Unsaturated soils : research & applications

 Content: Preface xix Organization xxi Obituary xxiii VOLUME 1 Plenary lectures Possible frost heave mechanisms in an unsaturated high-speed railway formation  D. Sheng, G. Zhao, S. Zhang & F. Niu Highly expansive granular mixtures  E.E. Alonso, N. Pinyol & C. Hoffmann Validating the effective stress principle in unsaturated soil using non-failure tests  N. Lu  Semi plenary lectures Some issues in hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils and its modelling  De'an Sun, Y. Gao & J. Zhang Raw earth construction: Is there a role for unsaturated soil mechanics?  D. Gallipoli, A.W. Bruno, C. Perlot & N. Salmon Expansive clays, collapsing sands, unbound pavement materials and unsaturated soil theory  D.A. Cameron Use of the yield pressure to interpret pressuremeter results in unsaturated soil  G.A. Miller Characterization of unsaturated properties of recycled materials  H. Rahardjo, A. Satyanaga, E.C. Leong & J.-Y. Wang Response of intermediate unsaturated soils under suction-controlled plane strain conditions: A preliminary investigation  J.A. Cruz, L.R. Hoyos & A. Lizcano Unsaturated issues in claystones  P. Delage Matrix suction and shear strength of unsaturated clay  S. Frydman & R. Baker On the hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils in railway sub-structures  Y.J. Cui  Fundamentals Role of matric suction on wetting-induced collapse settlement of silty sand  A.T.M.Z. Rabbi, D.A. Cameron & M.M. Rahman Investigation of the directional dependence of soil resistivity in cracking clays  A.A. Hassan & D.G. Toll Physical effects of liquid-vapor water transition in unsaturated soils  B. Pelizzari, J. Monnet, B. Loret, D. Mahmutovic, O. Ple, L. Boutonnier & J.-F. Daian Research on stress state variables of unsaturated soil  B. Qin & Z.H. Chen Study on mechanical behavior of non-wettable sands  B.S. Kim, Y. Takeshita, S. Kato & S.W. Park The principle of effective stress in unsaturated soil mechanics and its limitations  C.G. Zhao, Z.Z. Liu & G.Q. Cai Necessary conditions for the critical state of unsaturated soils  C.G. Zhao, S. Asreazad, J. Li & G.Q. Cai Exploiting suction to reduce embodied carbon in geotechnical structures  D. McIntyre & A. Tarantino Projections of climate change on the behaviour of clays in the UK  D. Clarke & J.A. Smethurst Interpretation of stresses and strains in unsaturated fine-grained soils  E.J. Murray, D.G. Toll & V. Sivakumar Pore-water pressure development of a quasi-saturated compacted residual soil  G.G. Carnero & F.A.M. Marinho Examination of effective stress and determination of state surface of unsaturated clayey silt by using suction controlled consolidometer test  H. Suzuki & Y. Okano On controlling influence of the line of optimums on the compacted clayey soil behavior  J. Kodikara, T. Islam, S. Wijesooriya, H. Bui & B.C. Burman A modified form of Terzaghi's effective stress principle of unsaturated expansive clays  J. Mainka, C. Moyne, M.A. Murad & S.A. Lima Effects of wetting on mechanical behavior and particle crushing of a mudstone particle mixture  J.-J. Wang, M.-W. Liu, H.-P. Zhang, D.-Y. Wang & W.-J. Deng Principle of effective stress for unsaturated soils  L.T. Shao, G. Zheng, X.X. Guo & G. Liu Experimental study on the relationship of mechanic and hydraulic state variables, and the dielectric properties of clays  M. Schwing, Z. Chen, A. Scheuermann, D.J. Williams & N. Wagner Characterization of time-dependent contact angles for oleic acid mixed sands with different particle size fractions  Y.N.S. Wijewardana, K. Kawamoto, T. Komatsu, S. Hamamoto, S. Subedi & P. Moldrup Characterization of the effect of disturbance on the hydro-mechanical behavior of a highly collapsible loessial soil  S. Mohsen Haeri, A. Khosravi, S. Ghaizadeh, A. Akbari Garakani & C.L. Meehan Fundamental concepts of the mechanics of unsaturated soils  V.Y. Katte & G.E. Blight Hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils  V. Sivakumar & N. Vimalan Effect of confining pressure and degree of saturation on damping ratios of sand  Z.Y. Cheng & E.C. Leong  Constitutive modelling Influence of compaction procedure on elastic anisotropy  A.M. Hasan & S.J. Wheeler An improved modeling of hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated compacted soils  C. Yang, C.S. Yang & X.F. Liu Swelling of compacted expansive clays interpreted in terms of Tezaghi effective stress  D. Masin & N. Khalili A model for weakly unsaturated soils taking into account the three phases (air, water and soil)  D. Mahmutovic, J. Monnet, B. Loret, O. Ple, B. Pelizzari, L. Boutonnier & B.T. Lai Inception of strain localization in variably saturated soils  D. Peric, G. Zhao & N. Khalili Elastoplastic framework for the volumetric behavior of unsaturated soils  E. Rojas, H. Arroyo & M.L. Perez-Rea Elastoplastic framework to simulate the collapse of soils  E. Rojas, H. Arroyo & M.L. Perez-Rea A multiphase constitutive modeling framework for unsaturated soil behavior  G.D. Nguyen & Y. Gan A simple model for prediction of the modulus of elasticity of unsaturated expansive soils  H.H. Adem & S.K. Vanapalli Bounding Surface Plasticity (BSP) approach to model behaviour of unsaturated soils using a non-associative flow rule  H. Wong, B.T. Lai, A. Fabbri, D. Branque & M. Morvan Modelling wetting collapse behaviour in unsaturated granite residual soil  M.J. Md. Noor & I.B.M. Jais A constitutive model of unsaturated expansive soils considering influences of capillary and adsorptive components of matric suction  J. Li, C.G. Zhao, Y. Liu & G.Q. Cai Influence of stress variables on constitutive modeling for unsaturated soils  J.S. Li, J.F. Yang, G.L. Ye, A.M. Liu & Y.C. Xing Patterns of cracking in soils due to drying and wetting cycles  J. Cordero, A. Cuadrado, A. Ledesma & P.C. Prat Nonlinear ground response analysis of unsaturated soil deposits  M. Biglari, I. Ashayeri & F. Fouladi Incremental stress-strain and suction-degree of saturation formulation in unsaturated soils  M. Lloret-Cabot & D. Sheng A new model adapted for unsaturated soils taking cyclic loading into account  M. Morvan, B. Chevalier & P. Breul Discussion on the introduction of suction in an existing model  M. Morvan, B. Chevalier, H. Wong & D. Branque Discussion on the integration of the complex hydromechanical coupling in a model adapted for unsaturated soils  M. Morvan, B. Chevalier, P. Breul, H. Wong & D. Dranque Prediction of stress strain response by rotational multiple yield surface framework for unsaturated granite residual soil  M.J. Md. Noor & I.B.M. Jais An elasto-plastic model for unsaturated soils with evolving anisotropy  M.A. Al-Sharrad & D. Gallipoli Multi-scale analysis of the swelling and shrinkage of a lime-treated expansive clayey soil  O. Cuisinier, F. Masrouri, G. Stoltz & G. Russo A compressibility framework to describe the volume change behaviour of unsaturated clayey soils  P. Sitarenios & M. Kavvadas Directional plastic flow and stress increment dependencies: Experimental study on variably saturated soils  S. Zargarbashi & N. Khalili Stress integration schemes for unsaturated soils  W.T. Solowski & S.W. Sloan Model predictions of hydro-mechanical coupling in unsaturated crushable soils  Y.D. Zhang & G. Buscarnera  Numerical modelling Multi-objective management of unconfined aquifer considering the unsaturated flow zone  A.A. Javadi & M.S. Hussain Modelling benchmark of a laboratory test on hydro-mechanical behavior of bentonite  A. Millard, J.D. Barnichon, N. Mokni, K.E. Thatcher, A. Bond & R. Blaheta Modeling the thermo-mechanical triaxial shearing behavior of unsaturated soils using EPR  A. Ahangar-Asr, A.A. Javadi & N. Khalili Modeling density effect on hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils  A.N. Zhou & D. Sheng Coupling between deformation and flow models in deformable unsaturated soils  A. Khoshghalb & N. Khalili A preliminary meso-mechanical analysis of effective stress in unsaturated soil  G. Zhao & N. Khalili Modeling rainfall infiltration through coarse and fine-grained unsaturated geomaterials  G. Rotisciani, A. Desideri, G. Sciarra & F. Casini Numerical analysis of unsaturated excavation by using suction stress  J. Zhou, B. Liu & X.