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  • Analysis of erosive processes and erosion rate by in-situ measurements and multi-temporal TLS surveys in a mountainous badland area, Vallcebre (Spain) 

    Torra i Truncal, Ona; Puig i Polo, Càrol; Hurlimann Ziegler, Marcel; Latron, Jérôme (2025-02)
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    Badlands are highly erosive landforms characterized by dissected morphology, prevalent in regions with soft rocks and unconsolidated sediments, and are unsuitable for agriculture. Despite extensive research, understanding ...
  • Estimation of soil water retention curve based on pore freezing kinetics 

    Macias Gutierrez, Andres Miguel; Vaunat, Jean; González Blanco, Laura (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2025-04)
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    The effect of pore radius can be observed during different processes that happen in geological media, taking a fundamental role during inter-pore ice formation and soil freezing. This can be expressed by the freezing ...
  • A comparative analysis of different approaches to large-scale modeling for a radioactive waste repository in the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone and sensitivity analysis 

    Vu, Minh-Ngoc; Armand, Gilles; Zghondi, Jad; Souley, Mountaka; Renaud, Vincent; Alonso, Matías; Vaunat, Jean; Gens Solé, Antonio; Yu, Zhan; Shao, Jianfu; Corman, Gilles; Collin, Frédéric; Camusso, Marco; Do, Duc-Phi (2025-02)
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    This paper aims to present a comparison of several approaches to numerically modeling for a study case of an intermediate-level long-lived radioactive (IL-LLW) repository of the French geological nuclear waste disposal ...
  • Combining seepage meters and amphibious electric resistivity tomography to investigate pathways of submarine groundwater discharge 

    Diego Feliu, Marc; Muñoz Pinyol, Maria; Tur Piedra, Jose; Trabucchi, Michela; ALORDA KLEINGLASS, A; Gonzalez Fernández, Raquel; Ferrer Ramos, Nuria; Almillátegui Martínez, Bella Mabel; Sawyer, Audrey; René Green-Ruiz, Carlos; Ledo Fernández, Juan José; Rodellas, Valentí; Folch Sancho, Albert (Elsevier, 2025-03)
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    Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) plays a pivotal role in coastal biogeochemistry, yet it is still challenging to accurately quantify water and solute fluxes driven by this process due to its complex hydrogeological ...
  • Numerical analysis of cone penetration testing in anisotropic clayey materials 

    Durán Caballero, Diego Enrique; Monforte Vila, Lluís; Arroyo Álvarez de Toledo, Marcos; Gens Solé, Antonio (International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2024)
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    mechanical responses, for instance in the undrained shear strength observed in the laboratory. It is unclear how much of that anisotropy is reflected on the responses measured by the cone penetration test. In this work, ...
  • Numerical study of viscous effects during CPTu 

    Hauser, Laurin; Durán Caballero, Diego Enrique; Monforte Vila, Lluís; Arroyo Álvarez de Toledo, Marcos; Gens Solé, Antonio (International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2024)
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    Variable penetration rates during CPTu may impact cone readings through partial consolidation during penetration but also through viscous soil skeleton behaviour. The latter phenomenon is characteristic of dynamic penetrometers ...
  • Numerical modelling of unsaturated bentonite subjected to different hydro-mechanical stress paths 

    Rodríguez Romero, Carlos Eduardo; Gens Solé, Antonio; Barboza de Vasconcelos, Ramón; Vaunat, Jean (CRC Press, 2024)
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    Bentonite-based materials such as MX-80 bentonite have been considered for their use as engineered barriers (EB) in deep radioactive waste geological repositories, mainly due to their low permeability, swelling pressure, ...
  • Interface direct shear tests with novel binders 

    Boiero, Alvaro; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar; Arroyo Álvarez de Toledo, Marcos; Spagnoli, Giovanni (International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2024)
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    In the offshore/marine environment, foundation elements need to be particularly long or wide in diameter in order to reach a competent bearing stratum through weak, low-strength sediments. The seabed conditions in oil&gas ...
  • Physical models of mechanical root-soil interaction 

    Boiero, Alvaro; Arroyo Álvarez de Toledo, Marcos; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar (CRC Press, 2024)
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    In geotechnical bioengineering, living plant material is used to perform engineering functions. In this context, one of the most complex aspects of the soil-root interaction problem is the interplay between the mechanical ...
  • Environmental and economic study of geosynthetic reinforced soil walls 

    Moncada Ramírez, Aníbal Andrés; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià; Puig Damians, Ivan; Bathurst, Richard John (International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2024)
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    Reinforced soil walls (RSWs) are considered a reliable and resilient solution to perform the retaining wall function. RSWs have proven to have a reduced environmental impact and overall lower construction complexity when ...
  • Time-dependent tunnel deformations: Insights from in-situ tests and numerical analyses 

    Zhang, Sheng; Rodríguez Dono, Alfonso; Song, Fei; Zhou, Zilong (2025-03)
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    To study the deformation response of tunnel excavation in clayey formations, with a specific focus on the time-dependent behavior of the Solignano tunnel. The investigation employs in-situ experimental tests and numerical ...
  • Biofilm growth in porous media well approximated by fractal multirate mass transfer with advective-diffusive solute exchange 

    Wang, Jingjing; Carrera Ramírez, Jesús; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Petchamé Guerrero, Jordi; Herrera Zamarron, Graciela del Socorro; Valhondo González, Cristina (2024-11)
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    Biofilm growth in porous media changes not only the hydrodynamic properties of the medium (reduction in porosity and permeability, and increase in dispersivity), but also the transport itself (breakthrough curves display ...

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