Alessandro Tarantino

Research Output

Research Output per year

2000 2021

• 59 Article
• 13 Conference contribution book
• 4 Paper
• 3 Abstract
• 10 More
  • 3 Proceeding
  • 3 Conference Contribution
  • 2 Chapter
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Keynote

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

Search results

• 2020

  A comparative study of high capacity tensiometer designs

  Mendes, J., Gallipoli, D., Boeck, F. & Tarantino, A., 31 Dec 2020, In : Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 120, 22 p., 102901.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Sensors
  • Soils
  • Water
  • Research laboratories
  • Air

• An assessment of ERT as a method to monitor water content regime in flood embankments: the case study of the Adige River embankment

  Amabile, A., de Carvalho Faria Lima Lopes, B., Pozzato, A., Benes, V. & Tarantino, A., 31 Dec 2020, In : Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 120, 102930.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Embankments
  • Water content
  • Rivers
  • Tomography
  • Water

• Electromagnetic sensors for underwater scour monitoring

  Maroni, A., Tubaldi, E., Ferguson, N., Tarantino, A., McDonald, H. & Zonta, D., 23 Jul 2020, In : Sensors. 20, 15, 23 p., 4096.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Scour
  • Monitoring
  • Sensors
  • Inspection
  • Risk management
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Evaporation-induced soil water flux to design suction drain for low-carbon ground stabilisation: experimental investigation and modelling

  Martini, M. & Tarantino, A., 4 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Evaporation
  • Stabilization
  • Fluxes
  • Soils
  • Carbon

• Instability of flood embankments due to pore water pressure build-up at the toe: lesson learned from the Adige river case study

  Amabile, A., Pozzato, A. & Tarantino, A., 31 Dec 2020, In : Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 57, 12, p. 1844-1853 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Embankments
  • Rivers
  • Uplift pressure
  • Water
  • Hydraulics
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  13 Downloads (Pure)

• Measurement of plant xylem water pressure using the High-Capacity Tensiometer and implications on the modelling of soil-atmosphere interaction

  Dainese, R. & Tarantino, A., 20 Mar 2020, In : Géotechnique.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Transpiration
  • Soils
  • Water
  • Psychrometers
  • Pressure measurement

• Proof-of-concept for a probe to measure pore water pressure in oil-water saturated porous rock

  Capotosto, A., De Carvalho Faria Lima Lopes, B. & Tarantino, A., 29 Nov 2020, In : Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 198, 21 p., 108183.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Rocks
  • Oils
  • Water
  • Discovery wells
  • Hydrocarbons

• Stability analysis of a cave excavated in granular cohesionless material

  De Carvalho Faria Lima Lopes, B. & Tarantino, A., 17 Jun 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Géotechnique.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Caves
  • Granular materials
  • Shear strength
  • Infiltration
  • Rain

• Suction drain as a low carbon ground improvement technique: proof-of-concept at the laboratory scale

  Martini, M., Tarantino, A. & Sloan, A., 31 May 2020, In : Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 99, 18 p., 103361.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Soils
  • Carbon
  • Shear strength
  • Reinforcement
  • Evaporation
• 2019

  A conceptual constitutive model unifying slurried (saturated), compacted (unsaturated) and dry states

  Pedrotti, M. & Tarantino, A., 1 Mar 2019, In : Geotechnique. 69, 3, p. 217-233 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Constitutive models
  • Clay
  • Soils
  • Kaolin
  • Microstructure
  41 Downloads (Pure)

• A microscale-based model for small-strain stiffness in unsaturated granular geomaterials

  Pagano, A. G., Tarantino, A. & Magnanimo, V., 31 Aug 2019, In : Géotechnique. 69, 8, p. 687-700 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Stiffness
  • Water
  • Wave propagation
  • Wetting
  • Drying
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  38 Downloads (Pure)

• Exploring the micromechanics of non-active clays via virtual DEM experiments

  Pagano, A. G., Magnanimo, V., Weinhart, T. & Tarantino, A., 6 Mar 2019, In : Geotechnique.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Micromechanics
  • Finite difference method
  • Clay
  • Particle interactions
  • Experiments
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  24 Downloads (Pure)

• Mechanics of unsaturated soils: simple approaches for routine engineering practice

  Tarantino, A. & Di Donna, A., 1 Dec 2019, In : Italian Geotechnical Journal. 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Soil mechanics
  • Mechanics
  • Soils
  • Evapotranspiration
  • Slope stability
  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Mechanisms of failure in saturated and unsaturated clayey geomaterials subjected to (total) tensile stress

