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Technical Articles

A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Different Additives on the Expansion Behavior of Clays
A research paper by T. Lopez-Lara, et al.

A Soil Model for the Overconsolidated Region of Clays
A research paper (PDF format file) written by Tim Lansivaara and Steinar Nordal.

Centrifuge Test
A research paper about issues on developing geotechnical centrifuge model.

Characterization of Unsaturated Hydraulic Parameters for Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Soils
A Ph.D. thesis written by Dorthe Wildenschild.

Comparison between VELACS Numerical "Class A" Predictions and Centrifuge Experimental Soil Test Results
A research paper of soil mechanics.

Consolidation and Desiccation of Soft Soils
Background and new theory.

Constitutive Relations for Soil Materials
A online book from Jean H. Prevost and Radu Popescu.

Critical State Soil Mechanics
Notes (PDF format file) by Mike Gunn.

Determination of Critical State Soil Parameters Using Laboratory Tests
Notes (PDF format file) by Mike Gunn.

Determining Soil Volumetric Moisture Content Using Time Domain Reflectometry
A technical report (PDF format file).

Effect of Fly Ash on Swell Pressure of an Expansive Soil
A research paper by Erdal Cokca.

Engineering and Design - Calibration of Laboratory Soils Testing Equipment
Engineer manual from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Evaluation of Consolidation Settlement Using the Sublayer Method
An article written by J. Mcphail, et al.

Field Validation of a Computer Model for Forecasting Mean Weekly in situ Moisture Condition Value
A research paper written by I.G.N. Smith, et al.

Physicochemical Phenomena in Soils
A TRB Millennium paper (PDF format file) written by Mohammed Gabr, et al.

Pore Pressure Analysis
Notes (PDF format file) by Mike Gunn.

Sand Production Examined at the Microscopic Scale
The detailed overview of a research project.

Shear Strength of Gravel and Rockfill Measured in Triaxial and Prismatic Wedge Shear Tests
A research paper by H. Tosun and T. Mirata.

Soil-Structure Interaction of Buries Structures
A TRB Millennium paper (PDF format file) written by Thomas C. Sandford.

Soils and Rocks Instrumentation
A TRB Millennium paper (PDF format file) written by Dawit Negussey, et al.

Soil and Rock Properties
A TRB Millennium paper (PDF format file).