained behaviour of sand with fines and fabric anisotropy26
Optimal tip shape for minimum drag and lift during horizontal penetration in granular media26
The high-cyclic model for sand tested beyond the usual ranges of application26
A unified thixotropic fluid model considering stage characteristics for soil liquefaction26
Bio-hydrogel and biomineralization in improving water retention ability of sandy soils26
Determination of shape parameters of sands: a deep learning approach26
Mechanical degradation and particle breakage of sandstone rockfill material under wetting–drying cycles26
Experimental study on the water retention behavior of intact loess under mechanical wetting and hydraulic wetting26
Hydraulic conductivity and microscopic properties of sodium hexametaphosphate-amended sand-sodium-activated calcium bentonite backfill in vertical cutoff walls exposed to lead-contaminated groundwater26
Investigation on compressive and pullout behavior of cast-in situ piles using BOFDA technique26
Load–settlement behaviour of membrane-confined grouted pile: experimental and analytical study26
Premix–spray biomineralization method for anti-disintegration improvement of granite residual soil26
Pore-scale, mechanical, and hydraulic properties of EICP-treated sand using crude legume ureases with different protein contents25
Experimental study with complete stress state interpretation of undrained monotonic and cyclic simple shear tests with flexible boundaries25
Role of iron oxide content on mechanical properties of granite residual soil in full suction range25
Small DEM sample size can lead to qualitatively erroneous results25
Experimental study on thermal contact resistance between GMZ bentonite block and pellets25
Wetting deformation characteristics of soil–rock mixture considering the water-disintegration of red stratum soft rock25
Effects of alkaline solution on shear strength of GMZ bentonite as a buffer/backfill material in China25
Quantification of chloride saline soil freezing–thawing temperature threshold based on thermodynamic theory25
Dynamic evaluation of tiered geogrid mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls using shake table test25
Insights on experimental methodologies and theoretical models for microplastics transport in soils and sediments based on meta-analysis25
Shear behaviors and peak friction angle predictions of three critical geomembrane–soil interfaces25
Coupled hydro-mechanical XFEM analysis for multi-fracturing through an excavation driven by an underlying aquifer: a forensic case study25
Simulation and interpretation of compaction patterns around boreholes excavated in high-porosity rocks24
In-depth understanding of porosity evolution in compacted Gaomiaozi bentonite under high-alkaline cement water conditions: from micro- and macro-perspectives24
Biopolymer-biocement composite treatment for stabilisation of soil against both current and wave erosion24
Three-invariant model and bifurcation analysis of deformation bands for a sandstone subjected to true triaxial loading paths24
Load transfer of the disconnected pile24
Vertical dynamic impedance of pile groups embedded in soils considering the groundwater level24
Effects of groundwater level on the seismic responses of coral sand ground and superstructure by shaking table tests24
Calculation of seismic bearing capacity of shallow strip foundations using the cell-based smoothed finite element method24
Study on the response of postside-grouted piles subjected to lateral loading in calcareous sand24
Self-sealing behavior of annular technological voids between compacted bentonite blocks: insights from the macro- and micro-perspectives24
Effect of strength anisotropy on strain localization in natural clay24
Effect of minerals on the threshold of compacted clay material liners and service life of barriers in municipal solid waste landfills24
Undrained monotonic shear behavior of sand mixed with a small amount of fines content24
Kinematic response of large diameter floating pipe piles under vertical S-wave loading24
Elastic shear stiffness anisotropy and fabric anisotropy of natural clays24
Cementation and pore-filling mechanisms in cement treated low-plastic clays23
Influence of layer thickness on bioremediation of drought-induced soil desiccation cracks using microbially induced calcite precipitation23
Studying the effect of partial drainage on the response of soft clays reinforced with sand column groups23
An efficient Bayesian multi-model framework to analyze reliability of rock structures with limited investigation data23
Influence of soil–pile interface characteristics on the seismic response of single pile foundations: shaking table testing and numerical simulation23
Load transfer behavior and interference effect of load distributive compression anchor in residual soil23
A hypoplastic model for hydrate dissociation considering grain breakage23
Microbial interactions during carbonate biomineralization via urea hydrolysis metabolic pathway23
Multi-effect investigation on desiccation crack evolution and mechanical behavior of swelling clay23
Multi-scale characterization of the hydromechanical behavior of a heterogeneous porous sandstone using neutron and X-ray tomographies23
