| Physical description |
ix, 553 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Series in soil engineering. |
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Series in soil engineering.
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| Notes |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 535-545. |
| Contents |
Part I Introduction -- Chapter 1 Soil Problems in Civil Engineering -- Chapter 2 A Preview of Soil Behavior -- Part II The Nature of Soil -- Chapter 3 Description of an Assemblage of Particles -- Chapter 4 Description of an Individual Soil Particle -- Chapter 5 Normal Stress between Soil Particles -- Chapter 6 Shear Resistance between Soil Particles -- Chapter 7 Soil Formation -- Part III Dry Soil -- Chapter 8 Stresses within a Soil Mass -- Chapter 9 Tests to Measure Stress-Strain Properties -- Chapter 10 General Aspects of Stress-Strain Behavior -- Chapter 11 Shear Strength of Cohesionless Soil -- Chapter 12 Stress-Strain Relationships -- Chapter 13 Earth Retaining Structures and Slopes -- Chapter 14 Shallow Foundations -- Chapter 15 Dynamic Loading of Soil -- Part IV Soil with Water--No Flow or Steady Flow -- Chapter 16 Effective Stress Concept -- Chapter 17 One-Dimensional Fluid Flow -- Chapter 18 Two-Dimensional Fluid Flow -- Chapter 19 Soil Permeability and Filter Requirements -- Chapter 20 General Aspects of Drained Stress-Strain Behavior -- Chapter 21 Drained Shear Strength -- Chapter 22 Stress-Strain Relations for Drained Conditions -- Chapter 23 Earth Retaining Structures with Drained Conditions -- Chapter 24 Earth Slopes with Drained Conditions -- Chapter 25 Shallow Foundations with Drained Conditions -- Part V Soil with Water--Transient Flow -- Chapter 26 Pore Pressures Developed During Undrained Loading -- Chapter 27 Consolidation Theory -- Chapter 28 Drained and Undrained Stress-Strain Behavior -- Chapter 29 Undrained Shear Strength -- Chapter 30 Stress-Strain Relations for Undrained Conditions -- Chapter 31 Earth Retaining Structures and Earth Slopes with Undrained Conditions -- Chapter 32 Shallow Foundations with Undrained Conditions -- Chapter 33 Deep Foundations -- Chapter 34 The Improvement of Soil -- Appendix A Symbols -- Appendix B Conversion -- Appendix C References -- Index. |
| Other author |
Whitman, Robert V., 1928-2012.
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| Subject |
Soil mechanics.
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| ISBN |
0471511927 |
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