-Y. Xie Modelling soil water redistribution in unsaturated zone during evaporation process  J. Teng, N. Yasufuku, R. Ishikura & Z. Jiang Compaction simulation with soil/water/air coupled FEA code and parametric study  K. Kawai, V. Phommachanh, S. Sakamoto & A. Iizuka Obtaining factors of safety from a finite element analysis of unsaturated soils  L. Zdravkovic, D.M. Potts & A. Tsiampousi Equivalent linear site response analysis of partially saturated sand layers  M. Ghayoomi & M. Mirshekari Modeling the formation and propagation of desiccation cracks in soils  M. Sanchez, O. Manzoli & L. Guimaraes Consolidation analysis of unsaturated double porosity media  S. Salimzadeh & N. Khalili EFG mesh-less method for coupled hydro-mechanical analysis of unsaturated porous media  S. Samimi & A. Pak Numerical simulation of mechanical behavior of a triaxial silty soil under undrained and various controlled air boundary conditions  T. Yoshikawa & T. Noda Three-phase coupled analysis of unsaturated embankment subjected to rainfall infiltration and seismic motion  T. Matsumaru & R. Uzuoka The influence of time unit and element size with the numerical result of soil-water-air coupled unsaturated seepage analysis  T. Mori, M. Kazama, J. Kim & R. Uzuoka Verification of a new soil-water-air coupled analysis based on a rate-type equation of motion through realization of uniform deformation of an unsaturated soil specimen  T. Noda & T. Yoshikawa Application of soil/water/air coupled F.E. code to predict seepage and deformation on sandy slope  V. Phommachanh, N. Matsuo, K. Ienaga, K. Kawai, A. Iizuka & B. Tiwari Mesh size dependent process of wetting front advancing in unsaturated soil column  X. Zhao, X. Li, J. Liu & X. Chen A FE analysis on slope failure in unsaturated ground based on soil-water-air fully coupling theory  Y.L. Xiong, F. Zhang, X.H. Bao & B. Ye A constitutive model for coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis of multiphase flow in local thermal non-equilibrium in fractured media  Y. Bai & N. Khalili Numerical evaluation for performance of a capillary barrier system  Y. Sugiyama, S. Nomura, K. Kawai & M. Mimura Numerical evaluation of a multiple soil barrier system preventing water infiltration  Y. Takayama, Y. Ikuta, A. Iizuka, K. Kawai, T. Taki, R. Sakao & Y. Ichikawa  Micro and macro structure Microstructural analysis of water retention property for a cemented dredged material  A.C.F. Chiu & X. Hu An X-Ray CT imaging of water absorption process of soft rocks  A. Sato & O. Aydan Influence of microfabric evolution on the retention behaviour of compacted clayey soils  A.C. Dieudonne, G.D. Vecchia, R. Charlier & C. Jommi An approach to detect micro- and macro-porosity from MIP data  B.C.F.L. Lopes, M.P. Cordao Neto & A. Tarantino Sand mixture density 691 E. Imre, M. Hazay, M. Juhasz, J. Lorincz, K. Rajkai, T. Schanz, Y. Lins & Zs. Hortobagyi Qualitative and quantitative investigation of soils and porous rocks by using very high resolution X-ray micro-CT imaging  G. Zacher, T. Paul, M. Halisch & P. Westenberger An investigation into unsaturated states of granular media using X-ray computed tomography  S. Salager, G. Khaddour, J. Desrues & P. Charrier Experimental and modelling issues in unsaturated soils mechanics: Role of microstructure  J.M. Pereira, J.F. Bruchon, M. Vandamme, N. Lenoir, P. Delage & M. Bornert The use of XRCT to investigate highly unsaturated soil mixtures  J.C. Smith, C.E. Augarde & C.T.S. Beckett Macro and microstructure of Guadalquivir blue marls in cyclic suction-controlled drying and wetting test  