Laboratory and Field Testing of Unsaturated Soils - Tarantino, Alessandro; Romero, Enrique; Cui, Yu-Jin.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Preface: Special Issue on Laboratory and Field Testing of Unsaturated Soils -- Measurement of Matric Suction Using Tensiometric and Axis Translation Techniques -- Indirect Measurement of Suction -- Axis Translation and Negative Water Column Techniques for Suction Control -- Vapour Equilibrium and Osmotic Technique for Suction Control -- Mechanical Testing in Unsaturated Soils -- Laboratory Hydraulic Testing in Unsaturated Soils -- Microstructure Investigation in Unsaturated Soils: A Review with Special Attention to Contribution of Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry and Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy -- Geoenvironmental Testing -- Field Measurement of Suction, Water Content, and Water Permeability -- Water Balance and Evapotranspiration Monitoring in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering -- Monitoring the Performance of Unsaturated Soil Slopes -- Monitoring Large-Scale Tests for Nuclear Waste Disposal.
Keywords: Geotechnical engineering; Civil engineering; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Civil Engineering