Soil Mechanics

Soil Mechanics
This book - a translation and update of the Dutch 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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