Global interest in the geotechnical stability of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) has burgeoned
over the past decade. In particular, the widely accessible video of the catastrophic failure of …

This paper synthesizes the state-of-the art of the various laboratory testing techniques
presently available for measuring the water hydraulic constitutive functions of unsaturated …

The present paper examines the effect of rate of wetting, type of wetting, surcharge pressure
and lateral confinement on the swelling deformation of expansive soil using laboratory …

Comprehensive characterization of the small strain shear modulus G max of an unsaturated
soil specimen during hydraulic hysteresis requires precise control of the stress state, matric …

The soil-atmosphere interaction is investigated in a densely monitored large-scale
embankment constructed with compacted lime treated soils in the Northeast of France. The …

Direct tension and low-stress level direct shear apparatuses and experimental procedures
were developed to determine strength properties for moist sand. An extensive experimental …

The soil water–retention curve (SWRC) is commonly theorized and measured in the positive
matric suction or negative pore water pressure domain. However, all soils do not reach full …

This paper discusses the field monitoring of an experimental embankment divided into two
symmetrical instrumented sections constructed with two clays treated with lime and/or …

Water unsaturated hydraulic conductivity (kw) functions of two remolded fine-grained
materials were measured over a wide range of degrees of saturation (S r) with two methods …

A semi-empirical model was developed in this study to predict the impact of effective stress
state and hydraulic hysteresis on the small strain shear modulus of unsaturated, compacted …