Advanced soil mechanics /
Now in its fifth edition, this classic textbook continues to offer a well-tailored resource for beginning graduate students in geotechnical engineering. Further developing the basic concepts from undergraduate study, it provides a solid foundation for advanced study. This new edition addresses a var...
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
[2019]
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; 1. Soil aggregate, plasticity, and classification; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Soil: separate size limits; 1.3 Clay minerals; 1.4 Nature of water in clay; 1.5 Repulsive potential; 1.6 Repulsive pressure; 1.7 Flocculation and dispersion of clay particles; 1.7.1 Salt flocculation and nonsalt flocculation; 1.8 Consistency of cohesive soils; 1.8.1 Liquid limit; 1.8.2 Plastic limit; 1.9 Liquidity index; 1.10 Activity; 1.11 Grain-size distribution of soil; 1.12 Weight-volume relationships
- 1.13 Relative density and relative compaction1.13.1 Correlations for relative density of granular soil; 1.14 Relationship between emax AND emin; 1.14.1 Effect of nonplastic fines on emax and emin; 1.15 Soil classification systems; 1.15.1 Unified system; 1.15.2 AASHTO classification system; 1.16 Compaction; 1.16.1 Standard Proctor compaction test; 1.16.2 Modified Proctor compaction test; 1.17 Empirical relationships for proctor compaction tests; References; 2. Stresses and strains: Elastic equilibrium; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Basic definition and sign conventions for stresses
- 2.3 Equations of static equilibrium2.4 Concept of strain; 2.5 Hooke's law; 2.6 Plane strain problems; 2.6.1 Compatibility equation; 2.6.2 Stress function; 2.6.3 Compatibility equation in polar coordinates; 2.7 Equations of compatibility for three-dimensional problems; 2.8 Stresses on an inclined plane and principal stresses for plane strain problems; 2.8.1 Transformation of stress components from polar to Cartesian coordinate system; 2.8.2 Principal stress; 2.8.3 Mohr's circle for stresses; 2.8.4 Pole method for finding stresses on an inclined plane
- 2.9 Strains on an inclined plane and principal strain for plane strain problems2.10 Stress components on an inclined plane, principal stress, and octahedral stresses: Three-Dimensional Case; 2.10.1 Stress on an inclined plane; 2.10.2 Transformation of axes; 2.10.3 Principal stresses; 2.10.4 Octahedral stresses; 2.11 Strain components on an inclined plane, principal strain, and octahedral strain: three-dimensional case; 3. Stresses and displacements In a soil mass: Two-dimensional problems; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Vertical line load on the surface; 3.2.1 Displacement on the surface (z = 0)
- 3.3 Vertical line load at the apex of an infinite wedge3.4 Vertical line load on the surface of a finite layer; 3.5 Vertical line load inside a semi-infinite mass; 3.6 Horizontal line load on the surface; 3.7 Horizontal and inclined line load at the apex of an infinite wedge; 3.8 Horizontal line load inside a semi-infinite mass; 3.9 Uniform vertical loading on an infinite strip on the surface; 3.9.1 Vertical displacement at the surface (z = 0); 3.10 Uniform strip load inside a semi-infinite mass; 3.11 Uniform horizontal loading on an infinite strip on the surface