Intro
Preface
Aim
Salient Features
Organization
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Authors
Part I Transparent Materials
1 Introduction
References
2 Transparent Sand of Silica Gel
2.1 Static Properties of Silica Gel
2.2 Dynamic Properties of Silica Gel
2.2.1 Resonant Column Tests and Sample Preparation
2.2.2 Shear Modulus of Silica Gel
2.2.3 Comparison with Shear Modulus of Clay, Sand and Gravel
2.2.4 Damping Ratio of Silica Gel
2.3 Summary and Conclusions
References
3 Transparent Sand of Fused Quartz
3.1 Introduction

3.2 Static Properties of Fused Quartz
3.2.1 Materials
3.2.2 Stress-Strain Curves of Transparent Soil of Fused Quartz
3.2.3 Shear Strength
3.2.4 Pore Pressure
3.2.5 Deviatoric Stress and Stress Ratio
3.2.6 Summary
3.3 Geotechnical Properties of Fused Quartz with Different Pore Fluid
3.3.1 Fused Quartz and Pore Fluid
3.3.2 Experimental Program
3.3.3 Testing Results
3.3.4 Critical State Line
3.3.5 Duncan-Chang Model for Transparent Soils
3.3.6 Summary
3.4 Dynamic Properties for Transparent Soil of Fused Quartz
3.4.1 Experiment

3.4.2 Shear Modulus and Damping Ratio of Fused Quartz
3.5 Shear Modulus and Damping Ratio of Transparent Soils with Different Pore Fluids
3.5.1 Pore Fluids
3.5.2 Testing Methods
3.5.3 Shear Modulus Influenced by Pore Fluids
3.5.4 Damping Ratios Influenced by Pore Fluids
3.6 Cyclic Undrained Behavior and Liquefaction Resistance of Transparent Sand Made of Fused Quartz
3.6.1 Testing Methods
3.6.2 Results and Analysis
3.7 Summary
References
4 Transparent Clay of Carbopol U10
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Materials and Manufacture Process
4.2.1 Raw Materials

4.2.2 Manufacture Processes
4.3 Optical Properties of Synthetic Clay
4.3.1 Transparency Analysis
4.3.2 Speckle Pattern
4.4 Geotechnical Properties of Synthetic Clay
4.4.1 Shear Strength
4.4.2 Consolidation
4.4.3 Hydraulic Conductivity
4.4.4 Thermal Conductivity
4.5 Discussions and Conclusions
References
5 Transparent Rock
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Testing Methodology
5.2.1 Materials and Specimens
5.2.2 Test Facilities and Processes
5.3 Experimental Results and Discussions
5.3.1 Uniaxial Compression Test
5.3.2 Brazilian Tensile Test

5.4 Conclusions
References
6 Pore Fluid
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Low Viscosity Pore Fluid
6.2.1 Temperature Variation of the Viscosity and Refractive Index of the Potential Solvents
6.2.2 Determination of the Matching Refractive Index of the Matching Pore Fluid
6.2.3 Investigation on the Interaction Between the Pore Fluid and the Latex Membrane
6.3 New Pore Fluid to Manufacture Transparent Soil
6.3.1 Introduction
6.3.2 Pore Fluids Tested
6.3.3 Apparatus and Procedures
6.3.4 Results and Discussions
6.4 Summary and Conclusions
References