Soil Mechanic Laboratory .

Soil Mechanic Laboratory

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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 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


Lab Environment (external)Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Infrastructure (internal)Soil Mechanics Laboratory

InfrastructureSoil Mechanics Laboratory

Stress path equipment for cyclic triaxial test


Stress path equipment for triaxial test (stress and strain controlled)


Permeability test for saturated soils (water and pollutant transport)


Unsaturated permeability test for unsaturated soils (Wind’s method)


Direct shear test with data acquisition


Pressure plate and the high capacity tesiometer in a triaxial cell


Self Boring pressuremeter


Experimental site

People Working in the Lab

PhD students 7MSc students 10Undergraduate students 4Technicians 2Faculties 5


International Co-operation

Innsbruck University (Austria)

Colorado State University (USA)

Sherbrooke University (Canadá)

Arizona State University (USA)

Cambridge University (UK)

Imperial College (UK)


Funded Research ProjectsSoil 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


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