Soil Mechanics
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Soil Mechanics

Concepts and Applications, Third Edition

  1. 682 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Soil Mechanics

Concepts and Applications, Third Edition

About this book

Instead of fixating on formulae, Soil Mechanics: Concepts and Applications, Third Edition focuses on the fundamentals. This book describes the mechanical behaviour of soils as it relates to the practice of geotechnical engineering. It covers both principles and design, avoids complex mathematics whenever possible, and uses simple methods and ideas to build a framework to support and accommodate more complex problems and analysis.

The third edition includes new material on site investigation, stress-dilatancy, cyclic loading, non-linear soil behaviour, unsaturated soils, pile stabilization of slopes, soil/wall stiffness and shallow foundations.

Other key features of the Third Edition:

• Makes extensive reference to real case studies to illustrate the concepts described

• Focuses on modern soil mechanics principles, informed by relevant research

• Presents more than 60 worked examples

• Provides learning objectives, key points, and self-assessment and learning questions for each chapter

• Includes an accompanying solutions manual for lecturers

This book serves as a resource for undergraduates in civil engineering and as a reference for practising geotechnical engineers.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. General symbols
  4. Preface
  5. Chapter 1. Origin and classification of soils
  6. Chapter 2. Soil strength
  7. Chapter 3. Groundwater flow and control
  8. Chapter 4. One-dimensional compression and consolidation
  9. Chapter 5. Triaxial test and soil behaviour
  10. Chapter 6. Calculation of soil settlements using elasticity methods
  11. Chapter 7. Plasticity and limit equilibrium methods for earth pressures and retaining walls
  12. Chapter 8. Foundations and slopes
  13. Chapter 9. In-ground retaining structures: embedded walls and tunnels
  14. Chapter 10. Calculation of improved bearing capacity factors and earth pressure coefficients using plasticity methods
  15. Chapter 11. Site investigation, in situ testing and modelling
  16. Author Biography
  17. Back Cover