Description
Book SynopsisUnsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering comprises 136 contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners, presented at the First European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (Durham, UK, 2-4 July 2008). The papers report on the latest advances in geo-engineering aspects of unsaturated soils. It is the first collection to focus on research developments within Europe, where a resurgence of interest in unsaturated soil behaviour has lead to major advances.
The volume is divided into five sections:
- Advances in testing techniques,
- Engineering behaviour,
-Constitutive modelling,
- Numerical modelling,
-Case histories.
The areas of application include slope stability, foundations, dams, contaminated land, landfill and nuclear waste repositories. The section on advances in testing techniques includes recent developments in high capacity tensiometers, spatial Time Domain Reflectometry and Environmental Scanning Electron M
Table of Contents
Selected Contents; Preface; Organization; Keynotes; Advances in testing techniques; Engineering behaviour; Volumetric behaviour; Shear behaviour; Constitutive modelling; Numerical modelling; Case studies; Author index
