Acta Geotechnica

Papers
(The TQCC of Acta Geotechnica is 11. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
The detailed particle breakage around the pile in coral sand110
Displacement prediction of Jiuxianping landslide using gated recurrent unit (GRU) networks94
Homogeneity and mechanical behaviors of sands improved by a temperature-controlled one-phase MICP method92
Compression behavior of MICP-treated sand with various gradations85
Predicting tunnel squeezing using support vector machine optimized by whale optimization algorithm82
A comparative study of different machine learning algorithms in predicting EPB shield behaviour: a case study at the Xi’an metro, China78
Retarding effect of concentration of cementation solution on biocementation of soil74
Real-time prediction of shield moving trajectory during tunnelling72
Quantitative evaluation of geological uncertainty and its influence on tunnel structural performance using improved coupled Markov chain70
Investigating the effect of degree of compaction, initial water content, and electric field intensity on electrokinetic remediation of an artificially Cu- and Pb-contaminated loess69
Comparative performance of eight ensemble learning approaches for the development of models of slope stability prediction64
Bio-mediated calcium carbonate precipitation and its effect on the shear behaviour of calcareous sand61
Coupled thermal–hydraulic modeling of artificial ground freezing with uncertainties in pipe inclination and thermal conductivity59
Intelligent assistant driving method for tunnel boring machine based on big data56
Failure characteristics of brittle rock containing two rectangular holes under uniaxial compression and coupled static-dynamic loads55
Real-time prediction of shield moving trajectory during tunnelling using GRU deep neural network54
A new approach for stabilization of lateritic soil with Portland cement and sand: strength and durability52
A 2D mixed fracture–pore seepage model and hydromechanical coupling for fractured porous media51
Effects of internal pores on the mechanical properties of marine calcareous sand particles51
Hypoplastic modeling of anisotropic sand behavior accounting for fabric evolution under monotonic and cyclic loading50
Numerical investigation of the mechanism of granular flow impact on rigid control structures48
Kinetic biomineralization through microfluidic chip tests48
Effect of wool fiber addition on the reinforcement of loose sands by microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP): mechanical property and underlying mechanism47
A 2D FDEM-based moisture diffusion–fracture coupling model for simulating soil desiccation cracking47
Predicting permeability of tight carbonates using a hybrid machine learning approach of modified equilibrium optimizer and extreme learning machine46
Poroelastic coefficients for anisotropic single and double porosity media46
Centrifuge modelling of rainfall-induced slope failure in variably saturated soil45
Insights into the deformation and failure characteristic of a slope due to excavation through multi-field monitoring: a model test44
Modelling three-dimensional stress-dependent failure of hard rocks44
Evaluation of undrained shear strength of surficial marine clays using ball penetration-based CFD modelling43
Energy dissimilation characteristics and shock mechanism of coal-rock mass induced in steeply-inclined mining: comparison based on physical simulation and numerical calculation42
Effect of pH on soil improvement using one-phase-low-pH MICP or EICP biocementation method42
A triaxial creep model for deep coal considering temperature effect based on fractional derivative42
Design optimization of the soil nail wall-retaining pile-anchor cable supporting system in a large-scale deep foundation pit41
Mechanical behaviors of conjugate-flawed rocks subjected to coupled static–dynamic compression40
Assessment of rockburst risk using multivariate adaptive regression splines and deep forest model38
3D DEM method for compaction and breakage characteristics simulation of broken rock mass in goaf38
Use of microfluidic experiments to optimize MICP treatment protocols for effective strength enhancement of MICP-treated sandy soils38
A continuum-based model on axial pile-head dynamic impedance in inhomogeneous soil38
Changes in strength, hydraulic conductivity and microstructure of superabsorbent polymer stabilized soil subjected to wetting–drying cycles37
Ground movements induced by installation of twin large diameter deeply-buried caissons: 3D numerical modeling37
Experimental study and numerical modeling of the thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in soil freezing with different frost penetration directions37
Particle finite element method implementation for large deformation analysis using Abaqus36
An experimental study on the apparent viscosity of sandy soils: from liquefaction triggering to pseudo-plastic behaviour of liquefied sands36
Kitchen waste for Sporosarcina pasteurii cultivation and its application in wind erosion control of desert soil via microbially induced carbonate precipitation36
Transmission effect of eroded particles in suffusion using the CFD-DEM coupling method35
Experimental and numerical study of failure characteristics of brittle rocks with single internal 3D open-type flaw35
Effects of calcium sources and magnesium ions on the mechanical behavior of MICP-treated calcareous sand: experimental evidence and precipitated crystal insights35
