透明土模型试验技术是这十几年来新兴的岩土力学和颗粒物质力学领域的先进测试技术。本书的主要内容分为三个部分。第一部分主要介绍了配置透明土的多种材料以及透明土的岩土工程性质（静力和动力）。第二部分主要介绍了激光散斑成像和数字图像处理技术，包括二维图像处理和三维的透明土模型层析扫描成像和重构技术。第三部分主要介绍了透明土模型试验技术的应用，包括透明土模型试验技术在研究桩基础、管桩贯入、桩－土－承台相互作用，碎石桩等方面的应用，以及透明土模型试验技术在化学注浆加固等方面的应用。

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
Part Ⅱ Transparent Soil Imaging and Image Processing
7 Laser Speckle Effect
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Characteristics of Laser Speckle Field
7.3 Digital Image of Laser Speckle
References
8 2D Transparent Soil Imaging and Digital Image Cross-Correlation
8.1 2D Transparent Soil Model and Imaging
8.2 Digital Image Correlation (DIC)
8.3 Main Error Sources in 2D-DIC Measurement
8.4 Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)
8.5 Influences of Fused Quartz Grain Size on the Displacement by DIC
8.5.1 Experimental Program
8.5.2 Influences of Different Sized Fused Quartz on Displacement Measurement
8.5.3 Selecting the Query Window Based on Average Gray Gradient
8.5.4 Influences of Fused Quartz Grain Size on the Query Window Size in DIC
8.5.5 Translation Test
8.6 Summary
References
9 Camera Calibration Based on Neural Network Method
9.1 Camera Calibration
9.2 Neural Network Calibration Method
9.3 Angle Error Analysis
9.4 Application in DIC and Particle Image