Soil mechanics /

Lambe, T. William,

Soil mechanics / Series in soil engineering T. William Lambe, Robert V. Whitman. - ix, 553 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm. - Series in soil engineering. . - Series in soil engineering. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : -- Soil problems in civil engineering -- A preview of soil behavior -- The nature of soil : -- Description of an assemblage of particles -- Description of an individual soil particle -- Normal stress between soil particles -- Shear resistance between soil particles -- Soil formation -- Dry soil : -- Stresses within a soil mass -- Tests to measure stress-strain properties -- General aspects of stress-strain behavior -- Shear strength of cohesionless soil -- Stress-strain relationships -- Earth retaining structures and slopes -- Shallow foundations -- Dynamic loading of soil -- Soil with water - no flow or steady flow : -- Effective stress concept -- One-dimensional fluid flow -- Two-dimensional fluid flow -- Soil permeability and filter requirements -- General aspects of drained stress-strain behavior -- Drained shear strength -- Stress-strain relations for drained conditions -- Earth retaining structures and earth slopes with drained conditions -- Earth slopes with drained conditions -- Shallow foundations with drained conditions -- Soil with water - transient flow : -- Pore pressures developed during undrained loading -- Consolidation theory -- Drained and undrained stress-strain behavior -- Undrained shear strength -- Stress-strain relations for undrained conditions -- Earth retaining structures and earth slopes with undrained conditions -- Shallow foundations with drained unconditions -- Deep foundations -- The improvement of soil -- Symbols -- Conversion -- References.. Part I. 1. 2. Part II. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part III. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Part IV. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Part V. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 42. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C.

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