Short-term rockburst prediction in underground project: insights from an explainable and interpretable ensemble learning model35
SPH–DEM coupling method based on GPU and its application to the landslide tsunami. Part II: reproduction of the Vajont landslide tsunami35
Time-dependent reliability analysis of unsaturated slopes under rapid drawdown with intelligent surrogate models35
A maximum entropy method using fractional moments and deep learning for geotechnical reliability analysis35
Micro-mechanical analysis of soil–structure interface behavior under constant normal stiffness condition with DEM34
Quantitative bearing capacity assessment of strip footings adjacent to two-layered slopes considering spatial soil variability34
Mechanical and biodeterioration behaviours of a clayey soil strengthened with combined carrageenan and casein33
Interval prediction of landslide displacement with dual-output least squares support vector machine and particle swarm optimization algorithms33
Predicting occurrence of liquefaction-induced lateral spreading using gradient boosting algorithms integrated with particle swarm optimization: PSO-XGBoost, PSO-LightGBM, and PSO-CatBoost33
Experimental investigation of the strain rate effect on crack initiation and crack damage thresholds of hard rock under quasi-static compression32
Machine learning-assisted distinct element model calibration: ANFIS, SVM, GPR, and MARS approaches32
Numerical investigation on performance of braced excavation considering soil stress-induced anisotropy32
A Caputo variable-order fractional damage creep model for sandstone considering effect of relaxation time32
Microscopic mechanism of particle detachment in granular materials subjected to suffusion in anisotropic stress states31
On the seismic stability of soil slopes containing dual weak layers: true failure load assessment by finite-element limit-analysis31
Comprehensive simulations of rock fracturing with pre-existing cracks by the numerical manifold method31
Effectiveness of a buttress wall in reducing retaining wall movement during dewatering before bulk excavation31
Characteristic limitations of advanced plasticity and hypoplasticity models for cyclic loading of sands31
Calibration of a hypoplastic model using genetic algorithms31
Physics-informed deep learning method for predicting tunnelling-induced ground deformations30
Thermal properties of GMZ bentonite pellet mixtures subjected to different temperatures for high-level radioactive waste repository30
Modelling the mechanical behaviour of soils using machine learning algorithms with explicit formulations30
Two-layer material point method for modeling soil–water interaction in unsaturated soils and rainfall-induced slope failure30
Exploring efficiency of biochar in enhancing water retention in soils with varying grain size distributions using ANN technique30
Influence of particle size on the drained shear behavior of a dense fluvial sand29
A high-cycle accumulation model for clay and its application to monopile foundations29
Large scale model testing to investigate the influence of granular cushion layer on the performance of disconnected piled raft system29
Hybrid machine learning model with random field and limited CPT data to quantify horizontal scale of fluctuation of soil spatial variability29
Correlation between grain shape and critical state characteristics of uniformly graded sands: A 3D DEM study29
Identification of geological characteristics from construction parameters during shield tunnelling29
Characteristics of ground settlement due to combined actions of groundwater drawdown and enclosure wall movement28
Assessment of apparent earth pressure for braced excavations in anisotropic clay28
Transport coefficients and pressure conditions for growth of ice lens in frozen soil28
Comparative 3D DEM simulations of sand–structure interfaces with similarly shaped clumps versus spheres with contact moments28
Pseudo-dynamic stability of rock slope considering Hoek–Brown strength criterion28
A rigorous elastoplastic load-transfer model for axially loaded pile installed in saturated modified Cam-clay soils28
Single-particle crushing behaviour of carbonate sands studied by X-ray microtomography and a combined finite–discrete element method28
Liquefaction triggering in silty sands: effects of non-plastic fines and mixture-packing conditions27
Dynamic multifield coupling model of gas drainage and a new remedy method for borehole leakage27
Validation of a simple hypoplastic constitutive model for overconsolidated clays27
Study of grouting effectiveness based on shear strength evaluation with experimental and numerical approaches27
A novel multi-scale large deformation approach for modelling of granular collapse27
Effect of particle rolling resistance on drained and undrained behaviour of silty sand26
A generalized model for effective thermal conductivity of soils considering porosity and mineral composition26
A novel approach of random packing generation of complex-shaped 3D particles with controllable sizes and shapes26
Impacts of saturation-dependent anisotropy on the shrinkage behavior of clay rocks26
Use of machine learning for classification of sand particles26
Visco-plastic response of deep tunnels based on a fractional damage creep constitutive model25
Shaking table tests on slope reinforced by anchored piles under random earthquake ground motions25
Stress–dilatancy behavior of cemented sand: comparison between bonding provided by cement and biocement25
