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Soil Mechanic Laboratory

Main Research Projects Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Theoretical and Experimental Soil Mechanics ú Soil behaviour under cyclic load ú Effect of cracks on the permeability of compacted materials ú Geotechnical parameters obtained using the selfboring pressiometer ú Study on the leaning buildings of the city of Santos ú Hypo-plasticity and plasticity of soils Unsaturated Soil Mechanics ú Investigation on the water retention of iron ore ú Axis translation technique on clay soils ú Study on the geotechnical characteristics of paper sludge ú Climatic effect on capillary barrier ú Developments of soil suction measurement ú Numerical analysis of flow in unsaturated materials Environmental Geomechanics ú Heavy metal transport in compacted lateritic soils ú Study on the transport and retention of metals in tropical soils ú Effect of metal transport in the SWCC ú Shear strength of soil contaminated with oil ú Treatment of soil contaminated with oil using vacuum Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Lab Environment (external) Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Infrastructure (internal) Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Infrastructure Soil Mechanics Laboratory Stress path equipment for cyclic triaxial test

Infrastructure Soil Mechanics Laboratory Stress path equipment for triaxial test (stress and strain controlled)

Infrastructure Soil Mechanics Laboratory Permeability test for saturated soils (water and pollutant transport)

Infrastructure Soil Mechanics Laboratory Unsaturated permeability test for unsaturated soils (Wind’s method)

Infrastructure Soil Mechanics Laboratory Direct shear test with data acquisition

Infrastructure Soil Mechanics Laboratory Pressure plate and the high capacity tesiometer in a triaxial cell

Infrastructure Soil Mechanics Laboratory Self Boring pressuremeter

Infrastructure Soil Mechanics Laboratory Experimental site

People Working in the Lab PhD students7 MSc students10 Undergraduate students4 Technicians2 Faculties5 Soil Mechanics Laboratory

International Co-operation ú Innsbruck University (Austria) ú Colorado State University (USA) ú Sherbrooke University (Canadá) ú Arizona State University (USA) ú Cambridge University (UK)  Imperial College (UK ) Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Funded Research Projects Soil behaviour under cyclic load São Paulo State Agency for Research (FAPESP) US$ ,00 Geotechnical parameters obtained using the selfboring pressiometer (FAPESP) US$ ,00 Study on the leaning building in Santos (FAPESP) US$ ,00 Study on the transport and retention of metals in tropical soils (FAPESP) US$ ,00 Climatic effect on capillary barrier (FAPESP) US$ ,00 Geotechnique applied to environmental problems (co-ordinated by PUC/RJ) Brazilian Council for Research (CNPq) US$ ,00 Soil Mechanics Laboratory

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