TECHNICAL COMMITTEE TC6

Technical Commitee TC6 of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering is responsible for promoting cooperation and exchange of knowledge in the area of mechanics of Unsaturated Soils and its relevance to the solution of engineering problems. Unsaturated soils can include, as examples, expansive, collapsible, residual and arid soils.

TC6 Documents
Minutes of the TC6 meeting in Madrid, 2007
Minutes of the TC6 meeting in Carefree, Arizona, 2006
Minutes of the TC6 meeting in Osaka, 2005
Minutes of the TC6 meeting in London, 2003
Minutes of the TC6 meeting in Recife, 2002
Minutes of the TC6 meeting in Istanbul, 2001
Minutes of the TC6 meeting in Denver, 2000
The Annual report for 1999 on the TC6 Committee
Minutes of the TC6 meeting in Beijing, 1998

An Email discussion list has been established as a forum for discussions about unsaturated soil. The Email List option describes how to join the list.

Details of other Technical Committees of ISSMGE can be found on the ISSMGE Home Page. Those with particular relevance to unsaturated soils include:

TC5: Environmental Geotechnics
JTC1: Landslides