Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils
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The principles and concepts for unsaturated soils are developed as extensions of saturated soils. Addresses problems where soils have a matric suction or where pore-water pressure is negative. Covers theory, measurement and use of the fundamental properties of unsaturated soils--permeability, shear strength and volume change. Includes a significant amount of case studies.
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D.G. Fredlund is the author or coauthor of over 460 refereed journal articles, conference proceedings, technical papers, and chapters in edited collections. In 1993, he coauthored Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils, the first major text on unsaturated soil mechanics published. He has served as a research consultant to the Government of Hong Kong, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Saskatchewan Highways, and presently is head of the Golder Unsaturated Soils Group, Canada.
H. Rahardjo is head of the Division of Infrastructure Systems and Maritime Studies at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is the coauthor of Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils and over 200 technical publications.
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Phase Properties and Relations.
Stress State Variables.
Measurements of Soil Suction.
Flow Laws.
Measurement of Permeability.
Steady-State Flow.
Pore Pressure Parameters.
Shear Strength Theory.
Measurement of Shear Strength Parameters.
Plastic and Limit Equilibrium.
Volume Change Theory.
Measurements of Volume Change Indices.
Volume Change Predictions.
One-Dimensional Consolidation and Swelling.
Two- and Three-Dimensional Unsteady-State Flow and NonisothermalAnalyses.
Appendices.
References.
Index.
Stress State Variables.
Measurements of Soil Suction.
Flow Laws.
Measurement of Permeability.
Steady-State Flow.
Pore Pressure Parameters.
Shear Strength Theory.
Measurement of Shear Strength Parameters.
Plastic and Limit Equilibrium.
Volume Change Theory.
Measurements of Volume Change Indices.
Volume Change Predictions.
One-Dimensional Consolidation and Swelling.
Two- and Three-Dimensional Unsteady-State Flow and NonisothermalAnalyses.
Appendices.
References.
Index.
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"I expect that "Unsaturated Soil Mechanics inEngineering Practice" will remain an essential reference foreducators, researchers and practitioners for a long time tocome." (Geotechnical News, 1 December 2012)
