› An XFEM Model for Hydraulic Fracturing in Partially Saturated Rocks - Saeed Salimzadeh, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College
11:00-11:15 (15min)
› Experimental and numerical approaches of the hydro-mechanical behavior of quasi-saturated compacted clayey soil - Zhong-Sen LI, Centrale-Supélec - Dino MAHMUTOVIC, EGIS GEOTECHNIQUE
11:15-11:30 (15min)
› Elastoplastic model for unsaturated, quasi-saturated and fully saturated fine soils - Antonin Fabbri, Université de Lyon/ENTPE/LGCB-LTDS (UMR CNRS 5513)
11:30-11:45 (15min)
› The determination of model dimension for an embankment to study soil atmosphere interaction with Finite Element Method - NI AN, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
11:45-12:00 (15min)
› Effect of Hydraulic Hysteresis on Dynamic Response of Unsaturated Soils - Babak Shahbodaghkhan, The University of New South Wales
12:00-12:15 (15min)
› Modelling large deformation problems in unsaturated soils - Eduardo Alonso, Department of geotechnical engineering and Geosciences
12:15-12:30 (15min)
› Correlating hydro-mechanical properties of vegetated soil with leaf functional traits - David Boldrin, University of Dundee; The James Hutton Institution (Invergowrie)
11:00-11:15 (15min)
› Implications of the atmosphere-soil interaction for the design of earth retaining structures - Juan Carlos Ruge, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (COLOMBIA)
11:15-11:30 (15min)
› Effect of wetting-drying cycles on soil desiccation cracking behaviour - Chao-Sheng Tang, Nanjing University
11:30-11:45 (15min)
› Evaluation of the effect of Land Vegetation Cover on water and energy balance of an unsaturated pyroclastic cover - Alfredo Reder, Regional Models and geo Hydrological Impacts (REHMI) - CMCC-Centro Euromediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile ed Ambientale (DICEA) - Università di Napoli "Federico II"
11:45-12:00 (15min)
› Description of a field test involving cracking in a drying soil - Alberto Ledesma, Technical University of Catalonia
12:00-12:15 (15min)
› On the mechanisms and kinetics of evaporation of a compacted silt - Régis Mpawenayo, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Laboratoire de GéoMécanique
12:15-12:30 (15min)
› Influence of atmospheric conditions on the strength of unstabilized earthen constructions - Pierre Gerard, Université libre de Bruxelles - Laboratoire de GéoMécanique
11:00-11:15 (15min)
› Improved climatic chamber for desiccation simulation - catalina lozada, Universidad de los Andes
11:15-11:30 (15min)
› Aging effect on swell, shrinkage and flexural strength of sand and waste marble powder stabilized expansive soil - Serife Oncu, Eastern Mediterranean University
11:30-11:45 (15min)
› Feasibility study of a new unsaturated three-layer landfill cover system - Jason Coo, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
11:45-12:00 (15min)
› Experimental study of gas breakthrough and emission in an unsaturated clay landfill cover - Zhongkui CHEN, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
12:00-12:15 (15min)
› Testing surfactants as additives for clay improvement: compaction and suction effects - Sergio Lourenco, The University of Hong Kong
12:15-12:30 (15min)
› SEALEX in-situ experiments-performance tests of repository seals: experimental observations and modelling - Nadia Mokni, Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear safety
14:00-14:20 (20min)
› Study of the microstructure of a collapsible soil flooded with NaCl saline - Bahloul Ouassila, Université de Batna - abbeche khelifa, Université de Batna
14:20-14:35 (15min)
› Influence of saturation degree and role of suction on unsaturated soils behavior : Application to liquefaction - Mathilde Vernay, Institut Pascal
14:35-14:50 (15min)
› Hydromechanical behavior of a quasi-saturated compacted soils on drying-wetting paths- experimental and numerical approaches - Soanarivo Rinah ANDRIANATREHINA, Laboratoire Ondes et Milieux Complexes
14:50-15:05 (15min)
› Effect of very high compaction pressures on the physical and mechanical properties of earthen materials - Agostino Walter Bruno, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
15:05-15:20 (15min)
› Stabilization of an expansive soil from Sergipe-Brazil - ERINALDO CAVALCANTE, Universidade Federal de Sergipe
15:20-15:35 (15min)
› Unconfined strength of an unsaturated residual soil struck by replicated lightning - Thiago Carnavale, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - Mariana Motta, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - Tácio de Campos, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
15:35-15:50 (15min)
› Experimental study of the hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated argillaceous rocks - Jairo Martín Espitia López, Assistant Professor, Universidad de los Andes
16:20-16:35 (15min)
› Rheology of wet granular materials in slow shear : experiments and discrete numerical simulations - Michel Badetti, Laboratoire Navier
16:35-16:50 (15min)
