Soil moisture content has paramount importance in dictating engineering, agronomic,
geological, ecological, biological and hydrological characteristics of the soil mass. Though …

This paper examines and assesses predictive methods for the saturated hydraulic
conductivity of soils. The soil definition is that of engineering. It is not that of soil science and …

Reliability analysis approach provides a rational means to quantitatively evaluate the safety
of geotechnical structures from a probabilistic perspective. However, it suffers from a known …

Unsaturated soil mechanics has rapidly become a part of geotechnical engineering practice
as a result of solutions that have emerged to a number of key problems (or challenges). The …

Three classes of experiments are considered in this paper to provide information for two
artificially prepared Boom clay fabrics: mercury intrusion/extrusion tests; main wetting/drying …

With the advent of modern microstructural testing techniques and microstructure based
constitutive models the microstructural characterisation of soils is gaining prominence. This …

The water retention curve (WRC) has become a key material function to define the
unsaturated behavior of soils and other particulate media. In many instances, it can be …

Rainfall-induced slope failure is a common geotechnical problem in the tropics where
residual soils are abundant. Although the significance of rainwater infiltration in causing …

Rainfall is one of the most significant triggering factors for slope failures in many regions
around the world. Numerous research studies have been conducted to investigate infiltration …

The finite element analysis of transient water flow through unsaturated–saturated soils was
used to investigate effects of hydraulic characteristics, initial relative degree of saturation …