Soil Mechanics

Soil MechanicsThis book - a translation and update of the Dutch version - is part of theintroductory course of Soil Mechanics in the Department of Civil Engineeringof the Delft University of Technology. It contains an introduction into the majorprinciples and methods of soil mechanics, such as the analysis of stresses,deformations, and stability. The most important methods of determining soilparameters, in the laboratory and in situ, are also described. Some basicprinciples of applied mechanics that are frequently used are presented inAppendices. The subdivision into chapters is such that one chapter can betreated in a single lecture of 45 minutes, approximately.Contents:PrefacePart I Introduction • 1 IntroductionPart II Soil and stresses • 2 Classification • 3 Soil exploration • 4 Particles,water, air • 5 Stresses in soils • 6 Stresses in a layerPart III Groundwater and flow • 7 The law of Darcy • 8 Permeability • 9Groundwater 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 Analyticalsolution • 18 Numerical solution • 19 Consolidation coefficient • 20 Seculareffect (creep)Part V Strength and tests • 21 Shear strength • 22 Triaxial test • 23 Dutchcell test • 24 Shear test • 25 Pore pressures • 26 Undrained behaviour •27 Stress pathsPart VI Stress distributions • 28 Elastic stresses and deformations • 29Boussinesq • 30 Newmark • 31 Flamant • 32 Deformation of layered soil• 33 Lateral stresses in soils • 34 Rankine • 35 Coulomb • 36 Tables forlateral earth pressure • 37 Sheet pile walls • 38 Blum's method • 39 Sheetpile 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 foundationsPart VIII Slope and stability • 45 Vertical slope in cohesive material • 46Stability of infinite slope • 47 Slope stability •Part IX Appendices • A Stress analysis • B Theory of elasticity • C Theoryof plasticity • D Model testsAnswers to problems • Literature • IndexURL about this book: http://www.vssd.nl/hlf/f033.htm