Highlight No 2: #Geology and #environmental interactions

The series of glitches that #Geo #technical engineers must face is increasing in complexity and scope. Often, complexity arises from the interaction between the soil and the #environment. To deal with this type of problem, the classical soil mechanics formulation is progressively generalized in order to incorporate the effects of new #phenomena and new variables on #soil behavior. Recent advances in unsaturated #soil #mechanics are presented first: it is shown that they provide a consistent framework for understanding the #engineering#behavior of #unsaturated #soils, and the effects of suction and #moisturechanges.
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