A depth integrated, coupled, two-phase model for debris flow propagation25
Experimental study on the velocity-dependent frictional resistance of a rough rock fracture exposed to normal load vibrations25
Modified one-phase-low-pH method for bacteria or enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation for soil improvement25
Machine learning reveals the influences of grain morphology on grain crushing strength25
A novel vertical stress-controlled apparatus for studying suffusion along horizontal seepage through soils25
Spatiotemporal deep learning approach on estimation of diaphragm wall deformation induced by excavation24
Experimental and modeling study of water-retention behavior of fine-grained soils with dual-porosity structures24
Effect of mesoscale internal structure on effective thermal conductivity of anisotropic geomaterials24
Creep characteristics of calcareous coral sand in the South China Sea24
Kaolin-nucleation-based biotreated calcareous sand through unsaturated percolation method24
Simulating landslide-induced tsunamis in the Yangtze River at the Three Gorges in China24
Strength behavior of dredged mud slurry treated jointly by cement, flocculant and vacuum preloading24
Centrifuge study on behavior of rigid pile composite foundation under embankment in soft soil24
Microscale investigations of temperature-dependent microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) in the temperature range 4–50 °C24
Pseudo-static analysis of reinforced earth retaining walls24
Deep learning for efficient stochastic analysis with spatial variability23
Influence of dry density and water salinity on the swelling pressure and hydraulic conductivity of compacted GMZ01 bentonite–sand mixtures23
Effect of particle characteristics on the evolution of particle size, particle morphology, and fabric of sands loaded under uniaxial compression23
Efficient approach in modeling the shear strength of unsaturated soil using soil water retention curve23
Crack development and damage patterns under combined dynamic-static loading of parallel double fractured rocks based on DIC technique23
Proposing several hybrid SSA—machine learning techniques for estimating rock cuttability by conical pick with relieved cutting modes23
Micro-mechanism and efficiency of baffle structure in deceleration of granular flows22
Consolidation and swelling behavior of kaolinite clay containing xanthan gum biopolymer22
Directionally dependent strength and dilatancy behavior of soil–structure interfaces22
A double-yield-surface plasticity theory for transversely isotropic rocks22
Micromechanical behaviour in shearing of reproduced flat LBS grains with strong and weak artificial bonds22
Theoretical and analytical solution on vacuum preloading consolidation of landfill sludge treated by freeze–thaw and chemical preconditioning22
Breakage mechanism and pore evolution characteristics of gangue materials under compression22
Characteristics and generation mechanisms of key infrared radiation signals during damage evolution in sandstone22
Inspection of four advanced constitutive models for fine-grained soils under monotonic and cyclic loading22
A new phase field model for mixed-mode brittle fractures in rocks modified from triple shear energy criterion22
Fault propagation and surface rupture in geologic materials with a meshfree continuum method22
Bayesian probabilistic characterization of consolidation behavior of clays using CPTU data22
Large deformation dynamic analysis of progressive failure in layered clayey slopes under seismic loading using the particle finite element method21
Mechanical characteristics of overconsolidated hydrate-bearing clayey–silty sediments with various confining pressures21
Exploring the application of the MICP technique for the suppression of erosion in granite residual soil in Shantou using a rainfall erosion simulator21
Improvement of uniformity of biocemented sand column using CH3COOH-buffered one-phase-low-pH injection method21
New interpretable shear strength criterion for rock joints21
A state-dependent hyperelastic-plastic constitutive model considering shear-induced particle breakage in granular soils21
Investigation of the penetration characteristics of snake skin-inspired pile using DEM21
Assessing annual probability of rainfall-induced slope failure through a mechanics-based model21
Phenomenological fractional stress–dilatancy model for granular soil and soil-structure interface under monotonic and cyclic loads21
Effect of waste rubber particles on the shear behaviour of bio-cemented calcareous sand21
Fracture evolution of transversely isotropic rocks with a pre-existing flaw under compression tests based on moment tensor analysis20
Prediction of CBR and resilient modulus of crushed waste rocks using machine learning models20
A multisurface elastoplastic model for frozen soil20
Comparison of hybrid data-driven and physical models for landslide susceptibility mapping at regional scales20
Experimental study of particle migration under cyclic loading: effects of load frequency and load magnitude20
Influence of plastic fines content on the liquefaction susceptibility of sands: monotonic loading20
Triaxial strength behavior of carbide sludge (CS)–ground-granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS)-treated clay slurry20
Numerical study on the tunnel stability in granular soil using DEM virtual air bag model20
SPH-DEM coupling method based on GPU and its application to the landslide tsunami. Part I: method and validation20
