Soil Mechanics

Soil Mechanics
This book - a translation and update of the Durch version - is part of the
introductory course of Soil Mechanics in the Department of Civil Engineering
of the Delft University of Technology. It contains an introduction into the major
principles and methods of soil mechanics, such as the analysis of stresses,
deformations, and stability. The most important methods of determining soil
parameters, in the laboratory and in situ, are also described. Some basic
principles of applied mechanics that are frequently used are presented in
Appendices. The subdivision into chapters is such that one chapter can be
treated in a single lecture of 45 minutes, approximately.
Contents:
Preface
Part I Introduction  1 Introduction
Part II Soil and stresses  2 Classification  3 Soil exploration  4 Particles,
water, air  5 Stresses in soils  6 Stresses in a layer
Part III Groundwater and flow  7 The law of Darcy  8 Permeability  9
Groundwater flow  10 Floatation  11 Flow net  12 Flow towards well 
Part IV Stiffness and settlement  13 Stress-strain relations  14 Tangentmoduli
 15 One-dimensional compression  16 Consolidation  17 Analytical
solution  18 Numerical solution  19 Consolidation coefficient  20 Secular
effect (creep)
Part V Strength and tests  21 Shear strength  22 Triaxial test  23 Dutch
cell test  24 Shear test  25 Pore pressures  26 Undrained behaviour 
27 Stress paths
Part VI Stress distributions  28 Elastic stresses and deformations  29
Boussinesq  30 Newmark  31 Flamant  32 Deformation of layered soil
 33 Lateral stresses in soils  34 Rankine  35 Coulomb  36 Tables for
lateral earth pressure  37 Sheet pile walls  38 Blum's method  39 Sheet
pile wall in layered soil 
Part VII Shallow and pile foundations  40 Limit analysis  41 Strip footing
 42 Prandtl's solution  43 Brinch Hansen  44 Pile foundations
Part VIII Slope and stability  45 Vertical slope in cohesive material  46
Stability of infinite slope  47 Slope stability 
Part IX Appendices  A Stress analysis  B Theory of elasticity  C Theory
of plasticity  D Model tests
Answers to problems  Literature  Index

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