Resistive force modeling for shallow cone penetration into dry and wet granular layers23
Ground displacements and stresses around a non-uniformly deforming circular tunnel in elastic media using complex variable method23
Numerical model for solid-like and fluid-like behavior of granular flows22
A non-associated fractional-order plasticity model of rockfill material without using yield function22
Influence of piston wind induced by high-speed trains on the temperature field of a tunnel in cold regions22
Micromechanical mechanism-based anisotropic strength criteria for regularly arranged elliptical particle assembly22
Internal erosion of a gap-graded soil and influences on the critical state22
Shear behavior of calcareous sands in three-dimensional stress22
The response of caisson induced by adjacent spudcan penetration in nonhomogeneous clay22
Shear wave velocity and dynamic resilient modulus of electro-osmosis-treated unsaturated subgrade soil22
Validation of a contour diagram-based model for monopile cyclic design in sand and clay22
Forecasting of pile plugging using machine learning22
Cyclic compression of sands at constant stress ratio—experimental investigations and constitutive modelling22
Seismic site characterization of shallow bedrock sites in peninsular India using multiple geophysical methods22
Hypoplastic modeling of inherent anisotropy in normally and overconsolidated clays22
Machine learning-based soil–structure interaction analysis of laterally loaded piles through physics-informed neural networks21
Probability-based analyses of bearing capacity of square and rectangular footings resting on sandy soil considering rotational anisotropy21
Predicting occurrence of liquefaction-induced lateral spreading using gradient boosting algorithms integrated with particle swarm optimization: PSO-XGBoost, PSO-LightGBM, and PSO-CatBoost21
Mechanical and microstructure analysis of mass-stabilized organic clay thermally cured using a ternary binder21
Convolutional neural networks prediction of the factor of safety of random layered slopes by the strength reduction method21
Semi-analytical solutions for soil consolidation induced by drying21
Formation and evolution of particle migration zones for different drilling fluid compositions in porous media21
Load transfer mechanism for connected and disconnected piled raft: a comparative study21
Mechanical properties of rockfill under generalized stress conditions: true triaxial testing and constitutive modeling21
Thermal effect on rock strength: strengthening-weakening transition explored by grain-based model21
Strain energy dissipation during liquefaction of fibre-reinforced sand under undrained cyclic triaxial loading21
The mechanical behaviour of gap-graded soils under triaxial compression and extension loading paths21
What friction angle would characterize a pile–soil interface as “rough” or “smooth”?21
Experimental studies on the behavior of a single shaped pile under oblique pullout loads20
A coupled CFD-DEM investigation into suffusion of gap-graded soil considering anisotropic stress conditions and flow directions20
Load-bearing performance of caisson-bored pile composite anchorage foundation for long-span suspension bridge: 1-g model tests20
2D full-field deformation measurement at grain level using optical flow with deep networks20
Failure analysis of the edge-notched beam test on fluid-exposed Berea Sandstone20
Shielding effects of deep cement mixing column rows on an anchored sheet pile quay in soft clay: three-dimensional centrifuge and numerical modeling20
SPH–DEM modeling overtopping failure of earthfill dams20
Analysis of working face stability during obstruction removal from a box tunnel machine20
Combined study of creep and ageing under deviatoric loading in granular materials20
Evaluation of hydraulic conductivity of gap-graded granular soils based on equivalent void ratio concept20
Full-scale in situ experimental study on the bearing capacity of energy piles under varying temperature and multiple mechanical load levels20
Physics-informed deep learning method for predicting tunnelling-induced ground deformations20
Improvement in silty sand with enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation: laboratory model experiment20
PINN-based approach to the nonlinear large-strain consolidation under time-dependent drainage boundary20
A graphical solution for undrained cylindrical cavity expansion in strain-hardening frictional soil19
Mechanical and microseismic characteristics of sandstones subject to moderate low-frequency differential cyclic loading (DCL) followed by monotonic loading up to failure19
Cosserat model incorporating anisotropy evolution and its application in numerical analysis of strain localization in clay19
Analyzing the shear strength of jointed magmatic rock mass excavatability using the hybridization of metaheuristic model of ELM-SVM19
Single-layer soil-water coupled SPH method and its application to sinkhole simulation19
A physics-inspired machine learning approach for water-tightness estimation of defective cut-off walls with random construction errors19
Single MICP treatment method for soil improvement using pH adjustment and milk19
