Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications | Adrian R. Russell | Taylo

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Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications

ABSTRACT

This book contains the contributions to the Second European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, E-UNSAT 2012, held in Napoli, Italy, in June 2012, and includes more than one hundred papers, addressing three thematic areas: experimental, modelling, and engineering.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |102 pages

Water retention characteristics

chapter |6 pages

Voids ratio dependent soil-water characteristic curves: Theoretical derivations using fractals

chapter |7 pages

Study of SWCC modeling parameters with variation in swelling behavior and mineralogy of four compacted expansive clays

chapter |5 pages

Generating accurate soil water characteristic curves over the full range of soil suction by combining the Wind-Schindler and dewpoint hygrometer techniques

chapter |7 pages

Development of a hysteretic soil-water retention model using an optimisation technique

chapter |7 pages

SWCC measurement of two types of iron ore fines

chapter |7 pages

On the effects of density on water retention properties of expanded perlite

chapter |6 pages

Retention curves of bentonite under a microstructural perspective

chapter |7 pages

Soil water retention curves of a compacted soil used as liner of a sanitary landfill

chapter |7 pages

Evaluation of a geosynthetic clay liner water retention curve using vapour equilibrium technique

chapter |6 pages

The water retention properties of the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone

chapter |6 pages

Effect of adding natural clay on the water retention curve of sand-bentonite mixtures

chapter |7 pages

Effects of hydration fluid on moisture-suction relationships for geosynthetic clay liners

chapter |7 pages

Variability in Soil-Water Characteristic Curve associated with fitting parameters

chapter |6 pages

Water retention behavior of deformable soils—experiment and modeling

part |179 pages

Unsaturated flow and hydraulic conductivity

chapter |6 pages

A conceptual model for water-limited evapotranspiration taking into account root depth, root density, and vulnerability to xylem cavitation

chapter |7 pages

Dynamics of water movements with reversals in unsaturated soils

chapter |6 pages

Characterisation of the hydraulic behaviour of coarse-grained flood embankment materials

chapter |6 pages

Hydration kinetics of compacted low-density bentonite

chapter |5 pages

Underlying parameters affecting estimation of unsaturated permeability of soils

chapter |5 pages

Rate of capillary rise in a column of uniform sized spheres

chapter |5 pages

Comparison of 1D and 2D infiltration results using unsaturated transparent soil

chapter |7 pages

Predicting the dependency of a permeability function on initial density for unsaturated soils

chapter |7 pages

Probabilistic model to predict soil-water characteristics on unsaturated soils

chapter |6 pages

Hydraulic conductivity from soil-water characteristic curves with hysteresis

chapter |6 pages

Inverse analysis to estimate hydraulic properties of unsaturated soil

chapter |6 pages

Assessment of soil texture influence on nitrates leachability in unsaturated soils

chapter |6 pages

Experimental study of brown coal hydraulic behavior at low confining stress

chapter |6 pages

An experimental study on pore-air behavior during water seepage process in unsaturated soil

chapter |6 pages

Determination of unsaturated permeability function for clayey silt

chapter |6 pages

Evaluation of the method of determining unsaturated hydraulic conductivity based on the pore size distribution curve

chapter |6 pages

Experiences with unsaturated flow modeling and unsaturated flow property determination for expansive clays

chapter |7 pages

Determination of the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of clayey soil columns using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

chapter |9 pages

Gas flow in variable permeability porous media

chapter |5 pages

The modified van Genuchten-Mualem model on Hydraulic Conductivity to improve reliability and numerical stability near saturation

chapter |9 pages

Derivation of mass transfer model for unsaturated soil and its applications

chapter |7 pages

Evaluation on air-permeability of unsaturated soils subjected to freeze-thaw action

chapter |7 pages

Estimation and observation of water diversion in capillary barrier of soil

chapter |5 pages

Influence of Fredlund-Xing-Kunze hydraulic models for the prediction of flow through unsaturated soils

