ADVANCED UNSATURATED SOIL MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING

Civil engineers build on or in the earth's surface. Most of the earth's land surface comprises notoriously hazardous geomaterials called 'unsaturated soils'. These soils are a hazard to earth structures and earth-supported structures because on wetting, by rain or other means, they can expand or collapse with serious consequences for cost and safety. This book puts the mechanics and engineering of unsaturated soils into a logical framework for civil engineering analysis and design. It also explains the laboratory and field testing and research that are the logical basis of this modern approach to safe construction in these hazardous geomaterials.