Experimental study on shear strength and deterioration behavior of silty clay under dry-wet-freeze-thaw cycles

Abstract To investigate the influence of dry-wet, freeze-thaw, and their coupled cyclic effects on shear strength and deterioration behavior of silty clay, direct shear tests were performed on silty clay with different initial moisture content under the above cyclic conditions. A shear strength dete...

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Published in:	Scientific Reports
Main Authors:	Haotian Guo, Yinglian Sun, Chao Sun, Hongyan Gu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Subjects:	Silty clay Dry-wet-freeze-thaw cycle Shear strength Logistic deterioration model Direct shear test
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02497-8