Unsaturated Soils 2006 edited by Gerald A. Miller

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

American Society of Civil Engineers. Geo-Institute.

International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Technical Committee on Unsaturated Soils.

Canadian Geotechnical Society.

Miller, Gerald A., Editor.

Conference Name:

Fourth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils Carefree, Arizona, United States 2006

International Conference on Unsaturated Soils

Series:

Geotechnical special publication ; no. 147

Unsaturated soils 2006 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soil mechanics--Congresses.

Soil mechanics.

Soil moisture--Congresses.

Soil moisture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1340 p.)

Place of Publication:

Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2006.

Reston, VA American Society of Civil Engineers 2006, c2006

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, held in Carefree, Arizona, April 2-6, 2006. Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE; International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Committee TC6 on Unsaturated Soils; Canadian Geotechnical Society. This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 219 papers documenting the experience of researchers and practitioners from around the world concerning a vast array of unsaturated soil problems. Theoretical and methodological advances in laboratory testing of shear strength and volume change behavior, suction measurement techniques, soil water characteristic behavior, constitutive and numerical modeling, microscale modeling, foundation behavior, heave of slabs and pavements, evapotraspirative covers, geophysical applications, liquefaction and soil dynamics, pavements and slopes, soil-atmospheric interaction, desiccation and shrinkage, in situ testing, seepage, flow of water and gas, and design of waste depositories with emphasis on temperature effects are among the topics dealt with in the framework of unsaturated soil behavior. Materials addressed include natural soils, both expansive and nonexpansive, chemically stabilized soil, geosynthetics, geocomposite soils, and bentonite products.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Volume One""; ""Keynotes and Special Lectures""; ""Unsaturated Soil Mechanics Applied to Geotechnical Problems""; ""Geo�environmental and Management Aspects of the Behaviour of Mining and Municipal Solid Wastes in Water-Deficient Climates""; ""Suction Measurements""; ""A Volume-Mass Constitutive Model for Unsaturated Soils in Terms of Two Independent Stress State Variables""; ""Field Investigations of Unsaturated Soil Systems and Equipment""; ""Field Studies of Water Movement in Unsaturated Soil""

""Parameter Estimation from Stepped-Irrigation Tests on Instrumented Lysimeter Test Plots""""Field Determination of Saturated and Unsatnrated Hydraulic Conductivities Using the IP Method""; ""Predicting the Hydraulic Conductivity of Unsaturated Soils from a Soil Moisture Profile""; ""Infiltration Measurements in Model Embankments Composed of Volcanic Sandy Soils""; ""Study of Infiltration Characteristics in the Field""; ""Monitoring Field Experiment in an Unsaturated Sandy Soil Slope in Switzerland""; ""Evaluation of Changes to Soil Suction Resulting from Residential Development""

""In Situ Testing in Unsaturated Soil""""Pressuremeter Testing for Electric Power Transmission Line Structure Foundations in Desert Southwest Soils""; ""An In-Situ Ion Mobility Spectrometer Sensor System for Detecting Gaseous VOCs in Unsaturated Soils""; ""Influence of Flooding on Borehole Shear Test (BST) Results in Unsaturated Soil""; ""Field Studies Involving Pavements""; ""Analysis of Variations of Pavement Subgrade Soil Water Content""; ""Monitoring Long-Term Subgrade Moisture Changes with Electrical Resistivity Tomography""

""An Evaluation of Horizontal Membrane Barriers in Controlling Longitudinal Cracking""""Field Studies of Soil-Atmospheric Interaction and Evapotranspiration""; ""Interaction between Trees and Buildings on Shrinkable Soils�A Detailed Field Study""; ""Measuring Evaporation from Grassed Surfaces and Trees by Energy Balance""; ""Geotechnical Practice for Unsaturated Soils""; ""Geotechnical Engineering for Building Foundations/Slabs on Unsaturated Soil""; ""A Survey of Geotechnical Practice for Expansive Soils in Texas""; ""Alternative Earthwork Procedure for Expansive Soils""

""Heave at Manufacturing Facility: Observations and Response""""Equilibrium Moisture Profiles and Ground Heave in Swelling Soils""; ""Comparison of Beam Depths for Stiffened Slabs on Shrink-Swell Soils Using WRI, PTI 2004 and AS 2870""; ""Geotechnical Evaluation of the Design of Post-Tensioned Slabs on Expansive Soils Using the PTI Third Edition Procedure for Arizona Conditions""; ""Investigation of a Leaking Water Line Beneath Residential Foundation on Expansive Soils""; ""Settlement of Coal-Fired Power Plant Foundations on Arid Soils""

""Salt Encrusted Desert Flats (Sabkha): Problems, Challenges, and Potential Solutions""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

2 vol.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-62870-588-4

0-7844-7122-3

OCLC:

922966180