• Influence of cracking in the desiccation process of clay soils 

      Levatti, Hector Ulises; Prat Catalán, Pere; Ledesma Villalba, Alberto (2009)
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      It is well known that clayey soils undergoing desiccation tend to shrink and eventually crack. Analysis of the behaviour and influence of cracks in these types of soils is very important in several engineering fields such ...
    • Numerical analysis of desiccation, shrinkage and cracking in low plasticity clayey soils 

      Levatti, Hector Ulises; Prat Catalán, Pere; Ledesma Villalba, Alberto (2017)
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      This paper presents a numerical study of the desiccation processes of low-plasticity clayey soils that usually result in shrinkage and often in cracking. For the theoretical development of the numerical model, concepts of ...
    • Stabilization of clayey soil using fibre reinforcement 

      Trabelsi, Houcem; Chebbi, M; Guiras, H.; Jamei, Mehrez; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 2018)
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      The paper presents experimental and numerical investigations on crack evolution during desiccation, on unsaturated, compacted and reinforced clay using natural Alfa fibres. The effect of fibre content is investigated and ...