Descrição
CONTENTS:
1. Geotechnical Engineering A Historical Perspective.
2. Origins of Soil and Grain Size.
3. Weight-Volume Relationships.
4. Plasticity and Structure of Soil.
5. Classification of Soil.
6. Soil Compaction.
7. Permeability.
8. Seepage.
9. In Situ Stresses.
10. Stresses in a Soil Mass.
11. Compressibility of Soil.
12. Shear Strength of Soil.
13. Lateral Earth Pressure: At-Rest, Rankine, and Coulomb.
14. Lateral Earth Pressure: Curved Failure Surface.
15. Slope Stability.
16. Soil-Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundations.
17. Subsoil Exploration.
Appendix A. A Generalized Case for Rankine Active and Passive Pressure Granular Backfill.