M. Vazquez-Boza, J.L. Justo, P. Durand & A. Morales-Esteban Observation of soil curling using 2D laser scanner  M. Zielinski, M. Sanchez, E. Romero & A. Atique Microstructural interpretation of compression behaviour of compacted kaolin clay  M. Pedrotti & A. Tarantino  Small strain and dynamic response Role of the compaction energy level on the small strain stiffness of a silty sand soil subjected to wetting and drying  A. Heitor, B. Indraratna & C. Rujikiatkamjorn Large deformation dynamic analysis of unsaturated soils  B.S. Khan, G.A. Esgandani & N. Khalili Constitutive model for unsaturated fine-grained soils incorporating small strain stiffness  K.S. Wong & D. Masin Small-strain shear stiffness of compacted clays: Initial state and microstructural features  J. Suriol, E. Romero, A. Lloret & J. Vaunat Effect of wetting and drying paths on the resilient modulus of a compacted soil  R.C. Weber, W.Y.Y. Gehling & W.P. Nunez Effect of pore air pressure on cyclic behavior of unsaturated sandy soil  R. Uzuoka, T. Unno, N. Sento & M. Kazama Influence of seepage event on cyclic triaxial behavior of a compacted, unsaturated soil  T. Nishimura Semi-empirical model for predicting the resilient modulus of unsaturated fine-grained soils  Z. Han & S.K. Vanapalli  Thermal effects-desiccation Refinements in the theory to predict actual evaporation  D. Tran, D.G. Fredlund, D.H. Chan & W.G. Wilson Temperature effect on the mechanical parameters of a clayey compacted soil  H. Eslami, S. Rosin-Paumier, A. Abdallah & F. Masrouri Crack formation in clayey geomaterials subjected to tensile (total) stress I. Murray, A. Tarantino & F. Francescon Desiccation cracking in clay forms subjected to non-uniform hydraulic and mechanical boundary conditions I. Murray, A. Tarantino, P. Gerard & F. Francescon Unsaturated soil mechanics in geothermal energy applications J.S. McCartney, C.J.R. Coccia, N.A. Alsherif, M.A. Stewart, T. Baser, T. Traore & J.C. Goode III Water retention and thermal properties of nearly saturated Boom Clay  L.Q. Dao, P. Delage, Y.J. Cui, A.M. Tang, X.L. Li & X. Sillen Variation of total suction of a clayey soil with temperature  M.A. Ali, R.M. Singh, A. Bouazza, W.P. Gates & R.K. Rowe Behaviour of a bentonite barrier under thermal and hydraulic gradients: FEBEX mock-up test, 16 years of operation P.L. Martin, J.M. Barcala & M.V. Villar Numerical investigation of desiccation cracking in fine-grained soil using a lattice spring model  Y. Gui, G. Zhao & N. Khalili  Shrink-swell Laboratory tests on swelling due to crystal growth in sulphate bearing rocks  A. Deu, E. Romero, A. Plaza & I.R. Berdugo Crystal growth and soil expansion: The role of interfacial pressure and pore structure  A. Ramon & E.E. Alonso Multi-scale study of desiccation shrinkage in granular soils  H. Bista, L.B. Hu, B. Mielniczuk, M.S. El Youssoufi, L. Laloui & T. Hueckel Relationship between swelling pressures determined by constant volume and consolidation-swell oedometer tests  J.D. Nelson & K.C. Chao Effect of coal addition on the swelling potential of a weathered claystone  J. Johnston, S. Fityus & O. Buzzi Wetting induced volume change behavior of compacted expansive soil with different initial state  J. Zhang & W.L. Zou Quantifying shrink-swell capacity of soil using soil moisture sorption isotherms  L.D. Rivera, D.R. Cobos, C.S. Campbell, C.L.S. Morgan & W.J. Likos Biological treatment of swelling soils using microbial calcite precipitation  M. Sadjadi, E. Nikooee & G. Habibagahi Deformation of compacted bentonite due to changes in relative humidity  T. Nishimura & J. Koseki Influence of stress-volume path on swelling behavior of an expansive clay  X.F. Liu, O.P. Buzzi & J. Vaunat Author index   VOLUME 2 Water retention characteristics Voids ratio dependent soil-water characteristic curves: Theoretical derivations using fractals  A.R. Russell Study of SWCC modeling parameters with variation in swelling behavior and mineralogy of