Advances in Laboratory Testing and Modelling of Soils and Shales (ATMSS)

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ferrari, Alessio (Editor), Laloui, Lyesse (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Geotechnical engineering.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Soil Science & Conservation.

In this spirit, the ATMSS International Workshop “Advances in Laboratory Testing & Modelling of Soils and Shales” (Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland; 18-20 January 2017) has been organized to promote the exchange of ideas, experience and state of the art among major experts active in the field of e...

Table of Contents:

• Keynote Lectures
• Feature Lectures
• Unsaturated behaviour of soils and shales
• Advanced laboratory testing
• Hydro – Mechanical behaviour of shales and stiff clays
• Opalinus Clay shale
• Advanced laboratory testing for site characterization and in – situ application studies
• Soil – structure interactions
• Constitutive and numerical modelling of soils and shales.