Handbook of tropical residual soils engineering /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Huat, Bujang B. K., Toll, D. G., Prasad, Arun
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2012.
Subjects:	Residual materials (Geology) > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Soil mechanics > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Soils > Tropics > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Roches résiduelles > Guides, manuels, etc. Mécanique des sols > Guides, manuels, etc. Sols > Régions tropicales > Guides, manuels, etc. Residual materials (Geology) Soil mechanics. Soils. Tropics. Electronic books. Handbooks and manuals.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Formation and classification of tropical residual soils
3. Sampling and testing of tropical residual soils
4. The behaviour of unsaturated soil
5. Volume change of tropical residual soils
6. Shear strength model for tropical residual soil
7. Slopes
8. Foundations : shallow and deep foundations, unsaturated conditions, heave and collapse, monitoring and proof testing
9. Residual soils of Hong Kong
10. Residual soils of India
11. Residual soils of Southeast Asia.