Gerardo Espindola Garcia, Prof John Atkinson and Dr Joel Smethurst Conference Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications SENSORDEVICES 2017 ISBN 978-1-61208-581-4 First published 10.09.2017 Abstract Water content has considerable influence on soil pore water pressure and shear strength, potentially leading to failure in earthworks. This research aims to develop …