Influence of fracture morphology variation on elastoplastic deformation of unmated rock fractures subject to normal loadings19
Micromechanical investigation of the particle size effect on the shear strength of uncrushable granular materials19
Fault slip mechanics and seismic source characteristics considering fracture zone anisotropy18
Effects of chlorine salt crystallization on long-term characteristics of road base aggregates18
Investigation of the O-cell test conversion coefficient in extremely soft rock conditions based on energy conversion18
Evaluation of desiccation cracking characteristics of inorganic micro-fiber-reinforced engineered barrier material (IMEBM) for geological repository18
A fractal order creep-damage constitutive model of silty clay18
Analysis and prediction of the river levee settlement derived from shield tunneling considering the excavation face stability18
Performance of debris flow barriers: an energy perspective18
An experimental investigation on progressive failure mechanism of the earth-retaining structure with sloping backfill using image analysis18
Nonlinear consolidation analysis of multilayered soil with coupled vertical-radial drainage using the spectral method18
Unsaturated slopes behavior under antecedent intermittent rainfall patterns: centrifuge and numerical study18
Pore fractal and damage characteristics of granite following high-temperature heating and water cooling18
Strengthening mechanisms in cement-stabilized kaolinite revealed by cross-scale nanoindentation18
Effects of scour on the lateral response of piles in sand: centrifuge tests and numerical investigation18
Mechanism and control of progressive collapse of tied-back excavations induced by local anchor failure18
Performance of imperfect trench installation box culvert on soft ground18
Experimental investigation of mechanical and microstructural properties of re-cemented clay18
Estimation of compression behavior of granular soils considering initial density effect based on equivalent concept18
Field experimental study on cyclic uplift behavior of anchored pier foundations18
Compression and critical-state behaviors of calcareous sand–diatom mixtures17
Numerical investigations of enhanced shallow geothermal energy recovery using microencapsulated phase change materials and metal fins17
Experimental study on the road energy harvesting of piezoelectric ceramic in unbound granular materials based on a large-scale triaxial apparatus17
New clogging potential assessment method for conditioned soil based on modified pullout and direct shear tests17
Stabilized explicit $$u-p_w$$ solution in soil dynamic problems near the undrained-incompressible limit17
Framework for incorporating multi-level morphology of particles in DEM simulations: independent control of polydisperse distributions of roundness and roughness while preserving form distributions in 17
Effects of sediment densification and strengthening on scour around monopiles using mangrove-inspired skirt piles17
Transmission effect of eroded particles in suffusion using the CFD-DEM coupling method17
Evolution of anisotropic stiffness and damping ratio of soft clay by bidirectional step-amplitude cyclic triaxial tests17
Towards universality of extended seismic laws with largest labquakes17
Development of a non-local partial Peridynamic explicit mesh-free incompressible method and its validation for simulating dry dense granular flows17
Multiscale experimental analysis of marine clay stabilized with coal gangue–calcium carbide residue geopolymer17
Micromechanical interpretation of the deformation behavior of inherently anisotropic sand under traffic loading17
Formulation and implementation of an isotropic plasticity model enriched with shift stress and fractional flow rule17
Predicting tunnel squeezing using support vector machine optimized by whale optimization algorithm17
Water retention and compression behavior of MX80 bentonite pellet17
Suction effects during uplift of steel pipes buried in compacted soil17
Improved mechanical response of Nano-SiO2 powder cemented soil under the coupling effect of dry and wet cycles and seawater corrosion17
Performance and prediction of long-term settlement in road embankments constructed with recycled construction and demolition waste17
Study on the durability and long-term behavior of cement-stabilized soil in post-grouted piles embedded in sand17
Inferred Winkler model for stiffness of suction caisson foundation under combined loading in non-homogeneous and layered soil17
Upper bound seismic limit analysis of shallow landslides with a new kinematically admissible failure mechanism17
Effect of multidirectional cyclic loading history on reliquefaction behaviors of sand: a microscale investigation16
Study on bearing characteristic of long-short-pile composite foundation with biocemented coral sand pile16
Kinematic responses of a pipe pile embedded in a poroelastic soil to seismic P waves16
Numerical study on the dynamic behavior of rock avalanche: influence of cluster shape, size and gradation16
An investigation of single-particle fracture behavior of calcareous nodule using an improved block-based model16
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