Advanced Unsaturated Soil Mechanics: Theory and Applications

Unsaturated soil is a three-phase material that is ubiquitous on the Earth’s surface and exhibits complex behaviour, which becomes more complex in response to the Earth’s changing climate and increasing engineering activities.This is because the former affects its moisture and temperature conditions significantly and the latter governs its stress state and suction condition.This book is designed to meet the increasing challenges of climate change and engineering activities by covering the mechanics and engineering of unsaturated soil in a logical manner.It comprises four major parts:Water retention and flow characteristicsShear strength and stiffness at various temperaturesState-dependent elasto-plastic constitutive modellingField monitoring and engineering applicationsThis second edition uniquely covers fundamental topics on unsaturated soil that are not covered in other similar books, including:the state- dependency of soil- water retention behaviour and water permeability functions,