  Murray, I. & Tarantino, A., 31 Aug 2019, In : Géotechnique. 69, 8, p. 701-712 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Tensile stress
  • Water
  • Cavitation
  • Clay
  • Cracks
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Preliminary analysis on the impacts of the rhizosphere on occurrence of rainfall-induced shallow landslides

  Balzano, B., Tarantino, A. & Ridley, A., 31 Oct 2019, In : Landslides. 16, 10, p. 1885-1901 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Landslides
  • Rain
  • Hydraulic conductivity
  • Hazards
  • Soils
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Use of alkali activated high-calcium fly ash binder for kaolin clay soil stabilisation: physicochemical evolution

  Coudert, E., Paris, M., Deneele, D., Russo, G. & Tarantino, A., 20 Mar 2019, In : Construction and Building Materials. 201, p. 539–552 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Coal Ash
  • Kaolin
  • Clay
  • Alkalies
  • Calcium
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• 含盐遗址重塑土的吸力测定及土水特征曲线拟合

  Zhang, Y., Ye, W. & Tarantino, A., 30 Sep 2019, In : Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. 41, 9, p. 1661-1669 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Salts
  • Soils
  • Water
  • Sodium chloride
  • Deterioration
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  An experimental investigation into the micromechanics of non-active clays

  Pedrotti, M. & Tarantino, A., 1 Aug 2018, In : Géotechnique. 68, 8, p. 666-683 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Micromechanics
  • Clay
  • Deionized water
  • Pore size
  • Unloading
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• A tensile strength apparatus with the facility to monitor negative pore-water pressure

  Murray, I., Tarantino, A. & Francescon, F., 22 Jun 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Geotechnical Testing Journal. 38 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Tensile strength
  • Water
  • Tensile testing
  • Crack initiation
  • Soils
  42 Downloads (Pure)

• Building physically-based models for assessing rainfall-induced shallow landslide hazard at the catchment scale: the case study of the Sorrento Peninsula (Italy)

  Balzano, B., Tarantino, A., Nicotera, M. V., Forte, G., de Falco, M. & Santo, A., 22 Nov 2018, In : Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 42 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Catchments
  • Landslides
  • Rain
  • Hazards
  • Water
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)

• Effective stresses for unsaturated states stemming from clay microstructure

  Pedrotti, M. & Tarantino, A., 30 Sep 2018, In : Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 15, p. 74-84 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Clay
  • Microstructure
  • Air
  • Water
  • Powders
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  23 Downloads (Pure)

• Lessons learned from dike failures in recent decades

  Zwanenburg, C., López-Acosta, N. P., Tourment, R., Tarantino, A., Pozzato, A. & Pinto, A., 3 Jul 2018, In : International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories. 4, 3, p. 203-229 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Levees
  • Erosion
  • Rivers
  • Groundwater flow
  • Shear strength
  90 Downloads (Pure)

• On the development of an Ultra-High Capacity Tensiometer capable of measuring water tensions to 7 MPa

  Mendes, J., Gallipoli, D., Tarantino, A. & Toll, D., 27 Jun 2018, In : Géotechnique. 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Water
  • Cavitation
  • Glass
  • Soils
  • Geotechnical engineering
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  11 Downloads (Pure)

• Preliminary non-intrusive geophysical electrical resistivity tomography surveys of a mock-up scale monitoring of EBS at URL Tournemire

  Lopes, B. D. C. F. L., Sachet, C., Sentenac, P., Beneš, V., Dick, P., Bertrand, J. & Tarantino, A., 28 Jul 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Geological Society Special Publications. 37 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Tomography
  • Websites
  • Monitoring
  • Electrodes
  • Network protocols
  16 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Evaluation of the performance of TDR and capacitance techniques for soil moisture measurement

  Lekshmi, S. S. U., Singh, D. N., Tarantino, A. & Baghini, M. S., 24 Jul 2017, (Accepted/In press) In : Geotechnical Testing Journal.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Soil moisture
  • Capacitance
  • Soils
  • Moisture
  • Permittivity
  35 Downloads (Pure)

• Laboratory testing of a MEMS sensor system for in-situ monitoring of the engineered barrier in a geological disposal facility

  Yang, W., Lunn, R. J., Tarantino, A. & El Mountassir, G., 20 May 2017, In : Geosciences. 7, 38, 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  55 Downloads (Pure)

• Water retention characteristics of swelling clays in different compaction states

