Advanced Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Engineering

Part 1: Physical and flow charcteristics of unsaturated soil 1 Basic physics, phases and stress state variables 2 Measurement and control of suction: methods and applications 3 Flow laws, seepage and state-dependent soil-water characteristics Part 2: Collapse, swelling, strength and stiffness of unsaturated soils 4 Collapse and swelling caused by wetting 5 Measurement of shear strength 6 Measurement of soil stiffness Part 3: State-dependent elasto-plastic modelling of unsaturated soils 7 A state-dependent elasto-plastic critical state-based constitutive model Part 4: Field trials and numerical studies in slope engineering of unsaturated soil 8 Instrumentation and performance: A case study in slope engineering 9 Engineering applications for slope stability Appendix A: Definitions Appendix B: Notations