four compacted expansive clays A. Pedarla, A.J. Puppala, L.R. Hoyos, C.E. Zapata & B. Chittoori Generating accurate soil water characteristic curves over the full range of soil suction by combining the Wind-Schindler and dewpoint hygrometer techniques C.S. Campbell, D.R. Cobos, L.D. Rivera & G.S. Campbell Development of a hysteretic soil-water retention model using an optimisation technique D.M.G. Taborda & A. Tsiampousi SWCC measurement of two types of iron ore fines  H. Wang, J. Koseki & T. Nishimura On the effects of density on water retention properties of expanded perlite  M. Caruso & D. Sterpi Retention curves of bentonite under a microstructural perspective  M.V. Villar, R. Gomez-Espina, R. Campos, L. Gutierrez-Nebot & I. Barrios Soil water retention curves of a compacted soil used as liner of a sanitary landfill  M.A.G. Leme & M.G. Miguel Evaluation of a geosynthetic clay liner water retention curve using vapour equilibrium technique  M.A. Rouf, R.M. Singh, A. Bouazza, W.P. Gates & R.K. Rowe The water retention properties of the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone  M. Wan, P. Delage, A.M. Tang & J. Talandier Effect of adding natural clay on the water retention curve of sand-bentonite mixtures  M.A. Dafalla & A.M. Al-Mahbashi Effects of hydration fluid on moisture-suction relationships for geosynthetic clay liners  N. Yesiller, J.L. Risken, J.L. Hanson & J.B. Darius Variability in Soil-Water Characteristic Curve associated with fitting parameters  Q. Zhai & H. Rahardjo Water retention behavior of deformable soils-experiment and modeling  S. Salager, M. Nuth, A. Ferrari & L. Laloui  Unsaturated flow and hydraulic conductivity A conceptual model for water-limited evapotranspiration taking into account root depth, root density, and vulnerability to xylem cavitation  A. Amabile, B. Balzano, M. Caruso & A. Tarantino Dynamics of water movements with reversals in unsaturated soils  A. Scheuermann, S.A. Galindo-Torres, D.M. Pedroso, D.J. Williams & L. Li Characterisation of the hydraulic behaviour of coarse-grained flood embankment materials  A. Pozzato & A. Tarantino Hydration kinetics of compacted low-density bentonite1 A.C. Dieudonne, R. Charlier & E. Romero Underlying parameters affecting estimation of unsaturated permeability of soils  A. Rahimi, H. Rahardjo & E.C. Leong Rate of capillary rise in a column of uniform sized spheres  E.C. Leong & W. Huang Comparison of 1D and 2D infiltration results using unsaturated transparent soil  G.A. Siemens & C.P. Oldroyd Predicting the dependency of a permeability function on initial density for unsaturated soils  G.Q. Cai, A.N. Zhou & D. Sheng Probabilistic model to predict soil-water characteristics on unsaturated soils  H. Arroyo, E. Rojas, M.L. Perez-Rea, J. Horta & J. Arroyo Hydraulic conductivity from soil-water characteristic curves with hysteresis  H. Yang, A. Khoshghalb & A.R. Russell Inverse analysis to estimate hydraulic properties of unsaturated soil  S. Hosung Assessment of soil texture influence on nitrates leachability in unsaturated soils  I. Popescu, Gy. Deak & G. Dorobantu Experimental study of brown coal hydraulic behavior at low confining stress  K. Liu, R. Mackay, J. Xue & A. Tolooiyan An experimental study on pore-air behavior during water seepage process in unsaturated soil  K. Kamiya & S. Yamada Determination of unsaturated permeability function for clayey silt  N. Ebrahimi-Birang & D.G. Fredlund Evaluation of the method of determining unsaturated hydraulic conductivity based on the pore size distribution curve  T.T.H. Nguyen, Y.J. Cui, A.M. Tang, G. Herrier, V. Ferber, C. Mauduit & F. Plier Experiences with unsaturated flow modeling and unsaturated flow property determination for expansive clays  S. Houston & B. Welfert Determination of the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of clayey soil columns using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)  S. Rosin-Paumier, S. Leclerc, A. Abdallah & D. Stemmelen Gas flow in variable permeability porous media S. Olivella, J. Alcoverro & E.E. Alonso The modified van Genuchten-Mualem model on Hydraulic Conductivity to improve reliability and numerical stability near saturation  S. Oh & Y.K. Kim Derivation of mass transfer model for unsaturated soil and its applications  S. Nomura, Y. Sugiyama, K. Kawai & A. Iizuka Evaluation on air-permeability of unsaturated soils subjected to freeze-thaw action  T. Ishikawa, T. Tokoro, D. Nakamura & S. Yamashita Estimation and observation of water diversion in capillary barrier of soil  T. Morii, K. Kobayashi, K. Matsumoto & K. Taguchi Influence of Fredlund-Xing-Kunze hydraulic models for the prediction of flow through unsaturated soils  T.V. Bharat Swelling characteristics and permeability of bentonite W.J. Sun, S.Q. Liu, D.A. Sun & L. Fang Discrete microbubbles flow in transparent porous media  Y. Ma, G. Yan, A. Scheuermann, L. Li, S.A. Galindo-Torres & D. Bringemeier  Slope stability Effect of dual-porosity material on stability of slope during rainfall A. Satyanaga, H. Rahardjo, E.C. Leong, Y.H. Chia & J.-Y. Wang Evaluating slope stability with respect to pore-water pressure and suction variation with rainfall: A case study of fill granitic slope in northern Thailand  A. Jotisankasa, K. Mahannopkul & A. Sawangsuriya Infiltration and stability of soil slope with vetiver grass subjected to rainfall from numerical modeling  A. Jotisankasa, W. Mairaing & S. Tansamrit A numerical study of hydrological effects of vegetation on slope stability  B. Balzano, A. Amabile, M. Caruso & A. Tarantino The mechanism of soil moisture contents in a slope gully during rainfall  C.-C. Fan & H.-Z. Wang Stability analysis of high steep saturated-unsaturated loess slope  H.J. Liao, C.M. Ning, X.P. Shan, Z.Y. Ma & F.Y. Liu Implementation of coupled finite element analysis for partially saturated soil slope stability  J. Kim, S.W. Park & R.A. Regueiro Slope stability analysis by considering unsaturated seepage force in unsaturated slope  K. Sako, M. Tabata, R. Kitamura & M. Niisaka Reliability analysis of rainfall induced slope instability of unsaturated soil slopes  M.K. Sahis, G. Bhattacharya & R. Chowdhury Experimental study on the initiation of debris flow  W. Hu, Q. Xu & T.W.J. van Asch  Shear strength Unsaturated shear strength prediction of highly expansive soil  A.M. Al-Mahbashi & T.Y. Elkady Modification of relative humidity and soil resistance at ground surface  D. Tran, D.G. Fredlund & D.H. Chan The relationship between unconfined compressive strength and matric suction of compacted Khon Kaen Loess  R. Nuntasarn Matric suction and shear strength of dynamically compacted soils  R. Kizza, E.C. Leong & H. Rahardjo Generalized sensitivity for unsaturated cohesive soils  S.J. Shao, Q. Wang & W. Zheng Unsaturated shear strength of coal mine spoil  S. Fityus, H. Robertson, L. Bradfield & J. Simmons Experimental study and evaluation of shear behavior of unsaturated soil-steel interfaces  Y. Liang, C.-X. Wang, G.-C. He & S.-L. Zhou Shearing behavior and modeling of disturbed volcanic cohesive soil considering dependence of hydraulic hysteresis on void ratio  Y. Kiyohara & M. Kazama  Field studies Field monitoring of seasonal ground movements in expansive soils in Melbourne  A.M.A.N. Karunarathne, S. Sivanerupan, E.F. Gad, M.M. Disfani, J.L. Wilson & J. Li Analysis of the effects of the partial saturation on the Adige river embankment stability  A. Pozzato, A. Tarantino & F. De Polo Effects of grass on induced soil suction during Evapotranspiration and ponding  A.K. Leung, K.X. Woon & C.W.W. Ng Improvement of expansive soil of East Java, Indonesia by using the industrial solid waste A. Rachmansyah Excavation damaged zone modelling including hydraulic permeability evolution in unsaturated argilaceous rock  B. Pardoen, S. Levasseur & F. Collin Himes and Johnson Street subgrade soil analysis  