Experimental evaluation of sandstone under cyclic coupled compression-shear loading: fatigue mechanical response and failure behavior20
UH model for granular soils considering low confining pressure20
Mechanical properties of biocement formed by microbially induced carbonate precipitation20
Performance-based design optimization of embankments resting on soft soil improved with T-shaped and conventional DCM columns20
A water retention model accounting for void ratio changes in double porosity clays20
Particle breakage of granular soils: changing critical state line and constitutive modelling20
Effect of anchor plate on the mechanical behavior of prestressed rock bolt used in squeezing large deformation tunnel19
Changes in microstructure and water retention property of a lime-treated saline soil during curing19
Undrained cyclic behaviors of fiber-reinforced calcareous sand under multidirectional simple shear stress path19
Denitrification-based MICP for cementation of soil: treatment process and mechanical performance19
Prediction of rock mass class ahead of TBM excavation face by ML and DL algorithms with Bayesian TPE optimization and SHAP feature analysis19
Evolution of granular media under constant-volume multidirectional cyclic shearing19
Analysis on face stability of rectangular cross-sectional shield tunneling based on an improved two-dimensional rotational mechanism19
Applications of micropolar SPH in geomechanics19
Effects of molding water content and compaction degree on the microstructure and permeability of compacted loess19
Coupled transient saturated–unsaturated seepage and limit equilibrium analysis for slopes: influence of rapid water level changes19
Base resistance of super-large and long piles in soft soil: performance of artificial neural network model and field implications18
The coefficient of earth pressure at rest in hydrate-bearing sediments18
Field and numerical study of the lateral response of rigid piles in sand18
On the automatic parameter calibration of a hypoplastic soil model18
Toward state-of-the-art techniques in predicting and controlling slope stability in open-pit mines based on limit equilibrium analysis, radial basis function neural network, and brainstorm optimizatio18
Scale model test study on negative skin friction of piles considering the collapsibility of loess18
Microscopic origin of shape-dependent shear strength of granular materials: a granular dynamics perspective18
A stabilized two-phase PD-FEM coupling approach for modeling partially saturated porous media18
Stability evaluation of rock slope based on discrete fracture network and discrete element model: a case study for the right bank of Yigong Zangbu Bridge18
On the role of joint roughness on the micromechanics of rock fracturing process: a numerical study18
Influence of geosynthetic reinforcement on the progressive failure of rigid columns under an embankment load18
Instability and liquefaction flow slide of granular soils: the role of initial shear stress18
Effect of thermal treatment on physical and mechanical properties of sandstone for thermal energy storage: a comprehensive experimental study18
An experimental study of the active failure mechanism of narrow backfills installed behind rigid retaining walls conducted using Geo-PIV18
Convergence-confinement analysis for tunnels with combined bolt–cable system considering the effects of intermediate principal stress18
Experimental investigation of the failure mechanism of deep granite under high seepage water pressure and strong unloading effect18
Micromechanical analysis of the particle corner breakage effect on pile load performance in coral sand17
Impacts of the plane strain ratio on excavations in soft alluvium deposits17
Assessment of urease enzyme extraction for superior and economic bio-cementation of granular materials using enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation17
Experimental investigation of the mechanical properties of hydrophobic polymer-modified soil subjected to freeze–thaw cycles17
Novel integrated approaches for predicting the compressibility of clay using cascade forward neural networks optimized by swarm- and evolution-based algorithms17
Automated calibration of advanced soil constitutive models. Part II: hypoplastic clay and modified Cam-Clay17
Field study on the behavior of pre-bored grouted planted pile with enlarged grout base17
Interpretation of cone penetration test in clay with smoothed particle finite element method17
Study on the response of postside-grouted piles subjected to lateral loading in calcareous sand17
Hydro-mechanical coupled analysis of near-wellbore fines migration from unconsolidated reservoirs17
A coupled hydro-mechanical model for subsurface erosion with analyses of soil piping and void formation17
Load transfer and performance evaluation of piled beam-supported embankments17
Novel findings on the dilatancy and non-coaxiality of sand under generalised loading17
An extended TODIM-based model for evaluating risks of excavation system17
Multiscale analysis of rotational penetration in shallow dry sand and implications for self-burrowing robot design16
Strength estimation and stress–dilatancy characteristics of natural gas hydrate-bearing sediments under high effective confining pressure16
Damage analysis of shear mechanical behavior of pile–structural soil interface considering shear rate effect16
A soft computing approach to tunnel face stability in a probabilistic framework16
