Soil MechanicsThe classic, comprehensive guide to the physics of soil The physical behavior of soil under different environmental conditions impacts public safety on every roadway and in every structure; a deep understanding of soil mechanics is therefore an essential component to any engineering education. Soil Mechanics offers in-depth information on the behavior of soil under wet, dry, or transiently wet conditions, with detailed explanations of stress, strain, shear, loading, permeability, flow, improvement, and more. Comprehensive in scope, this book provides accessible coverage of a critical topic, providing the background aspiring engineers will need throughout their careers. |
Contents
Soil Problems in Civil Engineering | 3 |
A Preview of Soil Behavior | 18 |
II The Nature of Soil | 27 |
Description of an Assemblage of Particles | 29 |
Description of an Individual Soil Particle | 40 |
CHAPTER 4 | 44 |
CHAPTER 5 Normal Stress between Soil Particles | 52 |
Shear Resistance between Soil Particles | 61 |
Soil Permeability and Filter Requirements | 281 |
General Aspects of Drained StressStrain Behavior | 295 |
Drained Shear Strength | 304 |
StressStrain Relations for Drained Conditions | 318 |
Earth Retaining Structures with Drained Conditions | 328 |
Earth Slopes with Drained Conditions | 352 |
Shallow Foundations with Drained Conditions | 374 |
Soil with WaterTransient Flow | 389 |
CHAPTER 7 Soil Formation | 71 |
Dry Soil | 95 |
Stresses within a Soil Mass | 97 |
Tests to Measure StressStrain Properties | 116 |
General Aspects of StressStrain Behavior | 122 |
Shear Strength of Cohesionless Soil | 137 |
StressStrain Relationships | 151 |
Earth Retaining Structures and Slopes | 162 |
Shallow Foundations | 195 |
Dynamic Loading of Soil | 227 |
Steady Flow | 239 |
Effective Stress Concept | 241 |
OneDimensional Fluid Flow | 251 |
TwoDimensional Fluid Flow | 266 |
Pore Pressures Developed During Undrained Loading | 391 |
Consolidation Theory | 406 |
Drained and Undrained StressStrain Behavior | 423 |
Undrained Shear Strength | 439 |
StressStrain Relations for Undrained Conditions | 455 |
Earth Retaining Structures and Earth Slopes with Undrained Conditions | 464 |
Shallow Foundations with Undrained Conditions | 484 |
Deep Foundations | 498 |
The Improvement of Soil | 514 |
Appendix A Symbols | 525 |
Appendix B Conversion | 531 |
References | 535 |
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