Laterite Soil Engineering
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Laterite Soil Engineering

Pedogenesis and Engineering Principles

  1. 581 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Laterite Soil Engineering

Pedogenesis and Engineering Principles

About this book

Laterite Soil Engineering is one of a few books about solving engineering problems with the help of engineering pedology. This book presents the latest information on the laterite soils' geotechnical characteristics and engineering behavior. It shows that laterite soils are different from natural soils and that most laterite soils can be evaluated for engineering purposes using accepted theories and well-known test procedures for temperate-zone soils. This book also shows that modern concepts based on pedological considerations are very useful and take a logical approach to the identification and evaluation of laterite soils for engineering purposes. The first four chapters focus on reviewing information about the processes of tropical weathering and laterization. Chapter five summarizes information about the location, morphology and composition of laterite soils. Chapter six highlights the geotechnical implications of the pedogenic processes of tropical weathering, and it emphasizes the contribution of the results of these pedogenic processes to the deviations of engineering behavior of the problem of laterite soils. In addition, chapter seven discusses the influence of laterite soil genesis on the physic-chemical characteristics based on comparing the properties of three genetic soil groups formed under three different weathering conditions. Chapters eight through nineteen discuss the geotechnical characteristics and evaluation of laterite soils, and the effects of pedogenesis and soil-forming factors on the geotechnical and stabilization characteristics of laterite soils. The last chapter discusses the little information that exists on the application of laterite soils in engineering problems.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Laterite Soil Engineering
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Chapter 1. Introduction
  10. Chapter 2. The characteristics of soil-forming minerals and rocks
  11. Chapter 3. Pedogenic processes of tropical weathering and laterization
  12. Chapter 4. Environments of genesis and evolution of laterite soils
  13. Chapter 5. Location, morphology and composition of laterite soils
  14. Chapter 6. Significant geotechnical implications of the genesis of laterite soils
  15. Chapter 7. Physico-chemical characteristics of laterite soils
  16. Chapter 8. Particle-size distribution of laterite soils
  17. Chapter 9. Specific gravity of solids in laterite soils
  18. Chapter 10. Plasticity characteristics of laterite soils
  19. Chapter 11. Structure of natural and laterite soils
  20. Chapter 12. Standard soil classification systems in laterite-soil engineering
  21. Chapter 13. Identification and evaluation of "problem" laterite soils
  22. Chapter 14. Identification of decomposed rocks for engineering purposes
  23. Chapter 15. Strength and bearing characteristics of unconsolidated laterite soils
  24. Chapter 16. Strength, durability and weathering characteristics of concretionary laterite rocks and pisoliths
  25. Chapter 17. Compressibility and permeability characteristics of natural and laterite soils
  26. Chapter 18. Compaction characteristics of laterite soils
  27. Chapter 19. Stabilization of laterite soils
  28. Chapter 20. Field performance of laterite soils
  29. Appendix
  30. Subject index

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