Interfacial tension, cavitation, capillarity. Soil suction, water
retention and drainage of porous media. Micromechanics/microhydraulics
of unsaturated soil. Testing of unsaturated soils: suction measurement
and control, volume measurement. Flow and balance laws, hydraulic
conductivity function, 1-D flow, infiltration and evaporation. Shear
strength; effective stress and independent state variables approaches.
Deformation and consolidation; expansive and collapsing of soils.
Constitutive modeling.