Unsaturated soils : research & applications : proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, UNSAT 2014, Sydney, Australia, 2-4 July 2014 /

Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications contains 247 papers presented at 6th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT2014, Sydney, Australia, 2-4 July 2014). The two volumes provide an overview of recent experimental and theoretical advances in a wide variety of topics related to un...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	International Conference on Unsaturated Soils Sydney, N.S.W., Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Khalili, N. (Editor), Russell, Adrian R. (Editor), Khoshghalb, A. (Editor)
Format:	Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, [2014]
Subjects:	Soil mechanics > Congresses. Soil moisture > Congresses. Soil physics > Congresses. Mécanique des sols > Congrès. Sols > Humidité > Congrès. Sols > Physique > Congrès. FICTION > General. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General. Soil mechanics Soil moisture Soil physics Electronic books. Conference papers and proceedings
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Plenary lectures
Semi plenary lectures
Fundamentals
Constitutive modelling
Numerical modelling
Micro and macro structure
Small strain and dynamic response
Thermal effects : desiccation
Shrink
swell
Water retention characteristics
Unsaturated flow and hydraulic conductivity
Slope stability
Shear strength
Field studies
Instrumentation and experimental techniques
Retaining structures, foundations and pavements.