TC Activity
TC6 Committee on Unsaturated Soils
Recent past and future activities
Organisers and Contributors at the E-UNSAT 2008 Opening Ceremony (Durham, UK, June 2008) (From left: Dr Domenico Gallipoli, Prof. Simon Wheeler, Prof. Neil Taylor (Secretary General of ISSMGE), Prof. Eduardo Alonso (Chair of TC6), Prof. Christopher Higgins (Vice-Chancellor of Durham University), Dr Charles Augarde and Dr David Toll)
The TC6 committee promotes cooperation and exchange of knowledge in the area of mechanics of unsaturated soils, including, as examples, expansive, collapsible, residual, and arid soils, and its relevance to the solution of engineering problems. Continuing from a rich history, the TC6 Committee on Unsaturated Soils has been busy the past two years and looks forward to exciting upcoming events. Some noteworthy recent events include the 4th Asian-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils held in beautiful Newcastle, Australia in November, 2009 and most recently TC6 hosted a workshop at the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Alexandria during September, 2009. The 3- hour long workshop on Applications of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in Geotechnical Engineering included a prestigious slate of eight speakers from various countries including: Eduardo Alonso (Spain), Farimah Masrouri (France), Yu Jun Cui (France), Antonio Gens (Spain), Abdalla Harraz (Egypt), Tony Zhan (China), David Toll (UK), and Del Fredlund (Canada). Topics ranged from unsaturated soil behavior in freezing environments to desert conditions and applications ranging from high speed rail to landfills. By all accounts the workshop was well attended and informative.
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