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Soil Mechanic Laboratory

http://www.lms.ep.usp.br/index.html. Soil Mechanic Laboratory. Soil Mechanics Laboratory. Main Research Projects. Soil Mechanics Laboratory. Theoretical and Experimental Soil Mechanics Soil behaviour under cyclic load Effect of cracks on the permeability of compacted materials

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Soil Mechanic Laboratory

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  1. http://www.lms.ep.usp.br/index.html Soil Mechanic Laboratory

  2. Soil Mechanics Laboratory Main Research Projects

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

  4. Soil Mechanics Laboratory Lab Environment (external)

  5. Soil Mechanics Laboratory Infrastructure (internal)

  6. Soil Mechanics Laboratory Infrastructure Stress path equipment for cyclic triaxial test

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

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

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

  10. Soil Mechanics Laboratory Infrastructure Direct shear test with data acquisition

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

  12. Soil Mechanics Laboratory Infrastructure Self Boring pressuremeter

  13. Soil Mechanics Laboratory Infrastructure Experimental site

  14. Soil Mechanics Laboratory People Working in the Lab PhD students 7 MSc students 10 Undergraduate students 4 Technicians 2 Faculties 5

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

  16. Soil Mechanics Laboratory Funded Research Projects Soil behaviour under cyclic load São Paulo State Agency for Research (FAPESP) US$ 31.000,00 Geotechnical parameters obtained using the selfboring pressiometer (FAPESP) US$ 23.000,00 Study on the leaning building in Santos (FAPESP) US$ 35.000,00 Study on the transport and retention of metals in tropical soils (FAPESP) US$ 31.000,00 Climatic effect on capillary barrier (FAPESP) US$ 58.000,00 Geotechnique applied to environmental problems (co-ordinated by PUC/RJ) Brazilian Council for Research (CNPq) US$ 600.000,00

  17. Thank You

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