• A practical method for suction estimation in unsaturated soil testing 

      Amaral, M.F.; Viana da Fonseca, A.; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar; Arroyo Alvarez de Toledo, Marcos (CRC Press, 2013)
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      This research presents an alternative methodology to estimate suction in triaxial tests carried out under constant water content. A preliminary determination of the retention curve is proposed using two complementary ...
    • Compression and shear wave propagation in cemented sand specimens 

      Amaral, M.F.; Viana da Fonseca, A.; Arroyo Alvarez de Toledo, Marcos; Cascante, G.; Carvalho, J. (2011)
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      Ultrasonic and bender element tests in the laboratory are typically used to measure elastic modulus and damping ratio. However, interpretation of the results is challenging for a variety of reasons, including the influence ...