A field survey was conducted to investigate the metal contamination in soils and vegetables,
and to evaluate the possible health risks to local population through foodchain transfer near …

The Quaternary soft deposits of Shanghai form a multi-aquifer–aquitard system (MAAS) with
aquitards of high compressibility and aquifers of high groundwater table. The metro tunnels …

Laboratory tests were conducted to investigate the effect of wetting–drying (W–D) cycles on
the initiation and evolution of cracks in clay layer. Four identical slurry specimens were …

In order to study the hydro-mechanical behaviour of highly compacted unsaturated clays used
in engineered clay barriers for nuclear waste disposal, some experimental techniques for …

Oedometer tests starting from a very small effective vertical stress of 0·5 kPa were performed
on three reconstituted clays with different liquid limits. The soils were prepared at various …

Arterial stiffness (AS) is a predictor of coronary artery outcomes in patients with cardiovascular
disease (CVD). Carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV) is a commonly used …

Bentonite-based materials have been considered in many countries as engineered barrier/backfilling
materials in deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste. During the …

The paper first describes the problem of goals unreachable with obstacles nearby when
using potential field methods for mobile robot path planning. Then, new repulsive potential …

The potential field method is widely used for autonomous mobile robot path planning due to
its elegant mathematical analysis and simplicity. However, most researches have been …

It is suspected that the as-compacted state of heavily compacted clays used as possible
engineered barriers for nuclear waste disposal is time dependent, and that further change may …