Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Physics

2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-394-37718-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Buch, Englisch

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lu, Ning

Likos, William J.

Zhang, Chaofeng

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Erd-, Tief- und Straßenbau
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Boden- und Felsmechanik, Geotechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Konstruktiver Ingenieurbau, Baustatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface
Symbols

1 State of unsaturated soil

Part I Soil system

2 Phases of unsaturated soil
3 Soil phase equilibria
4 Soil water potential
5 Soil water retention

Part II Stress phenomena

6 Stresses in soil
7 Strength of soil
8 Lateral earth pressure

Part III Flow phenomena

9 Steady fluid flow
10 Transient fluid flow
11 Heat flow and transfer

Part IV Deformation phenomena

12 Moduli of unsaturated soil
13 Soil volume change

Part V Measuring and modeling unsaturated soil phenomena

14 Measuring suction and water content
15 Measuring hydraulic and thermal properties
16 Measuring suction stress
17 Modeling hydraulic and thermal properties

Appendix A Thermodynamics justification unitary soil water potential
Appendix B Mechanics and thermodynamics justification unified effective stress
References
Index