The microscopic mechanism of water immersion and collapsibility in Malan loess with different particle size

• Li Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Li Li, Qinglong Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliations Gansu Provincial Transportation Research Institute Group Co., Ltd., Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Gansu Provincial Center of Technology Innovation for Health Monitoring and Security Assessment in Bridge and Tunnel, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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• Qinglong Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Li Li, Qinglong Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization

  Current Address: No. 213, Jiuquan Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

  Affiliations Gansu Provincial Transportation Research Institute Group Co., Ltd., Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Gansu Provincial Center of Technology Innovation for Health Monitoring and Security Assessment in Bridge and Tunnel, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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• Huandong Mu ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mhdyhx@xaut.edu.cn

  Current Address: No. 5, Jinhua South Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

  ¶‡ HM also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xi`an University of Technology, Xi`an, Shaanxi, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9667-3712

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• Longhao Zheng,

  Roles Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xi`an University of Technology, Xi`an, Shaanxi, China

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• Yisong Bai

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xi`an University of Technology, Xi`an, Shaanxi, China

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