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Arable soils --- Soil strength --- Electrical conductivity --- Measurement --- Cultivation --- Forecasting

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Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, held in Carefree, Arizona, April 2-6, 2006. Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE; International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Committee TC6 on Unsaturated Soils; Canadian Geotechnical Society. This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 219 papers documenting the experience of researchers and practitioners from around the world concerning a vast array of unsaturated soil problems. Theoretical and methodological advances in laboratory testing of shear strength and volume change behavior, suction measurement techniques, soil water characteristic behavior, constitutive and numerical modeling, microscale modeling, foundation behavior, heave of slabs and pavements, evapotraspirative covers, geophysical applications, liquefaction and soil dynamics, pavements and slopes, soil-atmospheric interaction, desiccation and shrinkage, in situ testing, seepage, flow of water and gas, and design of waste depositories with emphasis on temperature effects are among the topics dealt with in the framework of unsaturated soil behavior. Materials addressed include natural soils, both expansive and nonexpansive, chemically stabilized soil, geosynthetics, geocomposite soils, and bentonite products.

Soil mechanics --- Soil moisture --- Unsaturated soils --- Soil properties --- Soil strength --- Soil suction --- Soil gas --- Soil liquefaction --- Soil water --- Geotechnical engineering

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Proceedings of sessions of Geo-Denver 2000, held in Denver, Colorado, August 5-8, 2000. Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE. This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 13 papers presenting cutting-edge information of practical interest on active research in the field of soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering. Topics include: methods for liquefaction assessment, constitutive modeling, cyclic shear strength, dynamic soil-structure interaction, dam engineering, soil improvement, in situ testing, and probabilistic methods. These papers demonstrate how combinations of modern computational methods and experimental research can help to advance the understanding of both fundamental and applied problems.

Soil structure interaction --- Soil dynamics --- Soil liquefaction --- Geotechnical engineering --- Shear strength --- Soil strength --- Field tests --- Professional societies --- Publications

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Dave Elton has done it again! Exploding soils. Retaining walls made of paper. Gravity defying sand! ρGounded! Amazing Classroom Demonstrations in Soil Mechanics presents 35 serious but entertaining experiments that teach the fundamentals of soil mechanics to budding scientists and engineering students in an exciting and novel way. In this sequel to the popular Soils Magic, Elton has assembled a wealth of fascinating new experiments to illustrate the dynamics of how soils behave and how they can be manipulated. Topics include: slaking, pile capacity, swelling clays, shear and compression, effective stress, capillary tension and flow, soil arching, tensile and compressive strength, soil identification, piping, liquefaction, relative density, soil filters, settlement rates, and many more. Each demonstration includes easy-to-follow directions, illustrations, and an explanation of the engineering significance or application of the principle demonstrated. Videos of many experiments are also available. An exciting tool for high-school and college instructors, the inexpensive and simple experiments in this book make soil mechanics fun to learn and are fascinating to even the casual science enthusiast.

Soils --- Soil mechanics --- Soil settlement --- Soil compression --- Soil liquefaction --- Soil strength --- Soil stress --- Permeability (soil) --- Compacted soils --- Soil properties --- Experiments.