Suction piles are used to ensure wellhead stability during natural gas hydrate production in the Shenhu area of South China Sea (SCS). Undrained shear properties clayey-silty sediments play a critical role analysis suction piles. However, it has not been fully studied. This study conducts series undrained triaxial tests on shallow SCS, and stress–strain curves under different overconsolidation ...

An artiˆcial lightweight soil has been developed as a backˆll to reduce the earth pressure behind port and harbor structures. To reduce the unit weight lightening ingredient such as air foam or EPS beads is mixed within slurry of dredged soft clay, while cement is used as stabilizer to warrant compressive strength. This experimental study aims to characterize the strength and deformation proper...

Young coastal fens are rare ecosystems in the first stages of peatland succession. Their drainage compromises their successional development toward future carbon (C) reservoirs. We present the first study on the success of hydrological restoration of young fens. We carried out vegetation surveys at six young fens that represent undrained, drained, and restored management categories in the Finni...

Most of the field problems in geotechnical engineering are in three dimensional state or close to a plane strain condition. Strength and deformation properties of soils in plane strain condition are considerably different from those in an axisymmetric condition. Many researchers have investigated the behaviour of soils under a plane strain condition. However, most of the previous studies have c...

The cover image is based on the Research Article A semi-analytical solution for displacement-controlled elliptical cavity expansion in undrained MCC soil by Hang Zhou et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.3302.