Advanced Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Engineering (Paperback, 1)

Part 1: Physical and Flow Characteristics of Unsaturated Soils 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 and Shear Behaviour of Unsaturated Soils 6. Measurement of Shear 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 Soils 8. Instrumentation and Performance: A Case Study in Slope Engineering 9. Engineering Applications for Slope Stability