Volume 19, Issue 3

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March 2024

Special Issue: Bio-Inspired Geotechnics (Pages: 1137-1527); Regular Issue (Pages: 1529-1648)

Issue Editors:

Alejandro Martinez,
Junliang Tao

31 articles in this issue

Editorial for special issue on bio-inspired geotechnics
Alejandro Martinez
Junliang Tao
Editorial 20 March 2024 Pages: 1137 - 1138
Cyclic axial response and stability of snakeskin-inspired piles in sand
Kyle B. O’Hara
Alejandro Martinez
Research Paper 02 September 2023 Pages: 1139 - 1158
Behaviour of bio-inspired grouped battered minipiles under lateral loading in clay
Sanchari Mondal
Mahdi M. Disfani
Amirhassan Mehdizadeh
Research Paper Open access 11 August 2023 Pages: 1159 - 1178
Morphological advantages of angelwing shells in mechanical boring
Yumeng Zhao
Bozhi Deng
Sheng Dai
Research Paper 10 July 2023 Pages: 1179 - 1190
Pullout resistance of biomimetic root-inspired foundation systems
Thibaut Houette
Meron Dibia
Hunter King
Research Paper 24 November 2023 Pages: 1191 - 1210
Pullout behavior of tree root-inspired anchors: development of root architecture models and centrifuge tests
Yoon-Ah Kim
Matthew Burrall
Tae-Hyuk Kwon
Research Paper 20 October 2023 Pages: 1211 - 1229
A numerical study on the multi-cycle self-burrowing of a dual-anchor probe in shallow coarse-grained soils of varying density
Yuyan Chen
Ningning Zhang
Alejandro Martinez
Research Paper Open access 19 October 2023 Pages: 1231 - 1250
Initial observations of the impacts of infauna on portable free fall penetrometer measurements in sandy parts of Mobile Bay
Nina Stark
Kelly M. Dorgan
Joseph Calantoni
Research Paper Open access 12 February 2024 Pages: 1251 - 1265
Earthworm-inspired subsurface penetration probe for landed planetary exploration
Saeedeh Naziri
Cyrena Ridgeway
Douglas D. Cortes
Research Paper 14 February 2024 Pages: 1267 - 1274
Investigations of bioinspired soil penetration strategies via a numerical model: Does radial expansion improve soil intruder performances?
Serena R. M. Pirrone
Emanuela Del Dottore
Barbara Mazzolai
Research Paper Open access 06 February 2024 Pages: 1275 - 1293
Ant nest geometry, stability, and excavation–inspiration for tunneling
Meron Belachew
Karie Yamamoto
Chloé Arson
Research Paper 12 February 2024 Pages: 1295 - 1313
Small-scale measurement of the transition in fracture behavior of marine sediments
Kelly M. Dorgan
Grant Lockridge
William Cyrus Clemo
Research Paper Open access 16 December 2023 Pages: 1315 - 1326
Effects of sediment densification and strengthening on scour around monopiles using mangrove-inspired skirt piles
Xiwei Li
Leon van Paassen
Junliang Tao
Research Paper 11 January 2024 Pages: 1327 - 1344
Bio-inspired rotational penetration and horizontal self-burrowing soft robot
Yong Tang
Yi Zhong
Junliang Tao
Research Paper 25 March 2024 Pages: 1345 - 1363
RootBot: root-inspired soft-growing robot for high-curvature directional excavation
Gyeol Han
Dongoh Seo
Tae-Hyuk Kwon
Research Paper 22 September 2023 Pages: 1365 - 1377
Multi-objective design optimization of clam-inspired drilling into the lunar regolith
Liang Zhang
Lei Wang
Qiushi Chen
Research Paper 26 November 2023 Pages: 1379 - 1396
Shear behaviour of snakeskin-inspired ribs and soil interfaces
V. L. Gayathri
Prashanth Vangla
Research Paper 04 September 2023 Pages: 1397 - 1419
Lessons in geomechanics of deep foundations from nature
Abdelaziz Ads
Magued Iskander
Giovanna Pipin
Research Paper 11 July 2023 Pages: 1421 - 1434
A bio-inspired helically driven self-burrowing robot
Hosain Bagheri
Daniel Stockwell
Hamid Marvi
Research Paper 08 April 2023 Pages: 1435 - 1448
Geotechnical insights of mammal burrows in loose desert sand
Idil Deniz Akin
Sera Tirkes
Clint E. Collins
Review Paper 31 July 2023 Pages: 1449 - 1459
Particle size effects on the axial pull-out and push-in behaviour of roots
Xingyu Zhang
Matteo Oryem Ciantia
Teng Liang
Research Paper Open access 05 July 2023 Pages: 1461 - 1476
Lesson learnt from static pulling tests on trees: an experimental study on toppling behaviour of complex foundations
Andrea Galli
Cristian Sala
Matteo Oryem Ciantia
Research Paper Open access 01 August 2023 Pages: 1477 - 1494
DEM simulations of a bio-inspired site characterization probe with two anchors
Yuyan Chen
Alejandro Martinez
Jason DeJong
Research Paper 27 September 2022 Pages: 1495 - 1515
Shear response of calcareous sand-steel snake skin-inspired interfaces
Yang Xiao
Hao Cui
Armin W. Stuedlein
Research Paper 06 December 2023 Pages: 1517 - 1527
Experimental investigation of the microscopic interaction mechanism between sand and tall fescue roots by using X-ray microtomography
Ji-Peng Wang
Jun-Feng Sha
Shangqi Ge
Research Paper 12 February 2024 Pages: 1529 - 1554
Tensile strength measurement of the calcite bond between bio-cemented sand grains
Marilyn Sarkis
Antoine Naillon
Christian Geindreau
Research Paper 08 August 2023 Pages: 1555 - 1570
Evaluation of enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation using crude soybean urease during soil percolation
Yang Liu
Yufeng Gao
Chi Li
Research Paper 14 August 2023 Pages: 1571 - 1580
SPT-based empirical method for estimating axial capacities of single-helix piles in sand
Yiwen Zhang
Weidong Li
Lijun Deng
Research Paper 02 September 2023 Pages: 1581 - 1595
Experimental study of microbially induced carbonate precipitation treatment on seafloor sediment of hydrate formation
Chengxiang Tang
Tianle Liu
Jiaxin Sun
Research Paper 17 January 2024 Pages: 1597 - 1610
Optimization of one-phase-low-pH enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation method for soil improvement
Ming-Juan Cui
Jian Chu
Han-Jiang Lai
Research Paper 03 January 2024 Pages: 1611 - 1625
Full-field internal 3D deformations measurement of transparent soil using 3D-DIC combined with optical slicing
Longyong Tong
Hang Zhou
Ronglin Chen
Research Paper 23 February 2024 Pages: 1627 - 1648

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