  Iyer, K. K. R., Joseph, J., Lopes, B. C. F. L., Singh, D. N. & Tarantino, A., 6 Nov 2017, In : Geomechanics and Geoengineering. 56 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Swelling
  • Clay
  • Compaction
  • Water
  • Drying
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  25 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Advances in the monitoring of geo-structure subjected to climate loading

  Tarantino, A., Gallipoli, D., Jommi, C., Mendes, J., Capotosto, A., Amabile, A., Pedrotti, M., Pozzato, A., Beneš, V., Bottaro, F., Denzer, H. & Boeck, F., 12 Sep 2016, In : E3S Web of Conferences. 9, 11 p., 04001.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Monitoring
  • Water
  • Industry
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  53 Downloads (Pure)

• Analysis of a rainfall-triggered landslide at rest and be thankful in Scotland

  Balzano, B., Tarantino, A. & Ridley, A., 12 Sep 2016, In : E3S Web of Conferences. 9, p. 1-6 6 p., 15009.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Landslides
  • Rain
  • Debris
  • Infiltration
  • Climate change
  51 Downloads (Pure)

• An experimental investigation of the independent effect of suction and degree of saturation on very small-strain stiffness of unsaturated sand

  Pagano, A., Tarantino, A., Bagheri, M., Rezania, M. & Sentenac, P., 12 Sep 2016, In : E3S Web of Conferences. 9, 4 p., 14015.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Sand
  • Stiffness
  • Shear waves
  • Wave propagation
  • Wetting
  64 Downloads (Pure)

• Application of microbially induced calcite precipitation in erosion mitigation and stabilization of sandy soil foreshore slopes: a preliminary investigation

  Salifu, E., MacLachlan, E., Iyer, K. R., Knapp, C. W. & Tarantino, A., 9 Feb 2016, In : Engineering Geology. 201, p. 96-105 36 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Calcite
  • Erosion
  • Stabilization
  • Soils
  • Sediments
  70 Citations (Scopus)

  65 Downloads (Pure)

• Building the UPPA high capacity tensiometer

  Mendes, J., Gallipoli, D., Boeck, F., Von Unold, G. & Tarantino, A., 12 Sep 2016, In : E3S Web of Conferences. 9, 6 p., 10001.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Pressure transducers
  • Soil mechanics
  • Knowledge engineering
  • Geometry
  • Water
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  25 Downloads (Pure)

• Creep response in shear of clayey geo-materials under saturated and unsaturated conditions

  Nazer, N. S. M. & Tarantino, A., 12 Sep 2016, In : E3S Web of Conferences. 9, 5 p., 14023.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Clay
  • Creep
  • Landslides
  • Alarm systems
  • Constitutive models
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  55 Downloads (Pure)

• Reliability analysis of flood embankments taking into account a stochastic distribution of hydraulic loading

  Amabile, A., Cordão-Neto, M. P., Polo, F. D. & Tarantino, A., 12 Sep 2016, In : E3S Web of Conferences. 9, 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Embankments
  • Reliability analysis
  • Hydraulics
  • Capillarity
  • Pore pressure
  74 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  A mechanism for bentonite buffer erosion in a fracture with a naturally varying aperture

  Reid, C., Lunn, R., El Mountassir, G. & Tarantino, A., 1 Nov 2015, In : Mineralogical Magazine. 79, 6, p. 1485-1494 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Bentonite
  • Erosion
  • Buffers
  • Swelling
  • Extrusion
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  118 Downloads (Pure)

• Benchmarking selection of parameter values for the Barcelona basic model

  D'Onza, F., Wheeler, S. J., Gallipoli, D., Barrera Bucio, M., Hofmann, M., Lloret-Cabot, M., Lloret Morancho, A., Mancuso, C., Pereira, J. M., Romero Morales, E., Sánchez, M., Sołowski, W., Tarantino, A., Toll, D. G. & Vassallo, R., 28 Sep 2015, In : Engineering Geology. 196, p. 99-118 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Benchmarking
  • Soils
  • Hardening
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  48 Downloads (Pure)

• Effects of high temperatures on soil properties: lessons to share from smouldering remediation experience

  Switzer, C., Zihms, S. & Tarantino, A., 2015, In : Flamma. 6, 1, p. 5-7 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Remediation
  • Soils
  • Mineralogy
  • Temperature
  • Impurities
  310 Downloads (Pure)

• MEMS sensor-based monitoring system for engineered geological disposal facilities

  Yang, W., Lunn, R. & Tarantino, A., 1 Nov 2015, In : Mineralogical Magazine. 79, 6, p. 1475-1483 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Bentonite
  • Atmospheric humidity
  • Monitoring
  • Sensors
  • Temperature
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  181 Downloads (Pure)

