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Energy-water-environment nexus underpinning future desalination sustainability [PDF]

, 2017
Energy-water-environment nexus is very important to attain COP21 goal, maintaining environment temperature increase below 2 °C, but unfortunately two third share of CO2 emission has already been used and the remaining will be exhausted by 2050.
Ang, Li, Burhan, Muhammad, Ng, Kim Choon, Shahzad, Muhammad Wakil   +3 more
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Bimodal SWCC and Bimodal PSD of Soils with Dual-Porosity Structure

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2022
The soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) and pore-size distribution (PSD) are fundamental characteristics of soils that determine many physical and mechanical properties. Recent studies demonstrate that both SWCC and PSD sometimes exhibit a bimodal feature.
Ding Guo-Quan, Bian Xia, Yuan Jun-Ping, Zhu Jun-Gao   +3 more
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Advancement in the Analysis of Seepage Through Cracked Soils [PDF]

, 2018
Seepage is an important problem analyzed in geotechnical engineering. Conventionally, the analysis is performed in conditions where the soil is intact. The presence of desiccated cracks requires a seepage analysis that considers not only the soil matrix ...
Krisnanto, S. (Sugeng), Rahardjo, H. (Harianto)   +1 more
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Frozen Soil Hydrological Processes and Their Effects: A Review and Synthesis

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 64, Issue 1, March 2026.
Abstract Frozen soils, including seasonally frozen ground and permafrost, are rapidly changing under a warming climate, with cascading effects on water, energy, and carbon cycles. We synthesize recent advances in the physics, observation, and modeling of frozen‐soil hydrology, emphasizing freeze–thaw dynamics, infiltration regimes and preferential flow,
Ying Zhao, Ce Zheng, Alexander Gelfan, Kunio Watanabe, Haojie Liu, Stephanie Wright, Xiaolong Wu, William Quinton, Yi Wang, Shuhua Yi, Yongyong Zhang, Yujie Shi, Wentao Jiao   +12 more
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Simplified 1D Empirical Model for Volumetric Behavior of High-Carbonate Clay [PDF]

, 2019
The Guadalquivir blue marl is a high plasticity overconsolidated carbonate clay. This soil presents an elevated fragility and high susceptibility to moisture changes.
Delgado Trujillo, Antonio, Durand Neyra, Percy, Justo Alpañés, José Luis de, Justo Moscardó, Enrique de, Vázquez-Boza, Manuel   +4 more
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Assessment of Resilience in Desalination Infrastructure Using Semi-Markov Models [PDF]

, 2016
As the supply of desalinated water becomes significant in many countries, the reliable long-term operation of desalination infrastructure becomes paramount. As it is not realistic to build desalination systems with components that never fail, instead the
A Lisnianski, AU Malik, CE Ebeling, EPA, J Fiksel, M Al-Naim, MB Kline, S Do, SA Khan, T Hashimoto, T McAllister   +10 more
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Field Observations and Geotechnical Modeling of Dune Face Erosion During a Storm (Narrabeen Beach, Australia)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Quantifying dune face failure during storm wave conditions is critical for improving the predictive capability of coastal erosion models. However, most high‐resolution dune erosion observations used to validate these models were obtained from reduced‐scale laboratory experiments, raising questions about their applicability to field‐scale dunes.
S. Conti, I. L. Turner, K. D. Splinter
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Water-holding characteristics of weathered granite soils

Yantu gongcheng xuebao, 2018
By using the pressure plate technique and the vapor equilibrium method with saturated salt solution, the water-holding characteristics of a granite double-layer soil slope with different weathering degrees are studied.
LU You-qian 1, WEI Chang-fu 2, CAI Guo-qing 1, ZHAO Cheng-gang 1
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Closed-Form SWCC Functions for Granular Mixtures

E3S Web of Conferences
Four closed-form water-retention functions (the Gardner, Fredlund – Xing, van Genuchten 4 and 5) were validated using the experimental, ideal water retention curve data of 7 granular fractions (fine gravel, sand and silt) and their 21 mixtures with fractal distribution (being similar to the Fuller curves), composed from 2 to 7 ...
Imre E., Balint A., Firgi T., Kabey Mwinken D., Guida G., Singh V. P., Rajkai K.   +6 more
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Effect of Compaction Effort and Initial Conditions on the Unsaturated Properties of Red Clay Soils

Advances in Civil Engineering, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
In geotechnical engineering, the principle of saturated soil mechanics is used in the construction of structures. However, defining the constitutive unsaturated soil model requires significant laboratory testing, and directly measuring the parameters of the soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) by the pressure plate test is time‐consuming.
Habtamu Sewnet Alehgn, Yebeltal Zerie Beju, Muluager Bewket Demlew, Antonello Troncone   +3 more
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