Contemporary Issues in Soil Mechanics

Comparison of prediction models for the permeability of granular materials using a database.- Virtual reality and neural networks for exploting geotechnical data.- Validation of compression index approximations using soil liquid limit.- Validation of compression index approximations using soil void ratio.- Innovative model for settlement calculations in organic soils.- Resilient modulus prediction of subgrade soil using dynamic cone penetrometer.- Phosphogypsum management challenges in Tunisia.- Variation of some hydrogeochemistry with cbr of residual soils from north-central nigeria: impact of underlying lithology.- G shear box test to determine shear characteristics of coarse grained soils at low normal stresses.- Use of the method of concrete lozenges to strengthening the slopes stability: assessment of the safety factor by the finite element method.- Modelling landslides by the finite element method: application to an embankment on a railway in the moroccan rif.- Features of investigation of soil according to kazakhstan norm and international standards.- Marsh funnel test as an alternative for determining the liquid limit of soils.- Contribution to the study of geotechnical characterization and behaviour of tunis soft clay.- Drained response of granular material.- Cut slope stability analysis of rangvamual landslide along aizawl airport road, northeast india.- Geo-mechanical characterization in laterite soil mixtures - aerial lime for road based use in federal district, brazil.- Effects of sand sizes on engineering properties of tropical sand matrix soils.