Acta Geotechnica

Papers
(The median citation count of Acta Geotechnica is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
An approach for modelling spatial variability in permeability of cement-admixed soil119
Lessons in geomechanics of deep foundations from nature118
Passive earth pressure in sand on inclined walls with negative wall friction based on a statically admissible stress field109
Effects of concave facing profile on the internal stability of geosynthetic-reinforced soil walls88
Centrifuge model test on the behavior of geosynthetic-reinforced pile foundations under simulated train loads87
Evaluation of liquefaction resistance for single- and multi-phase SICP-treated sandy soil using shaking table test79
A bio-chemo-hydro-mechanical model of transport, strength and deformation for bio-cementation applications78
Risk assessment of seepage failure in deep excavations based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and cloud model77
Deep learning-based calibration of resistance factors for pile groups with load tests75
A three-dimensional multi-surface plasticity soil model for seismically-induced liquefaction and earthquake loading applications69
Engineering and leachability behavior of lime-treated highly compressible soil amended with nano-clay66
Back-analysis of one-dimensional consolidation settlement64
A weight combination anisotropic strength criterion considering the effect of joint orientation61
Strengthening mechanism of plum blossom pile composite foundation57
On the particle morphology characterization of granular geomaterials55
Mechanical behaviors and reinforcement mechanisms of engineering waste mud reinforced with industrial by-product lignocellulosic fiber and hydrophobic polymer55
Spatiotemporal settlement deformation characteristics analysis of rockfill dam with anti-impact FBG sensing array55
Interpretation of grouting characteristics in unsaturated sand from the perspective of water–air interface53
Changes in strength, hydraulic conductivity and microstructure of superabsorbent polymer stabilized soil subjected to wetting–drying cycles53
Investigating the effect of degree of compaction, initial water content, and electric field intensity on electrokinetic remediation of an artificially Cu- and Pb-contaminated loess50
Monotonic and cyclic triaxial testing of untreated and polyurethane-treated soil and soil–rubber mixtures49
Effects of soil properties and geomorphic parameters on the breach mechanisms of landslide dams and prediction of peak discharge49
On the role of joint roughness on the micromechanics of rock fracturing process: a numerical study48
Generalised ultimate loads for pile groups47
Analytical study on multiple-mode deformation behaviors of tunnels subjected to asymmetric loading in composite strata47
Thermally induced volume change behavior of sand–clay mixtures47
Macro and mesoscopic shear behavior of interface between sand and concrete with different JRC under cyclic load47
Hydraulic conductivity and compressibility of polyanionic cellulose-modified sand-calcium bentonite slurry trench cutoff wall materials47
Water–heat–vapor–salt–mechanics coupling mechanism in unsaturated freezing sulfate saline soil: insights from theory and experiment46
Stress–strain–strength behavior of geosynthetic reinforced rubber–sand mixtures45
Effects of biostimulation treatment methods on mechanical properties and microstructure characteristics of biocemented soil45
Identification of the optimal ground motion intensity measure and input parameters for assessing liquefaction-induced lateral spreading based on the generalized additive method45
Theoretical solutions of lateral response of a scoured fixed-head pile in elastoplastic soil considering plastic hinging44
Laboratory investigation and constitutive modeling of the mechanical behavior of sand–GRP interfaces44
Study of grouting effectiveness based on shear strength evaluation with experimental and numerical approaches44
Effects of initial shear stress on the hydromechanical behavior of collapsible soils44
Microstructure, strength and durability of nano-cemented soils under different seawater conditions: laboratory study43
Reply to the discussion by Dimitrios Kolymbas of the article entitled “Characteristic limitations of advanced plasticity and hypoplasticity models for cyclic loading of sands”42
Nonlinear burgers model for sliding zone soil subjected to cyclic seepage pressure and its applications to the deformation analysis of landslide41
Uniaxial compression characteristics of frozen soil–rock mixture40
The effect of temperature on injection-induced shear slip of laboratory faults in sandstone40
Optimal IM selection using fuzzy multiple criteria decision-making method for submarine shield tunnel in layered liquefiable seabed40
Comment on “Experimental study on the thixotropic mechanism of deep-sea clay from the perspective of microstructure and bound water” by Ren et al. (2023), Acta Geotechnica, https://doi.org/10.1007/s1140
Load transfer and performance evaluation of piled beam-supported embankments39
Stabilized smoothed particle finite element method for coupled large deformation problems in geotechnics37
Investigations on mechanical responses of frozen soil–rock mixture under cyclic loading: experiments and binary-medium-based multiscale constitutive model37
A three-dimensional particle finite element model for simulating soil flow with elastoplasticity37
