Advanced unsaturated soil mechanics and engineering. ([2014?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Charles W.W. Ng and Bruce Menzies.
• Other Names: Ng, C. W. W; Menzies, Bruce Keith
• Contents: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Authors' biographical details; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Physical and flow characteristics of unsaturated soils; Chapter 1 Basic physics, phases and stress state variables; Chapter 2 Measurement and control of suction: methods and applications; Chapter 3 Flow laws, seepage and state-dependent soil-water characteristics; Part 2: Collapse, swelling, strength and stiffness of unsaturated soils; Chapter 4 Collapse and swelling caused by wetting; Chapter 5 Measurement of shear strength and shear behaviour of unsaturated soils. Chapter 6 Measurement of shear stiffnessPart 3: State-dependent elasto-plastic modelling of unsaturated soil; Chapter 7 A state-dependent elasto-plastic critical state-based constitutive model; Part 4: Field trials and numerical studies in slope engineering of unsaturated soils; Chapter 8 Instrumentation and performance: A case study in slope engineering; Chapter 9 Engineering applications for slope stability; Appendix A: definitions; Notation; References; Author Index; Subject Index.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 687 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 624.1/5136; Soil mechanics; Swelling soils; Zone of aeration; Soil moisture; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- Soil & Rock; Soil mechanics; Soil moisture; Swelling soils; Zone of aeration; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482266122; 1482266121; 9780203939727; 0203939727
• Related ISBNs: 9780415436793; 0415436796
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.