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1 online resource (781 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; NOTES for Students and Instructors; Notes for Instructors; Contents; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATIONS; Introduction; Marvels of Civil Engineering-The Hidden Truth; Geotechnical Lessons from Failures; Chapter 2: GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PARTICLE SIZES OF SOILS; Introduction; Definitions of Key Terms; Questions to Guide Your Reading; Basic Geology; Earth's Profile; Plate Tectonics; Composition of the Earth's Crust; Discontinuities; Geologic Cycle and Geological Time; Composition of Soils; Soil Formation; Soil Types |
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Clay MineralsSurface Forces and Adsorbed Water; Soil Fabric; Determination of Particle Size of Soils-ASTM D 422; Particle Size of Coarse-Grained Soils; Particle Size of Fine-Grained Soils; Characterization of Soils Based on Particle Size; Comparison of Coarse-Grained and Fine-Grained Soils for Engineering Use; Summary; Self-Assessment; Exercises; Chapter 3: SOILS INVESTIGATION; Introduction; Definitions of Key Terms; Questions to Guide Your Reading; Purposes of a Soils Investigation; Phases of a Soils Investigation; Soils Exploration Program; Soils Exploration Methods |
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Soil Identification in the FieldNumber and Depths of Boreholes; Soil Sampling; Groundwater Conditions; Soils Laboratory Tests; Types of In Situ or Field Tests; Types of Laboratory Tests; Soils Report; Summary; Self-Assessment; Exercises; Chapter 4: PHYSICAL SOIL STATES AND SOIL CLASSIFICATION; Introduction; Definitions of Key Terms; Questions to Guide Your Reading; Phase Relationships; Physical States and Index Properties of Fine-Grained Soils; Determination of the Liquid, Plastic, and Shrinkage Limits; Casagrande Cup Method-ASTM D 4318; Plastic Limit Test-ASTM D 4318 |
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Fall Cone Method to Determine Liquid and Plastic LimitsShrinkage Limit-ASTM D 427 and D 4943; Soil Classification Schemes; Unified Soil Classification System; American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Classification System; AASHTO Soil Classification System; Plasticity Chart; Engineering Use Chart; Summary; Self-Assessment; Practical Examples; Exercises; Chapter 5: SOIL COMPACTION; Introduction; Definitions of Key Terms; Questions to Guide Your Reading; Basic Concept; Proctor Compaction Test-ASTM D 1140 and ASTM D 1557; Interpretation of Proctor Test Results |
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Benefits of Soil CompactionField Compaction; Compaction Quality Control; Sand Cone-ASTM D 1556; Balloon Test-ASTM D 2167; Nuclear Density Meter-ASTM D 2922, ASTM D 5195; Comparison Among the Popular Compaction Quality Control Tests; Summary; Self-Assessment; Practical Example; Exercises; Chapter 6: ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW OF WATER THROUGH SOILS; Introduction; Definitions of Key Terms; Questions to Guide Your Reading; Head and Pressure Variation in a Fluid at Rest; Darcy's Law; Empirical Relationships for k; Flow Parallel to Soil Layers; Flow Normal to Soil Layers |
| Summary |
Soil Mechanics and Foundations 3rd Edition presents the basic concepts and principles of soil mechanics and foundations in the context of basic mechanics, physics, and mathematics. It is appropriate for a single course combining introduction to soil mechanics and foundations, or for a two-course geotechnical engineering sequence. The author presents topics thoroughly and systematically without diluting technical rigor, and gives students confidence in learning the principles of soil mechanics and its application to foundation analysis by clearly defining what they should learn from this te |
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Equivalent Hydraulic Conductivity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 738-741) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Soil mechanics.
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Foundations.
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soil mechanics.
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foundations (structural elements)
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Foundations
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Soil mechanics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118136041 |
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1118136047 |
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