C.R. Clarke, J.B. Nevels Jr. & A.S. Cabrera Soil moisture profile of a water-shedding cover design in central Queensland  C. Gonzales, T. Baumgartl, A. Scheuermann & A. Soliman Soil-atmosphere interaction in a slope affected by shallow landslides: An example in Northern Italy  C. Meisina, M. Bordoni, D. Zizioli, S. Chersich, R. Valentino & M. Bittelli On the role of geotechnical properties on the response of shafts realized by the sequential excavation method in unsaturated soils  C.C. Dias, A.T. Gomes & J. Vaunat In-situ and laboratory measurements of coal matrix and cleat permeability  J. Busse, A. Scheuermann, S.A. Galindo-Torres, D. Bringemeier & L. Li The change of matric suction due to heavy vehicle crossing  J. Grabe & M. Milatz Field monitoring of an experimental embankment constructed with two treated fine-grained soils  K.V. Bicalho, L.C. Araujo, B.T. Dantas, Y.J. Cui, A.M. Tang, M. Froumentin & D. Mercadier Studies on the inhibitory effect by various adaptation measures for red soil runoff from farmland on field tests  K. Araki, K. Okumura, N. Yasufuku & K. Omine Fully coupled flow-deformation analyses of infiltration and matric suctions within a tropical soil slope  M.S. Md. Rahim & D.G. Toll Rainfall-induced landslides: Development of a simple screening tool based on rainfall data and unsaturated soil mechanics principles M. Suradi, A. Fourie, C. Beckett & O. Buzzi Experimental arguments concerning a hydraulic connection layer during limestone convective drying  N. Prime, Z. Housni, L. Fraikin, A. Leonard, R. Charlier, F. Collin & S. Levasseur Comparison of field and laboratory data in relation to cover design on TSF closure  P.J. Chapman & D.J. Williams Excavation damaged zone under imbibition: Evidence of self-sealing into claystone  R. de La Vaissiere, G. Armand & J. Talandier Cone Penetration Testing in unsaturated soils at two instrumented test sites  R. Collins & G.A. Miller Modeling field load tests in lateritic unsaturated soil  R.A. Rodrigues, G.B. Georgetti & O.M. Vilar Cyclic relationship between saturation and tensile strength in the near-surface zone of infrastructure embankments  R.A. Stirling, P.N. Hughes, C.T. Davie & S. Glendinning Field monitoring of a highway cut slope for rain-induced instability  S.J. Harris, R.P. Orense & K. Itoh Compression-induced saturation in coal mine spoil piles  S. Fityus, H. Robertson & J. Simmons Slope stability analysis for Champlain sea clay deposits using the mechanics of unsaturated soils  W.T. Oh, S.K. Vanapalli & M. Sheikhtaheri  Instrumentation and experimental techniques Measurement of pore water pressure properties of unsaturated brown coal using triaxial test  C. Couling, A. Tolooiyan, R. Mackay & J. Xue Measurement of tensile strength of clayey soil during drying and cracking  C.S. Tang, D.Y. Wang, J. Li & B. Shi High pressure triaxial cell for thermal volume change measurements of unsaturated soils  C.J.R. Coccia & J.S. McCartney Laboratory compression of scalped coal mine spoil materials tested under dry and wet conditions  D.J. Williams & A.K. Kho Coupled effects of suction and degree of saturation on large strain shear modulus of unsaturated sands  F. Jafarzadeh, A. Ahmadinezhad & H. Sadeghi The use of mini-vane test to infer the undrained shear of a compacted residual soil under suction  F.A.M. Marinho & N.E.C. Vilcanqui Establishment of water retention properties of granite saw dust using ultracentrifuge 1571 B. Hanumantha Rao, S. Kumar & S. Ghosh Validity of a making method for a homogeneous specimen using micro-wave due to examine accurate mechanical properties of unsaturated clay  H. Suzuki & Y. Okano Comparison of tensiometer, thermal conductivity and capacitance sensor measurements of pore water pressure in compacted clay columns  I.G.B. Indrawan, D.J. Williams & A. Scheuermann Mechanical behavior of unsaturated argillaceous rocks under uniaxial compression through acoustic emission  J.M. Espitia & B. Caicedo