Abstract: Modeling the behavior of unsaturated soils necessitates the measurement of soil suction and the establishment of its variation with the water content, which is commonly known as the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC). ...

Abstract: Thermal properties of soils are of great importance in view of the subsurface transmission of either heated fluids or high power currents. Fine-grained soils, in particular clays, pose a serious problem for conduction of ...

Abstract: Geotechnical centrifuge modeling provides a means of accelerating the transport of contaminants through a soil matrix. Contaminant transport mechanisms occurring in the geotechnical centrifuge model can be used to verify ...

Abstract: Experiments were conducted to measure the suction of a locally available silty soil and commercially available white clay, using a Dewpoint PotentiaMeter (WP4). The results were used to develop the soil–water characteristic ...

Abstract: An effort has been made to demonstrate use of a small geotechnical centrifuge as a research tool to understand moisture migration in a silty soil. Such a basic study is essential for understanding the much more complex ...