Pollutants containing metals are an important source of environmental impact. The contaminant’s pH and the soil are factors that influence the migration in the subsurface. The determination of parameters through analytical solutions
is fundamental to predict contaminant subsurface migration in porous media. The objective of this st...
A numerical model to simulate the mechanical behavior of soils is presented in this first part of the present work.
This paper reports some advances obtained in the first stage of an ongoing research, which aims to develop a robust and
efficient algorithm for consolidation analyses of saturated/unsaturated soils. Hence, the prese...
A numerical model to simulate the mechanical behavior of soils was introduced in Part 1 of this paper (also published in this issue). Detailed information about the analytical model were presented, where the critical state theory for soil
mechanics was considered in the context of the elastoplastic formulation. Moreover, an efficient numeric...
. One of the most important morphological characteristics of expansive soil is contracting and fissuring during
drying and swelling during wetting. Soils that change volume when inundated with water require extra care, whether they
are used in agriculture, engineering or both. In this paper, conventional and suction-controlled oe...
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