Editors:
- Presents the state-of-the-art of experimental unsaturated soil mechanics
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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
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Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, Italy
Alessandro Tarantino
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Enrique Romero
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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