Assessment of the impact of climate change on an instrumented embankment : an unsaturated soil mechanics approach

Climate change has the potential to affect any transportation network that comprises embankments and cuttings built with soil material in an unsaturated state that is exposed to the climate. The BIONICS project (BIOlogical and eNgineering Impacts of Climate change on Slopes) aims to investigate how...

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Main Author: Mendes, Joao
Published: Durham University 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.528621