Small strain stiffness of graded sands with light biocementation37
Study on the shear strength characteristics and source mechanism of early-age shield synchronous grouting materials37
Visualized liquefaction behavior of sandy soil deposited in water under undrained cyclic shearing36
Behavior of piled rafts in sand under nonuniform and eccentric loads35
Discussion to the article Characteristic limitations of advanced plasticity and hypoplasticity models for cyclic loading of sands, by J. Duque $$\cdot$$ M. Yang $$\cdot$$ W. Fuentes $$\cdot$$ D. Maš’i35
Deciphering anomalous dielectric traits of nanoconfined water and its roles in modeling crystalline swelling of bentonite35
Reply to discussion on “3D image-based method to measure soil stiffness in triaxial tests” Zewen Wang, Wenhan Du and B.M. Lehane35
Evolution of sediment after a decade of the Wenchuan earthquake: a case study in a protected debris flow catchment in Wenchuan County, China34
Characterizing uncertainty in geotechnical design of energy piles based on Bayesian theorem33
Backfill-geogrid interaction: insights from pullout tests and numerical simulation33
A dual-mechanism tensile failure criterion for transversely isotropic rocks33
Marc Panet and Jean Sulem: Convergence-confinement method for tunnel design, in Springer tracts in civil engineering, 2021, 151 pages, ISSN: 2366-259X33
Automated calibration of advanced soil constitutive models. Part I: hypoplastic sand32
Regional landslide susceptibility assessment based on improved semi-supervised clustering and deep learning32
Study on the differential disintegration mechanism of water glass cured sandy soil: analysis from the perspective of the coexistence state of gel and particles32
A novel method to improve the soil erosion resistance with fungi32
Centrifugal model tests on impact of environmental vibration on scientific device-housed tunnel and vibration reduction schemes32
Failure mechanism and combined bearing capacity of monopile–friction wheel hybrid foundation in sand-over-clay deposit32
Effect of freeze–thaw–vacuum pretreatment modes on the performance of sludge reduction32
Assessment of internal stability of sand–fine mixture using particle detachment model and its implications on suffusion31
A comparative study of different machine learning algorithms in predicting EPB shield behaviour: a case study at the Xi’an metro, China31
Extended model of shear modulus reduction for cohesive soils30
Investigation of the soil deformation around laterally loaded deep foundations with large diameters30
Experimental study on deformation and strength characteristics of granular soil-structure interface under coupled monotonic shear and vibration using a modified direct shear apparatus30
The study of foaming agent concentration choice in EPB shield soil conditioning29
A particle-scale study of the triaxial compression behavior of methane hydrate-bearing sands29
Temperature- and stress-dependent electrical responses of frozen soils29
An effective stress-based DSC model for predicting the coefficient of lateral soil pressure in unsaturated soils29
Effect of overlying pressure and applied shear velocity on the nonlinear behavior of confined shear flow29
Numerical simulation of segment floating in shield tunnel construction using coupled IBM–FVM29
Effects of installation advancement rate on helical pile helix behavior in very dense sand29
Use of microfluidic experiments to optimize MICP treatment protocols for effective strength enhancement of MICP-treated sandy soils28
Serviceability analysis of piled foundations supporting tall structures28
Investigation on compressive and pullout behavior of cast-in situ piles using BOFDA technique28
Shape effects on penetration of dynamically installed anchors in a transparent marine clay surrogate28
An explicit FEM-NN framework and the analysis of error caused by NN-predicted stress28
Evolution of the pore structure and permeability of thermally desorbed diesel-contaminated soils28
Opposite turning hook of crushable sand's stress–dilatancy curve and its prediction27
Field testing of single instrumented steel driven batter piles under vertical vibrations27
Finite element modeling of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in clay soils considering bound water dehydration27
Mechanism-based shift factors to predict the fatigue performance of cemented pavement materials27
Deformation characteristics of energy piles subjected to horizontal load under heating–cooling cycles in sand27
An efficient method for evaluating the ground surface settlement of Hangzhou metro deep basement considering the excavation process27
A coupled hydro-mechanical peridynamic model for unsaturated seepage and crack propagation in unsaturated expansive soils due to moisture change26
Physical meaning and mechanical effects of the neutral stress and effective stress in unsaturated soils26
Evaluating the effect of active ions on the early performance of soft clay solidified by modified biomass waste-rice husk ash26
Confirmation and utilization of water vapor circulation in soil under temperature gradients26
Mechanical degradation and particle breakage of sandstone rockfill material under wetting–drying cycles26
Mechanical parameter identification technique for a bentonite buffer based on multi-objective optimization26
Time-resolved triggering and runout analysis of rainfall-induced shallow landslides26
Behavior of model pile in unsaturated soil subjected to cyclic loading26