Evaluating the effect of active ions on the early performance of soft clay solidified by modified biomass waste-rice husk ash16
Nonlocal regularization of an anisotropic critical state model for sand16
Nonconforming Dirichlet boundary conditions in implicit material point method by means of penalty augmentation16
Three-dimensional sinkhole stability of spherical cavity16
Size effects on the strength and cracking behavior of flawed rocks under uniaxial compression: from laboratory scale to field scale16
On strain localization of aeolian sand in true triaxial apparatus16
The relationship between the shear strength and water retention curve of unsaturated sand at different hydraulic phases16
A discrete element method (DEM)-based approach to simulating particle breakage16
Insights into the water retention behaviour of GMZ bentonite pellet mixture16
Automated calibration of advanced soil constitutive models. Part I: hypoplastic sand16
Electro-osmotic permeability model based on ions migration16
Mechanical characteristics and particle breakage of coral sand under one-dimensional repeated loading16
Numerical investigation of pile-head load effects on the negative skin friction development of a single pile in consolidating ground16
Influence of stress-induced microcracks on viscoplastic creep deformation in Marcellus shale16
Failure characteristics and development mechanism of fault rockburst in a deep TBM tunnel: a case study16
Experimental investigation on Malaysian kaolin under monotonic and cyclic loading: inspection of undrained Miner’s rule and drained cyclic preloading16
An InSAR and depth-integrated coupled model for potential landslide hazard assessment16
Two-stage column–hemispherical penetration diffusion model considering porosity tortuosity and time-dependent viscosity behavior16
Experimental study on deformation and strength characteristics of granular soil-structure interface under coupled monotonic shear and vibration using a modified direct shear apparatus15
The influence of carbonate textures and rock composition on durability cycles and geomechanical aspects of carbonate rocks15
Effect of the intermediate principal stress on the mechanical behaviour of breakable granular materials using realistic particle models15
Effect of stress path on the shear response of bio-cemented sands15
Quantitative risk assessment of landslides with direct simulation of pre-failure to post-failure behaviors15
Hydro-mechanical coupled analyses on wall deformations caused by deep excavations and dewatering in a confined aquifer15
Comparative evaluation of freeze and thaw effect on strength of BEICP-stabilized silty sands and cement- and fly ash-stabilized soils15
Effect of freeze–thaw cycles on strength and ductility and microstructure of cement-treated silt with polypropylene fiber15
Effect of initial void ratio on the tensile strength of unsaturated silty soils15
Investigation on gas migration behaviours in saturated compacted bentonite under rigid boundary conditions15
Analytical model for two-dimensional electro-osmosis-enhanced preloading consolidation of unsaturated soil15
Multiscale mechanical properties of shales: grid nanoindentation and statistical analytics15
Liquefaction resistance from cyclic simple and triaxial shearing: a comparative study15
A general simple method for calculating consolidation settlements of layered clayey soils with vertical drains under staged loadings15
Meso and macroscale mechanical behaviors of soil–rock mixtures15
A closed-form solution for axisymmetric electro-osmotic consolidation considering smear effects15
Improvement in silty sand with enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation: laboratory model experiment15
The impact of stress disturbance on undrained cyclic behaviour of a kaolin clay and settlement of tunnels under cyclic loading15
Impermeable and mechanical stability of filter cake under different infiltration conditions via CFD-DEM15
Undrained cavity expansion in anisotropic soils with isotropic and frictional destructuration14
A predictive deep learning framework for path-dependent mechanical behavior of granular materials14
Biochemical, Strength and Erosional Characteristics of Coral Sand Treated by Bio-Stimulated Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation14
Application of 3D laser scanning on NATM tunnel deformation measurement during construction14
Comparison and correlation between the laboratory, semi-theoretical and empirical methods in predicting the field excavation performance of tunnel boring machine (TBM)14
An experimental study on the time-dependent behavior of crushable granular materials using 3D-printed particles14
Performance investigation of 3D printed clay soil using fiber Bragg grating technology14
Dynamic characteristics of multiscale longitudinal stress and particle rotation in ballast track under vertical cyclic loads14
An anionic biopolymer γ-polyglutamate enhanced the microbially induced carbonate precipitation for soil improvement: mechanical behaviors and underlying mechanism14
A CFD–DEM study on the suffusion and shear behaviors of gap-graded soils under stress anisotropy14
Modelling undrained behaviour of sand with fines and fabric anisotropy14
Coupling simulation of microbially induced carbonate precipitation and bacterial growth using reaction–diffusion and homogenisation systems14
A hyperelastic model for soils with stress-induced and inherent anisotropy14
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