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Laboratory and Field Testing of Unsaturated Soils

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Editors:
  1. Alessandro Tarantino

    1. Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, Italy

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  2. Enrique Romero

    1. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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  3. Yu-Jun Cui

    1. Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Marne la Vallee, France

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  • Presents the state-of-the-art of experimental unsaturated soil mechanics

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IV
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  2. Preface: Special Issue on Laboratory and Field Testing of Unsaturated Soils

    • A. Tarantino, E. Romero, Y. J. Cui
    Pages 1-2

  3. Measurement of Matric Suction Using Tensiometric and Axis Translation Techniques

    • F. A. M. Marinho, W. A. Take, A. Tarantino
    Pages 3-19

  4. Indirect Measurement of Suction

    • Rifat Bulut, Eng Choon Leong
    Pages 21-32

  5. Axis Translation and Negative Water Column Techniques for Suction Control

    • Sai K. Vanapalli, M. V. Nicotera, Radhey S. Sharma
    Pages 33-48

  6. Vapour Equilibrium and Osmotic Technique for Suction Control

    • James A. Blatz, Yu-Jun Cui, Luciano Oldecop
    Pages 49-61

  7. Mechanical Testing in Unsaturated Soils

    • Laureano R. Hoyos, Lyesse Laloui, Roberto Vassallo
    Pages 63-77

  8. Laboratory Hydraulic Testing in Unsaturated Soils

    • Farimah Masrouri, Kátia V. Bicalho, Katsuyuki Kawai
    Pages 79-92

  9. Microstructure Investigation in Unsaturated Soils: A Review with Special Attention to Contribution of Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry and Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy

    • Enrique Romero, Paul H. Simms
    Pages 93-115

  10. Geoenvironmental Testing

    • Pierre Delage, Enrique Romero
    Pages 117-137

  11. Field Measurement of Suction, Water Content, and Water Permeability

    • Alessandro Tarantino, Andrew M. Ridley, David G. Toll
    Pages 139-170

  12. Water Balance and Evapotranspiration Monitoring in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

    • Yu-Jun Cui, Jorge G. Zornberg
    Pages 171-186

  13. Monitoring the Performance of Unsaturated Soil Slopes

    • Charles W. W. Ng, Sarah M. Springman, Eduardo E. Alonso
    Pages 187-204

  14. Monitoring Large-Scale Tests for Nuclear Waste Disposal

    • Eduardo E. Alonso, Sarah M. Springman, Charles W. W. Ng
    Pages 205-214
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About this book

This collection focuses on recent advances in laboratory and field testing of unsaturated soils. Leading researchers from fourteen countries to represent global research in the area of experimental unsaturated soil mechanics have been invited to contribute to this book. Twelve reports are presented dealing with measurement and control of suction and water content, mechanical, hydraulic, and geo-environmental testing, microstructure investigation, and applications of unsaturated soil monitoring to engineering behaviour of geo-structures.
The main motivation behind this book is the rapid growth of experimental unsaturated soil mechanics over the last couple of decades. Several innovative laboratory and field techniques have been introduced in mechanical, hydraulic, and geo-environmental testing. However, this information is widely dispersed in journals and conference proceedings and researchers and engineers beginning to work in the field of unsaturated soil mechanics may find it difficult to identify suitable equipment and instrumentation for research or professional purposes.

Audience: This volume aims at providing scientists and practitioners with a comprehensive overview of experimental unsaturated soil mechanics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, Italy

    Alessandro Tarantino

  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Enrique Romero

  • Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Marne la Vallee, France

    Yu-Jun Cui

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Laboratory and Field Testing of Unsaturated Soils

  • Editors: Alessandro Tarantino, Enrique Romero, Yu-Jun Cui

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8819-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8818-6Published: 19 January 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7704-9Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8819-3Published: 28 December 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: V, 214

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, 26:6 2008

  • Topics: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Civil Engineering

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