Progressive collapse analysis and robustness evaluation of a propped excavation failed due to inappropriate strut removal25
Shear strength and shear bands of anisotropic sand25
Bio-hydrogel and biomineralization in improving water retention ability of sandy soils25
A critical state-based thermo-elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model for thermal creep deformation of frozen soils25
Stability analysis of reservoir slopes under fluctuating water levels using the combined finite-discrete element method25
Undrained monotonic shear behavior of sand mixed with a small amount of fines content25
Simulation and interpretation of compaction patterns around boreholes excavated in high-porosity rocks25
Premix–spray biomineralization method for anti-disintegration improvement of granite residual soil25
Modelling undrained behaviour of sand with fines and fabric anisotropy25
Evaluating the subgrade deformation monitoring effect of sensor-enabled piezoelectric geocables based on cyclic dynamic shear tests25
Optimal tip shape for minimum drag and lift during horizontal penetration in granular media25
Micro-feature-motivated numerical analysis of the coupled bio-chemo-hydro-mechanical behaviour in MICP25
The critical state of crushable granular sand25
The high-cyclic model for sand tested beyond the usual ranges of application25
Lateral bearing performance and mechanism of piles in the transition zone due to pit-in-pit excavation25
A unified thixotropic fluid model considering stage characteristics for soil liquefaction25
Load–settlement behaviour of membrane-confined grouted pile: experimental and analytical study25
Experimental study on the water retention behavior of intact loess under mechanical wetting and hydraulic wetting25
Hydraulic conductivity and microscopic properties of sodium hexametaphosphate-amended sand-sodium-activated calcium bentonite backfill in vertical cutoff walls exposed to lead-contaminated groundwater25
Determination of shape parameters of sands: a deep learning approach25
Effects of alkaline solution on shear strength of GMZ bentonite as a buffer/backfill material in China25
Load transfer of the disconnected pile25
Wetting deformation characteristics of soil–rock mixture considering the water-disintegration of red stratum soft rock24
Multi-effect investigation on desiccation crack evolution and mechanical behavior of swelling clay24
Quantification of chloride saline soil freezing–thawing temperature threshold based on thermodynamic theory24
Self-sealing behavior of annular technological voids between compacted bentonite blocks: insights from the macro- and micro-perspectives24
Influence of layer thickness on bioremediation of drought-induced soil desiccation cracks using microbially induced calcite precipitation24
Calculation of seismic bearing capacity of shallow strip foundations using the cell-based smoothed finite element method24
Shear behaviors and peak friction angle predictions of three critical geomembrane–soil interfaces24
Small DEM sample size can lead to qualitatively erroneous results23
Vertical dynamic impedance of pile groups embedded in soils considering the groundwater level23
Multi-scale characterization of the hydromechanical behavior of a heterogeneous porous sandstone using neutron and X-ray tomographies23
Effect of inherent anisotropy on the strength of natural granite residual soil under generalized stress paths23
Kinematic response of large diameter floating pipe piles under vertical S-wave loading23
Coupled hydro-mechanical XFEM analysis for multi-fracturing through an excavation driven by an underlying aquifer: a forensic case study23
Effect of minerals on the threshold of compacted clay material liners and service life of barriers in municipal solid waste landfills23
Influence of soil–pile interface characteristics on the seismic response of single pile foundations: shaking table testing and numerical simulation23
Insights on experimental methodologies and theoretical models for microplastics transport in soils and sediments based on meta-analysis23
Dynamic evaluation of tiered geogrid mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls using shake table test23
Effects of groundwater level on the seismic responses of coral sand ground and superstructure by shaking table tests23
Experimental study on thermal contact resistance between GMZ bentonite block and pellets23
Biopolymer-biocement composite treatment for stabilisation of soil against both current and wave erosion22
Three-invariant model and bifurcation analysis of deformation bands for a sandstone subjected to true triaxial loading paths22
Study on the response of postside-grouted piles subjected to lateral loading in calcareous sand22
Pore-scale, mechanical, and hydraulic properties of EICP-treated sand using crude legume ureases with different protein contents22
Elastic shear stiffness anisotropy and fabric anisotropy of natural clays22
Experimental study with complete stress state interpretation of undrained monotonic and cyclic simple shear tests with flexible boundaries22
Load transfer behavior and interference effect of load distributive compression anchor in residual soil22
Role of iron oxide content on mechanical properties of granite residual soil in full suction range22
Resistive force modeling for shallow cone penetration into dry and wet granular layers22
Effect of strength anisotropy on strain localization in natural clay22