chapter |7 pages

Swelling characteristics and permeability of bentonite

chapter |5 pages

Discrete microbubbles flow in transparent porous media

part |74 pages

Slope stability

chapter |7 pages

Effect of dual-porosity material on stability of slope during rainfall

chapter |6 pages

Evaluating slope stability with respect to pore-water pressure and suction variation with rainfall: A case study of fill granitic slope in northern Thailand

chapter |7 pages

Infiltration and stability of soil slope with vetiver grass subjected to rainfall from numerical modeling

chapter |7 pages

A numerical study of hydrological effects of vegetation on slope stability

chapter |7 pages

The mechanism of soil moisture contents in a slope gully during rainfall

chapter |5 pages

Stability analysis of high steep saturated-unsaturated loess slope

chapter |7 pages

Implementation of coupled finite element analysis for partially saturated soil slope stability

chapter |7 pages

Slope stability analysis by considering unsaturated seepage force in unsaturated slope

chapter |7 pages

Reliability analysis of rainfall induced slope instability of unsaturated soil slopes

chapter |4 pages

Experimental study on the initiation of debris flow

part |57 pages

Shear strength

chapter |6 pages

Unsaturated shear strength prediction of highly expansive soil

chapter |7 pages

Modification of relative humidity and soil resistance at ground surface

chapter |7 pages

The relationship between unconfined compressive strength and matric suction of compacted Khon Kaen Loess

chapter |5 pages

Matric suction and shear strength of dynamically compacted soils

chapter |6 pages

Generalized sensitivity for unsaturated cohesive soils

chapter |6 pages

Unsaturated shear strength of coal mine spoil

chapter |7 pages

Experimental study and evaluation of shear behavior of unsaturated soil-steel interfaces

chapter |7 pages

Shearing behavior and modeling of disturbed volcanic cohesive soil considering dependence of hydraulic hysteresis on void ratio

part |171 pages

Field studies

chapter |7 pages

Field monitoring of seasonal ground movements in expansive soils in Melbourne

chapter |6 pages

Analysis of the effects of the partial saturation on the Adige river embankment stability

chapter |7 pages

Effects of grass on induced soil suction during Evapotranspiration and ponding

chapter |5 pages

Improvement of expansive soil of East Java, Indonesia by using the industrial solid waste

chapter |7 pages

Excavation damaged zone modelling including hydraulic permeability evolution in unsaturated argilaceous rock

chapter |7 pages

Himes and Johnson Street subgrade soil analysis

chapter |6 pages

Soil moisture profile of a water-shedding cover design in central Queensland

chapter |7 pages

Soil-atmosphere interaction in a slope affected by shallow landslides: An example in Northern Italy

chapter |7 pages

On the role of geotechnical properties on the response of shafts realized by the sequential excavation method in unsaturated soils

chapter |6 pages

In-situ and laboratory measurements of coal matrix and cleat permeability

chapter |7 pages

The change of matric suction due to heavy vehicle crossing

chapter |8 pages

Field monitoring of an experimental embankment constructed with two treated fine-grained soils

chapter |6 pages

Studies on the inhibitory effect by various adaptation measures for red soil runoff from farmland on field tests

chapter |6 pages

Fully coupled flow-deformation analyses of infiltration and matric suctions within a tropical soil slope

chapter |7 pages

Rainfall-induced landslides: Development of a simple screening tool based on rainfall data and unsaturated soil mechanics principles

chapter |8 pages

Experimental arguments concerning a hydraulic connection layer during limestone convective drying

chapter |6 pages

Comparison of field and laboratory data in relation to cover design on TSF closure

chapter |7 pages

Excavation damaged zone under imbibition: Evidence of self-sealing into claystone

chapter |6 pages

Cone Penetration Testing in unsaturated soils at two instrumented test sites

chapter |6 pages

Modeling field load tests in lateritic unsaturated soil

chapter |5 pages

Cyclic relationship between saturation and tensile strength in the near-surface zone of infrastructure embankments

chapter |7 pages

Field monitoring of a highway cut slope for rain-induced instability

chapter |6 pages

Compression-induced saturation in coal mine spoil piles

chapter |7 pages

Slope stability analysis for Champlain sea clay deposits using the mechanics of unsaturated soils