› Settlements in unsaturated granular soil induced by changes in saturation and suction - Marius Milatz, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Management, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
16:50-17:05 (15min)
› Relating shear strength of unsaturated soils with capillary water retention curve - Daichao Sheng, The University of Newcastle, Australia
17:05-17:20 (15min)
› Evaluation of swell behavor of expansive clays from specific moisture capacity - Alejandro Bravo, Ph.D. Student
17:20-17:35 (15min)
› Hydro-mechanical paths within unsaturated compacted soil framed through water retention surfaces - Benjamin Pelizzari, Sols, Solides, Structures-Risques
17:35-17:50 (15min)
Advances in experimental methods: Hydraulic properties
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› Building the UPPA high capacity tensiometer - Joao Mendes, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Ingénieur Appliquées à la Mécanique et au génie Electrique - SIAME (Anglet, France)
14:20-14:35 (15min)
› Correspondence between the electrical resistivity and total suction in compacted kaolin considering the presence of salt - Rafaela Cardoso, Civil Engineering - Research for Inovation and Sustainability, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
14:35-14:50 (15min)
› Soil water retention behaviour for an instrumented embankment - David Toll, School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
14:50-15:05 (15min)
› Validation of a new sensor to measure the concentration of polyethylene glycol for unsaturated soil testing - Olivier Buzzi, The University of Newcastle
15:05-15:20 (15min)
› Time response of two types of porous blocks for suction measurement - Michael Bardanis, EDAFOS Engineering Consultants S.A.
15:20-15:35 (15min)
› Effects of testing techniques on the SWRC of a partially saturated soil - Michael Gunn, London South Bank University
15:35-15:50 (15min)
› Investigating soil water retention characteristics at high suctions using relative humidity control - Vasileios Mantikos, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering [Imperial College London]
16:20-16:35 (15min)
› Application of fitting parameters in best fit equation - Qian Zhai, Nanyang Technological University
16:35-16:50 (15min)
› Estimation of hydraulic conductivity function in unsaturated pyroclastic soils - Marianna Pirone, University of Naples Federico II [Naples]
16:50-17:05 (15min)
› Response of different osmotic membranes and calibration of a coupled model capturing the temperature effect for the osmotic method - Olivier Buzzi, The University of Newcastle
17:05-17:20 (15min)
› Erodibility of soil above the groundwater level: some test results - Anna Shidlovskaya, National Mineral Resources University - Jean-Louis Briaud, Texas A&M University
17:20-17:35 (15min)
› Measurement of soil suction using moist filter paper - Richard Kizza, Nanyang Technological University
17:35-17:50 (15min)
› Study of the variation of B with Sr - Mathilde Morvan, Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, Université Blaise Pascal, Institut Pascal
17:50-18:05 (15min)
› Rainfall-induced landslides in Quaternary soils in Norway - Håkon Heyerdahl, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
14:20-14:35 (15min)
› Effects of soil-vegetation-atmosphere interaction on the stability of a clay slope: a case study - Giuseppe Pedone, Geotechnical Consulting Group
14:35-14:50 (15min)
› Numerical simulation of rainfall tests on small-scale slope model - FAKHER HAMROUNI, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis
14:50-15:05 (15min)
› Effects of Rainfall Characteristics on the Stability of Tropical Residual Soil Slope - Harianto Rahardjo, Nanyang Technological University
15:05-15:20 (15min)
› Field Instrumentation for Performance Assessment of Geobarrier System - Harianto Rahardjo, Nanyang Technological University
15:35-15:50 (15min)
› Degree of saturation effect on the grout-soil interface shear strength of soil nailing - Qiong Wang, ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering, The Univerisity of Newcastle
16:20-16:35 (15min)
› Governing failure mode of unsaturated soil slopes under rainwater infiltration - Wengui Huang, Nanyang Technological University
16:35-16:50 (15min)
› Analysis of rainfall triggered landslides at Rest and be Thankful in Scotland - Brunella Balzano, University of Strathclyde - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
16:50-17:05 (15min)
› Numerical analysis of the stability of inhomogeneous slopes considering partially saturated conditions - Patrick Pichler, Graz University of Technology
17:05-17:20 (15min)
› Characteristics of failure mass and safety factor during rainfall of an unsaturated slope - Domenico Gallipoli, Laboratoire SIAME, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
17:15-17:30 (15min)
› Rainfall Seasonality Influence on Landslide Probability: A Modelling Approach - Estefanía Muñoz, Departamento de Geociencias y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
17:35-17:50 (15min)
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