Studying the effect of partial drainage on the response of soft clays reinforced with sand column groups22
A table method for coded target decoding with application to 3-D reconstruction of soil specimens during triaxial testing21
Microbial interactions during carbonate biomineralization via urea hydrolysis metabolic pathway21
Evaluation of hydraulic conductivity of gap-graded granular soils based on equivalent void ratio concept21
Experimental studies on the behavior of a single shaped pile under oblique pullout loads21
SPH–DEM modeling overtopping failure of earthfill dams21
Shear wave velocity and dynamic resilient modulus of electro-osmosis-treated unsaturated subgrade soil21
Strain energy dissipation during liquefaction of fibre-reinforced sand under undrained cyclic triaxial loading21
Influence of piston wind induced by high-speed trains on the temperature field of a tunnel in cold regions21
Shielding effects of deep cement mixing column rows on an anchored sheet pile quay in soft clay: three-dimensional centrifuge and numerical modeling21
Load-bearing performance of caisson-bored pile composite anchorage foundation for long-span suspension bridge: 1-g model tests21
Failure analysis of the edge-notched beam test on fluid-exposed Berea Sandstone21
Mechanical and microstructure analysis of mass-stabilized organic clay thermally cured using a ternary binder21
Machine learning-based soil–structure interaction analysis of laterally loaded piles through physics-informed neural networks21
2D full-field deformation measurement at grain level using optical flow with deep networks21
What friction angle would characterize a pile–soil interface as “rough” or “smooth”?21
Semi-analytical solutions for soil consolidation induced by drying21
Micromechanical mechanism-based anisotropic strength criteria for regularly arranged elliptical particle assembly20
Internal erosion of a gap-graded soil and influences on the critical state20
Thermal effect on rock strength: strengthening-weakening transition explored by grain-based model20
The mechanical behaviour of gap-graded soils under triaxial compression and extension loading paths20
Combined study of creep and ageing under deviatoric loading in granular materials20
Seismic site characterization of shallow bedrock sites in peninsular India using multiple geophysical methods20
Shear behavior of calcareous sands in three-dimensional stress20
Forecasting of pile plugging using machine learning20
Probability-based analyses of bearing capacity of square and rectangular footings resting on sandy soil considering rotational anisotropy20
Cyclic compression of sands at constant stress ratio—experimental investigations and constitutive modelling20
Mechanical properties of rockfill under generalized stress conditions: true triaxial testing and constitutive modeling20
Effect of inherent microcrack populations on rock tensile fracture behaviour: numerical study based on embedded discontinuity finite elements20
A coupled CFD-DEM investigation into suffusion of gap-graded soil considering anisotropic stress conditions and flow directions20
Validation of a contour diagram-based model for monopile cyclic design in sand and clay20
Load transfer mechanism for connected and disconnected piled raft: a comparative study20
Hypoplastic modeling of inherent anisotropy in normally and overconsolidated clays19
A non-associated fractional-order plasticity model of rockfill material without using yield function19
Full-scale in situ experimental study on the bearing capacity of energy piles under varying temperature and multiple mechanical load levels19
Predicting occurrence of liquefaction-induced lateral spreading using gradient boosting algorithms integrated with particle swarm optimization: PSO-XGBoost, PSO-LightGBM, and PSO-CatBoost19
Analysis and prediction of the river levee settlement derived from shield tunneling considering the excavation face stability19
The response of caisson induced by adjacent spudcan penetration in nonhomogeneous clay19
Formation and evolution of particle migration zones for different drilling fluid compositions in porous media19
Numerical model for solid-like and fluid-like behavior of granular flows19
Time-dependent reliability analysis of unsaturated slopes under rapid drawdown with intelligent surrogate models19
Towards universality of extended seismic laws with largest labquakes19
A graphical solution for undrained cylindrical cavity expansion in strain-hardening frictional soil19
Convolutional neural networks prediction of the factor of safety of random layered slopes by the strength reduction method19
Ground displacements and stresses around a non-uniformly deforming circular tunnel in elastic media using complex variable method19
An efficient Bayesian multi-model framework to analyze reliability of rock structures with limited investigation data19
Physics-informed deep learning method for predicting tunnelling-induced ground deformations19
Performance of debris flow barriers: an energy perspective19
Improvement in silty sand with enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation: laboratory model experiment19
Study on the durability and long-term behavior of cement-stabilized soil in post-grouted piles embedded in sand18
Development of a non-local partial Peridynamic explicit mesh-free incompressible method and its validation for simulating dry dense granular flows18
