Bender element (BE) testing is a powerful and increasingly common laboratory technique for
determining the shear S-wave velocity of geomaterials. There are several advantages of BE …

The addition of cement is an interesting remediation technique when the project requires
improvement of the local soil for the construction of pavement base layers, in slope …

Depending on the degree of alteration, some soils do not keep features of the parent rock,
while others are strongly influenced by relict structures inherited from the parent rock (Rocha …

Recent work has shown how soil porosity may be obtained from elastic wave measurements
in the field. The procedure is based on Biot poroelastic theory, and employs both S-wave …

Situated on the plate collision suture zone, Taiwan is marked with extreme topographic
relieves and highly variable geological conditions. A long tunnel running under high rock …

The work presented herein integrates a long term research activity under the subject of
residual soils characterization, performed by the author since 1995 within his professional …

Esta lição apresenta uma perspectiva geral e tentativamente abrangente, dos factores que
condicionam a caracterização mecânica dos solos residuais, em particular quando usadas …