Abstract: Unsaturated soil mechanics has rapidly become a part of geotechnical engineering practice as a result of solutions that have emerged to a number of key problems (or challenges). The solutions have emerged from numerous ...

Abstract: The mechanical behavior of a compacted metastable-structured residual gneiss soil was experimentally investigated. Volume changes were investigated using both a conventional oedometer cell and a triaxial permeameter system ...

Abstract: During the past decade, the theory for heave prediction has developed within the context of unsaturated soil behavior and has become a valuable tool for geotechnical practice. The laboratory procedures for testing expansive ...

Abstract: The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) has traditionally been represented using equations whose fitting parameters do not individually correspond to clearly defined soil properties or to features of the curve. As a ...

Abstract: The estimation of the capacity and settlement of landfills is critical to successful site operation and future development of a landfill. This paper reports the results of a study on biodegradation behavior and the compression ...

Abstract: The interpretation of pressuremeter test results in cohesive soils assumes that the soil is saturated and the rate of loading is such that undrained conditions apply. Pressuremeter tests in compacted soils or heavily ...

Abstract: The hydraulic behavior of a residual gneiss soil compacted at conditions that produce collapsible characteristics was studied using a triaxial permeameter system that allows independent control of net stresses and matric ...