Experimental study on the road energy harvesting of piezoelectric ceramic in unbound granular materials based on a large-scale triaxial apparatus18
New clogging potential assessment method for conditioned soil based on modified pullout and direct shear tests18
Evolution of anisotropic stiffness and damping ratio of soft clay by bidirectional step-amplitude cyclic triaxial tests18
Influence of fracture morphology variation on elastoplastic deformation of unmated rock fractures subject to normal loadings18
Single-layer soil-water coupled SPH method and its application to sinkhole simulation18
An experimental investigation on progressive failure mechanism of the earth-retaining structure with sloping backfill using image analysis18
Pore fractal and damage characteristics of granite following high-temperature heating and water cooling18
Investigation of the O-cell test conversion coefficient in extremely soft rock conditions based on energy conversion18
Cosserat model incorporating anisotropy evolution and its application in numerical analysis of strain localization in clay18
Field experimental study on cyclic uplift behavior of anchored pier foundations18
Effects of chlorine salt crystallization on long-term characteristics of road base aggregates18
Performance of imperfect trench installation box culvert on soft ground18
Experimental investigation of mechanical and microstructural properties of re-cemented clay17
A physics-inspired machine learning approach for water-tightness estimation of defective cut-off walls with random construction errors17
Numerical investigations of enhanced shallow geothermal energy recovery using microencapsulated phase change materials and metal fins17
A fractal order creep-damage constitutive model of silty clay17
Fault slip mechanics and seismic source characteristics considering fracture zone anisotropy17
Transmission effect of eroded particles in suffusion using the CFD-DEM coupling method17
Mechanism and control of progressive collapse of tied-back excavations induced by local anchor failure17
Analysis of working face stability during obstruction removal from a box tunnel machine17
Multiscale experimental analysis of marine clay stabilized with coal gangue–calcium carbide residue geopolymer17
Mechanical and microseismic characteristics of sandstones subject to moderate low-frequency differential cyclic loading (DCL) followed by monotonic loading up to failure17
Strengthening mechanisms in cement-stabilized kaolinite revealed by cross-scale nanoindentation17
Performance and prediction of long-term settlement in road embankments constructed with recycled construction and demolition waste17
Evaluation of desiccation cracking characteristics of inorganic micro-fiber-reinforced engineered barrier material (IMEBM) for geological repository17
Estimation of compression behavior of granular soils considering initial density effect based on equivalent concept17
Water retention and compression behavior of MX80 bentonite pellet17
Micromechanical investigation of the particle size effect on the shear strength of uncrushable granular materials17
Compression and critical-state behaviors of calcareous sand–diatom mixtures17
Analyzing the shear strength of jointed magmatic rock mass excavatability using the hybridization of metaheuristic model of ELM-SVM17
Unsaturated slopes behavior under antecedent intermittent rainfall patterns: centrifuge and numerical study17
Suction effects during uplift of steel pipes buried in compacted soil17
Effects of scour on the lateral response of piles in sand: centrifuge tests and numerical investigation17
Predicting tunnel squeezing using support vector machine optimized by whale optimization algorithm17
Nonlinear consolidation analysis of multilayered soil with coupled vertical-radial drainage using the spectral method17
Stabilized explicit $$u-p_w$$ solution in soil dynamic problems near the undrained-incompressible limit16
Kinematic responses of a pipe pile embedded in a poroelastic soil to seismic P waves16
An investigation of single-particle fracture behavior of calcareous nodule using an improved block-based model16
Effect of multidirectional cyclic loading history on reliquefaction behaviors of sand: a microscale investigation16
The impact of large microplastics on the physical behavior of soils: implications to marine sediments16
Study on bearing characteristic of long-short-pile composite foundation with biocemented coral sand pile16
Upper bound seismic limit analysis of shallow landslides with a new kinematically admissible failure mechanism16
Laboratory-scale thermo-activated piles under long continuous operation and different mobilised shaft resistance16
Study on determining the plastic flow direction of soils with dilatancy16
Investigation of different biogeochemical cover configurations for mitigation of landfill gas emissions: laboratory column experiments16
Seawater effects on ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS)-stabilized marine deposits in land reclamation16
Experimental investigation into the effects of tamper weight and drop distance on dynamic soil compaction16
Particle-morphology-based characterization of the breakage behavior of particle assemblies under one-dimensional compression16
Numerical study on the dynamic behavior of rock avalanche: influence of cluster shape, size and gradation16
Clay hypoplasticity coupled with small-strain approaches for complex cyclic loading16
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