Unsaturated Soils: Experimental Studies: Proceedings of the International Conference “From Experimental Evidence towards Numerical Modeling of Unsaturated Soils,” Weimar, Germany, September 18–19, 2003 Volume I

Laboratory Experiments and Simulations on the Significance of Non-Equilibrium Effect in the Capillary Pressure-Saturation Relationship....Pages 3-14
Determination of hydro-mechanical Properties of Sand....Pages 15-32
Column test apparatus for the inverse estimation of soil hydraulic parameters under defined stress condition....Pages 33-44
Water permeability of unsaturated compacted kaolin....Pages 45-57
Moisture retention curve in landfilled waste....Pages 59-67
The pF-curve of fine-grained soils at high pore water suction....Pages 69-86
Influence of microstructure on geotechnical properties of clays....Pages 89-100
Suction induced by static compaction....Pages 101-110
Suction of compacted residual soils....Pages 111-122
Creation of artificial loess soils....Pages 123-134
Analysis of the mechanical response of an artificial collapsible soil....Pages 135-145
Fabric Evolution of an Unsaturated Compacted Soil during Hydromechanical Loading....Pages 147-158
Measurement of osmotic suction using the squeezing technique....Pages 159-168
The use of different suction measurement techniques to determine water retention curves....Pages 169-181
Measurement of Suction of Thick Textured Soil using Filter Paper Method and Equivalent Tensiometer — EQT....Pages 183-192
Laboratory measurement of matric suction in pyroclastic soil using vacuum and high-suction tensiometers....Pages 193-205
Volume Change Behaviour of Fine Grained Soils....Pages 209-226
Volume change behaviour of cohesive soils....Pages 227-239
Swelling Pressures and Wetting-Drying Curves of a Highly Compacted Bentonite-Sand Mixture....Pages 241-256
Results and interpretation of bentonite resaturation experiments with liquid water and water vapour....Pages 257-269
Shear strength of unsaturated bentonite buffer material....Pages 273-283
Evaluation of Yielding in Unsaturated Clays Using an Automated Triaxial Apparatus with Controlled Suction....Pages 285-300
A triaxial device for unsaturated sand — New Developments....Pages 301-314
Undrained Isotropic Compression of Soil....Pages 315-330
Hydro-mechanical behaviour of a clayey silt under isotropic compression....Pages 331-342
The concept of “apparent” Compression Index....Pages 343-354
Behaviour of unsaturated cohesive soils subjected to cyclic loads....Pages 355-372
Remarks on consolidation in unsaturated soils from experimental results....Pages 373-382
Prediction and modeling of tensile stresses and shrinkage....Pages 383-394
Tensile Strength of Compacted Clays....Pages 395-412
Fine Fissuring of Clay Fill Materials for Flood Defence Embankments....Pages 413-419
Laboratory investigation of the virgin drying of the Corinth Marl....Pages 421-432
From experimental evidence towards the assessment of weather-related railway embankment hazards....Pages 435-467
Large scale hill creep in cohesive sediments: A field and model study....Pages 469-482
The effect of soil suction in stability of partially submerged slopes....Pages 483-495
Effects of unsaturation on the stability of a moraine slope....Pages 497-508
A large physical Mock-Up model for investigating engineered barriers....Pages 509-519
Experimental testing and modelling of a Design for HLW Disposal through a Large Scale Mock-Up....Pages 521-532