part |226 pages

Instrumentation and experimental techniques

chapter |5 pages

Measurement of pore water pressure properties of unsaturated brown coal using triaxial test

chapter |6 pages

Measurement of tensile strength of clayey soil during drying and cracking

chapter |7 pages

High pressure triaxial cell for thermal volume change measurements of unsaturated soils

chapter |7 pages

Laboratory compression of scalped coal mine spoil materials tested under dry and wet conditions

chapter |6 pages

Coupled effects of suction and degree of saturation on large strain shear modulus of unsaturated sands

chapter |6 pages

The use of mini-vane test to infer the undrained shear of a compacted residual soil under suction

chapter |8 pages

Establishment of water retention properties of granite saw dust using ultracentrifuge

chapter |7 pages

Validity of a making method for a homogeneous specimen using micro-wave due to examine accurate mechanical properties of unsaturated clay

chapter |9 pages

Comparison of tensiometer, thermal conductivity and capacitance sensor measurements of pore water pressure in compacted clay columns

chapter |7 pages

Mechanical behavior of unsaturated argillaceous rocks under uniaxial compression through acoustic emission

chapter |6 pages

Photogrammetry for volume change measurement in unsaturated soil tests

chapter |6 pages

Performance of the University of Newcastle high capacity tensiometers

chapter |6 pages

New triaxial device for unsaturated soils with local measurements

chapter |7 pages

Digital image technique for deformation measurement of unsaturated soil specimen in triaxial test

chapter |7 pages

Triaxial and simple shear tests on unsaturated sand specimens with negative pore water pressures

chapter |5 pages

CRS compression tests of an unsaturated kaolin with pore-water pressure measurement

chapter |6 pages

Effective stress behavior in triaxial K0 consolidation on unsaturated soil

chapter |7 pages

Experience gained from the conditioning of high-capacity tensiometers

chapter |7 pages

Collapse of coarse-grained materials due to inundation under one-dimensional compression conditions

chapter |7 pages

Calibration procedure for osmotic suction controlled testing

chapter |7 pages

Interpretation of the cone penetration test in unsaturated sands

chapter |6 pages

Removal of leached metals from flooded/drained contaminated soils using zeolites

chapter |6 pages

Freezing-thawing tests on natural pyroclastic samples

chapter |5 pages

Determination of moisture content and soil suction in engineered fills using electrical resistivity

chapter |7 pages

Soil-water characteristic curves from various laboratory techniques

chapter |6 pages

Effect of moisture content on thermal conductivity of soils

chapter |6 pages

Development of facility and testing procedures to investigate retaining wall-unsaturated soil interactions

chapter |6 pages

Response of tensiometers to laboratory thunder sound replicated waves

chapter |7 pages

Strength/volume change behaviour of compacted silty sand using a novel double-walled suction-controlled triaxial system

chapter |6 pages

Gas transport properties of compacted bentonite

chapter |7 pages

Determination of the modulus of elasticity and suction modulus of compacted unsaturated expansive clay from Nanyang, China

chapter |6 pages

Simultaneous and continuous measurements of thermal and hydrological properties of sand using Transient Release and Imbibition Method

part |65 pages

Retaining structures, foundations and pavements

chapter |6 pages

Application of limit analysis in unsaturated soils: Numerical and experimental study of bearing capacity

chapter |7 pages

Analytical solution for one-dimensional consolidation of unsaturated soil deposit subjected to step loading

chapter |5 pages

In situ measurement of steel push-piles and helical piers in expansive soils

chapter |6 pages

Revetment walls for stiff unsaturated clays

chapter |7 pages

Lateral pressures on soil nail walls supporting high plasticity clays

chapter |7 pages

Modeling the p-δ behavior of single friction pile in compacted fine-grained soils

chapter |7 pages

Application of the unsaturated soil mechanics in the design of pavements

chapter |6 pages

Slip line theory extended to unsaturated soils and applied to the retaining wall—unsaturated soil interaction problem

chapter |7 pages

Mechanisms of rainfall induced differential settlements in unsaturated heterogeneous foundations