Soils and Foundations / Cheng Liu, Jack B. Evett

1. Formation of natural soil deposits
Introduction
Rocks-the source of the soils
Rock weathering and soil formation
Soil deposits

2. Engineering properties of soils
Soil types
Grain-size analysis and atterberg limits
Soil classification systems
components of soil
Weight/mass and volume relationship
etc.

3. Soil exploration
Introduction
Reconnaissance
Steps of soil exploration
Ground water table
Standard penetration test (ASTM D3441 AND D5778)
etc.

4. Soil compaction and stabilization
Definition and purpose of compaction
Laboratory compaction tests (ASTM D 698 and D 1557)
Factors affecting compaction of soil
Field compaction
Dynamic compaction
In-place soil unit weight test
etc.

5. Water in soil
Introduction
flow of water in soils
Capillary rise in soils
Frost action in soils
Flow nets and seepage
etc.

6. Stress distribution in soil
Introduction
Vertical pressure below a concentrated load
Vertical pressure below a loaded surface are (Uniform load)
Problems

7. Consolidation of soil and settlement of structures
Introduction
immediate settlement of loads on clay
Consolidation test
Normal consolidated clay
Over consolidated clay
Field consolidation line
etc.

8. Shear strength of soil
Introduction
Methods of investigating shear strength
Characteristics of the failure plane
Shear strength of cohesion less soils
Shear strength of cohesive l soils
Problems

9. Shallow foundations
Introduction
Loads on foundations
Depth and location of foundations
Bearing capacity analysis
Size of footings
etc.

10. Pile foundations
Introduction
Types of piles
Length of piles
Pile capacity
Pile driving formulas
etc.

11. Drilled shaft foundations
Introduction
Bearing capacity of drill shafts
Settlement of drill shafts
Construction and inspection of drill shafts
Problems

12. Lateral earth pressure
Introduction
Earth pressure at rest
Rankin earth pressures
Coulomb earth pressure
Effects of surcharge load upon active thrust
etc.

13. Retaining structures
Introduction
Retaining walls
Earth pressure computation
Stability analysis
Backfill drainage
etc.

Stability analysis of slopes Introduction
Analysis of a mass resting on inclined layer of impermeable soil
Slopes in homogeneous cohesion less soils
Slopes in homogeneous soils possessing cohesion
Method of slices
Problems

Reference : p. 477- 480
Index : p. 481-486