• Wireless monitoring of scour and re-deposited sediment evolution at bridge foundations based on soil electromagnetic properties

  Michalis, P., Tarantino, A., Tachtatzis, C. & Judd, M. D., 9 Nov 2015, In : Smart Materials and Structures. 24, 12, 15 p., 125029.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Scour
  • Sediments
  • Soils
  • Monitoring
  • Sensors
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  81 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  An approach for predicting the stability of vertical cuts in cohesionless soils above the water table

  Stanier, S. A. & Tarantino, A., 24 May 2013, In : Engineering Geology. 158, p. 98-108 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Soils
  • Shear strength
  • Water
  • Pozzolan
  • Soil mechanics
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  161 Downloads (Pure)

• Making unsaturated soil mechanics accessible for engineers: preliminary hydraulic-mechanical characterisation and stability assessment

  Tarantino, A. & El Mountassir, G., 2013, In : Engineering Geology. 165, p. 89-104 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Soil mechanics
  • Hydraulics
  • Engineers
  • Textbooks
  • Water
  21 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  An approach for the geophysical assessment of fissuring of estuary and river flood embankments: validation against two case studies in England and Scotland

  Sentenac, P., Jones, G., Zielinski, M. & Tarantino, A., Oct 2012, In : Environmental Earth Sciences. 69, 6, p. 1939-1949 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Estuaries
  • Embankments
  • Rivers
  • Tomography
  • Clay
  10 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Benchmark of experimental techniques for measuring and controlling suction

  Tarantino, A., Gallipoli, D., Augarde, C. E., De Gennaro, V., Gomez, R., Laloui, L., Mancuso, C., El Mountassir, G., Munoz, J., Pereira, J-M., Peron, H., Pisoni, G., Romero, E., Raveendiraraj, A., Rojas, J. C., Toll, D. G., Tombolato, S. & Wheeler, S., 1 Apr 2011, In : Geotechnique. 61, 4, p. 303 –312 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Clay
  • Drying
  • Kaolinite
  • Bentonite
  • Water
  33 Citations (Scopus)

  401 Downloads (Pure)

• Soil suction monitoring for landslides and slopes

  Toll, D. G., Lourenco, S. D. N., Mendes, J., Gallipoli, D., Evans, F. D., Augarde, C. E., Cui, Y. J., Tang, A. M., Rojas, J. C., Pagano, L., Mancuso, C., Zingariello, C. & Tarantino, A., Feb 2011, In : Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology . 44, p. 1-13 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Landslides
  • Rain
  • Soils
  • Monitoring
  • Water
  45 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  A water retention model for deformable soils

  Tarantino, A., 1 Nov 2009, In : Geotechnique. 59, 9, p. 751-762 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Soils
  • Kaolin
  • Silt
  • Water
  • Wetting
  159 Citations (Scopus)

  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Discussion: Compaction behaviour of clay. A. Tarantino and E. De Col (2008). Géotechnique 58, No, 3, 199–213

  Tarantino, A. & De Col, E., 1 Feb 2009, In : Geotechnique. 59, 1, p. 75-77 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Clay
  • Compaction
  • Soils
  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  Compaction behaviour of clay

  Tarantino, A. & De Col, E., 1 Apr 2008, In : Geotechnique. 58, 3, p. 199-213 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Water content
  • Clay
  • Compaction
  • Psychrometers
  • Hydraulics
  114 Citations (Scopus)

  241 Downloads (Pure)

• Field measurement of suction, water content, and water permeability

  Tarantino, A., Ridley, A. M. & Toll, D. G., Dec 2008, In : Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 26, 6, p. 751-782 32 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Water content
  • Water
  • Psychrometers
  • Sensors
  • Hydraulic conductivity
  47 Citations (Scopus)

• Measurement of matric suction using tensiometric and axis translation techniques

  Marinho, F. A. M., Take, W. A. & Tarantino, A., Dec 2008, In : Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 26, 6, p. 615-631 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Physics
  • Soils
  • Hydraulics
  • Air
  61 Citations (Scopus)

  58 Downloads (Pure)

• Preface: special issue on laboratory and field testing of unsaturated soils

  Tarantino, A., Romero, E. & Cui, Y. J., Dec 2008, In : Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 26, 6, p. 613-614 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Soils
  • Environmental testing
  • Soil mechanics
  • Water content
  • Testing
  1 Citation (Scopus)