Soil mechanics fundamentals and applications / Isao Ishibashi, Hemanta Hazarika.

Contents

chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 soil mechanics and related fields
1.2 biography of Dr. Karl von Terzaghi's
1.3 uniqueness of soils, etc

chapter 2 Physical properties of soil
2.1 introduction
2.2origins of soil
2.3 soil particle shapes, etc

chapter 3 Clays and Their Behaviour
3.1 introduction
3.2 clay minerals
3.3 clay shapes and surface areas, etc

chapter 4 Soil classification
4.1 introduction
4.2 unified soil classification system
4.3 AASHTO classification


chapter 5 Compaction
5.1 introduction
5.2 relative density
5.3 laboratory compaction test, etc

chapter 6 Flow of water through soils
6.1 introduction
6.2 hydraulic heads and water flow
6.3 Darcy's equation, etc

chapter 7 Effective stress
7.1 introduction
7.2 total stress versus effective stress
7.3 effective stress computation in soil mass, etc

chapter 8 Stress increment in soil mass
8.1 introduction
8.2 approximate slope method
8.3 vertical stress increment due to a point load, etc

chapter 9 Settlement
9.1 introduction
9.2 elastic settlement
9.3 primary consolidation settlement, etc

chapter 10 Mohr's circle in soil mechanics
10.1 introduction
10.2 concept of Mohr circle
10.3 stress transformation, etc

chapter 11 Shear strength of soils
11.1 introduction
11.2 failure criteria
11.3 direct shear test, etc

chapter 12 Lateral earth pressure
12.1 introduction
12.2 At-Rest , active and passive pressures
12.3 At-Rest earth pressures, etc

chapter 13 Site exploration
13.1 introduction
13.2 site exploration program
13.3 geophysical methods, etc

chapter 14 Bearing capacity and shallow foundations
14.1 introduction
14.2 Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory
14.3 Generalized bearing capacity equation, etc

chapter 15 Deep foundation
15.1 introduction
15.2 types of piles
15.3 load carrying capacity by static analytical methods, etc

chapter 16 Slope stability
16.1 introduction
16.2 slope failure
16.3 slope stability, etc

Index : p. 393-408