Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Mechanical Behaviour of Expansive Soils under Cyclic Drying-Wetting Beneath Pavements

Research Unit in Geotechnics, Laboratory of Study and Test in Civil Engineering (L2EGC), National High School of Public Works (ENSTP), department of civil engineering, National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics (UNSTIM), Abomey 2282 Goho, Department of Zou, Republic of Benin

Language: English

Page range: 195 - 206

Submitted on: Sep 13, 2025

Accepted on: Oct 15, 2025

Published on: Dec 15, 2025

Published by: University of Oradea, Civil Engineering and Architecture Faculty

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

Expansive soils,

cyclic drying-wetting,

shear,

consolidation behaviour,

Pavement,

FEM

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Volume 15 (2025): Issue 2 (December 2025)