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7/9/10    10:50 - 13:00
Testing Techniques: Laboratory, In Situ and Centrifuge (B)
TuM02
Room: Sala d'Actes
Chair: Gerald Miller
Useful Laboratory Guidelines for Unsaturated Soils Research
J.L. Boyd, V. Sivakumar


Small-Strain Stiffness of Compacted Silty Sand using a Proximitor-Based Suction-Controlled Resonant Column Device
L.R. Hoyos, E.A. Suescun, J.A. Pineda, A.J. Puppala


Wave Velocity Analysis of State Parameter Changes in Multi-phase Granular Materials
F. Wuttke, M. Asslan, T. Schanz


Advances in Tensiometer Based Suction Control Systems
S.D. Lourenço, D. Gallipoli, D.G. Toll, C.E. Augarde, F.D. Evans


Calibration of a TDR Probe in an Expansive Soil
S. Fityus, K. Rajkai


Calibration of Smart Irrigation Sensor (SIS-UMS) for the Blanket Layer Soil from Old Railway Lines
V.N. Trinh, A.M. Tang, Y.J. Cui, J.C. Dupla, J. Canou, N. Calon, A. Robinet, L. Lambert, O. Schoen


Analysis of a Drawdown Test Displaying the Use of Transparent Soil in Unsaturated Flow Applications
G. Siemens, S. Peters, W.A. Take


Efficient Measurement of Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity using a Wetting Front Advancing Method
X. Li, L.M. Zhang, D.G. Fredlund


Characterization of Unsaturated Zone Susceptible to Landslides in Tropical Volcanic Residual Soil with In-Situ Tests
P.P. Rahardjo, R Karlinasari


The Challenges of Performing Laboratory Controlled Cone Penetration Tests in Unsaturated Soils
M. Pournaghiazar, A.R. Russell, N. Khalili


Detecting Water Content Changes in Sand Samples by Means of Electrical Resistivity Tomography
R.M. Cosentini, G. Della Vecchia, S. Foti, G. Musso


A Novel Non-Contacting Laser Displacement Transducer Technique for Volume Change Measurements of Unsaturated Soils
X. Zhang, M. Mavroulidou, M.J. Gunn, Z. Cabarkapa, J. Sutton



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