Wetting and drying of compacted soils under laterally restrained conditions

Sivakumar, Vinayagamoorthy, Jeyaraj, Thangarajah, Mackinnon, Pauline and Tripathy, Snehasis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1632-7668 2026. Wetting and drying of compacted soils under laterally restrained conditions. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 152 (3) , 04025201. 10.1061/jggefk.gteng-12827

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Abstract

Compacted soils are components of geo-infrastructure applications that are unsaturated at the time of placement. Their responses to climate change, in the form of prolonged summers and wet winters, can be complex. This article examines the evolution through wet and dry cycles of horizontal stresses behind retaining structures backfilled with compacted soil during formation. Samples of kaolin clay and Belfast clay were tested. The horizontal stresses during the formation of these compacted samples were examined initially, and then the samples were subjected to wetting and drying cycles under horizontally restrained conditions.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Engineering
Publisher:	American Society of Civil Engineers
ISSN:	1090-0241
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	26 January 2026
Date of Acceptance:	1 October 2025
Last Modified:	26 Jan 2026 13:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/183624

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