Geotechnique Symposium in Print 2011: The theme of this symposium blends together two areas of research which relate to the effects of suction and partial saturation on soil behaviour and the study of compaction as a method of soil improvement. The recurring interest in these areas of research, together with the recent increase in the number of international conferences dedicated to unsaturated soils, is a clear indication of the continued relevance of this theme to the geotechnical profession.
Preface
Keynote Speeches
Chapter 1 : Compacted Soil Behaviour : Initial State, Structure and Constitutive Modelling
Chapter 2 : The Assessment of Old Railway Embankments - Time for a Change?
Session 1 : Material Characterisation
Chapter 3 : Effects of the Maximum Soil Aggregates Size and Cyclic Wetting-Drying on the Stiffness of a Limetreated Clayey Soil
Technical Note
Chapter 4 : Some Aspects of the Behaviour of Compacted Soils along Wetting Paths
Session 2 : Experimental Observation and Modelling
Chapter 5 : An Insight into the Water Retention Properties of Compacted Clayey Soils
Chapter 6 : Hydromechanical Behaviour of Compacted Granular Expansive Mixtures : Experimental and Constitutive Study
Chapter 7 : Experimental Observations of the Stress Regime in Unsaturated Compacted Clay When Laterally Confined
Session 3 : Bechmarking of Techniques and Models
Chapter 8 : Bechmark of Constitutive Models for Unsaturated Soils
Chapter 9 : Bechmark of Experimental Techniques for Measuring and Controlling Suction
Session 4 : Application to Engineering Problems and Case Studies
Chapter 10 : Hydromechanical Behaviour of a Heterogeneous Compacted Soil : Experimental Observations and Modelling
Chapter 11 : Modelling the Response of Lechago Earth and Rockfill Dam
Chapter 12 : Physical Modelling of Wetting-Induced Collapse in Embankment Base
Selected Questions and Answers
