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Laboratory testing on an unsaturated soil: equipment, procedures, and first experimental results

This paper describes two new apparatuses recently developed at the Universita di Napoli Federico II (Italy) in order to test soils under unsaturated conditions. The related experimental procedures and the first results obtained on a dynamically compacted silty sand are also discussed. The devices mentioned are a Bishop and Wesley stress-path cell and a Wissa oedometer, modified to control matric suction and to measure all the stress-strain variables relevant to unsaturated soil mechanics. Specific experimental procedures were established to perform tests under general conditions and were carefully verified during several tests. Using the triaxial cell, isotropic and anisotropic compression stages were carried out under constant suction levels of 0, 100, 200, and 300 kPa. Furthermore, two deviator stages were performed following different stress paths and water drainage conditions. Using the oedometer, an additional suction level (400 kPa) was investigated during compression tests driven up to 5 MPa of ver...

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