Photogrammetry for volume change measurement in unsaturated soil tests  B.J.M. Lim & E.C. Leong Performance of the University of Newcastle high capacity tensiometers  J. Mendes & O. Buzzi New triaxial device for unsaturated soils with local measurements  J.A. Munoz-Castelblanco, P. Delage, J.M. Pereira & Y.J. Cui Digital image technique for deformation measurement of unsaturated soil specimen in triaxial test  L.T. Shao, X. Liu, X.X. Guo, Y.L. Liu, C. Huang & J. Xue Triaxial and simple shear tests on unsaturated sand specimens with negative pore water pressures  M. Milatz & J. Grabe CRS compression tests of an unsaturated kaolin with pore-water pressure measurement  M. Wijaya, E.C. Leong & H. Rahardjo Effective stress behavior in triaxial K0 consolidation on unsaturated soil  M. Shimizu, K. Nakamura, K. Shimogaki & K. Omichi Experience gained from the conditioning of high-capacity tensiometers  M. Pedrotti, A. Tarantino & F. Boeck Collapse of coarse-grained materials due to inundation under one-dimensional compression conditions  M.E. Bardanis Calibration procedure for osmotic suction controlled testing  M.F. Abbas, T.Y. Elkady & M.A. Al-Shamrani Interpretation of the cone penetration test in unsaturated sands  M. Pournaghiazar, A.R. Russell & N. Khalili Removal of leached metals from flooded/drained contaminated soils using zeolites  R. Balint, I. Popescu & F. Ajmone-Marsan Freezing-thawing tests on natural pyroclastic samples  R.R. Pelaez, F. Casini, E. Romero, A. Gens & G.M.B. Viggiani Determination of moisture content and soil suction in engineered fills using electrical resistivity  R.M. Hen-Jones, P.N. Hughes, S. Glendinning, D.A. Gunn, J.C. Chambers, P.B. Wilkinson & S. Uhlemann Soil-water characteristic curves from various laboratory techniques  S. Tripathy, H. Elgabu & H.R. Thomas Effect of moisture content on thermal conductivity of soils  T. Tokoro, S. Shirai, T. Nakamura & T. Ishikawa Development of facility and testing procedures to investigate retaining wall-unsaturated soil interactions  T. Vo & A.R. Russell Response of tensiometers to laboratory thunder sound replicated waves  T.S. Carnavale, T.M.P. de Campos & A.R.M.B. de Oliveira Strength/volume change behaviour of compacted silty sand using a novel double-walled suction-controlled triaxial system  U.D. Patil, A.J. Puppala & L.R. Hoyos Gas transport properties of compacted bentonite  V. Gutierrez-Rodrigo, M.V. Villar, P.L. Martin & F.J. Romero Determination of the modulus of elasticity and suction modulus of compacted unsaturated expansive clay from Nanyang, China  W.L. Zou, J. Zhang & S.K. Vanapalli Simultaneous and continuous measurements of thermal and hydrological properties of sand using Transient Release and Imbibition Method  Y. Dong, N. Lu, A. Wayllace & K. Smits  Retaining structures, foundations and pavements Application of limit analysis in unsaturated soils: Numerical and experimental study of bearing capacity  B.J. Shwan & C.C. Smith Analytical solution for one-dimensional consolidation of unsaturated soil deposit subjected to step loading  L. Ho, B. Fatahi & H. Khabbaz In situ measurement of steel push-piles and helical piers in expansive soils  J.D. Nelson, Z.P. Fox & E.J. Nelson Revetment walls for stiff unsaturated clays  J.A. Woodburn & R.A. Herraman Lateral pressures on soil nail walls supporting high plasticity clays  N. Yelti, A. Elmore, M. Diaz, A.T. Papagiannakis & S. Bin-Shafique Modeling the p-delta behavior of single friction pile in compacted fine-grained soils  Z.N.T. Kutlu, S.K. Vanapalli & Z. Han Application of the unsaturated soil mechanics in the design of pavements  S.K. Vanapalli & Z. Han Slip line theory extended to unsaturated soils and applied to the retaining wall-unsaturated soil interaction problem  T. Vo & A.R. Russell Mechanisms of rainfall induced differential settlements in unsaturated heterogeneous foundations  T.M.H. Le, D. Gallipoli, M. Sanchez & S.J. Wheeler Author index