Geotechnical Engineering : Principles and Practices of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
Introduction General Remarks A Brief Historical Development Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Soil Formation and Characterization Introduction Rock Classification Formation of Soils General Types of Soils Soil Particle Size and Shape Composition of Clay Minerals Structure of Clay Minerals Clay Particle-Water Relations Soil Mass Structure Soil Phase Relationships, Index Properties and Classification Soil Phase Relationships Mass-Volume Relationships Weight-Volume Relationships Comments on Soil Phase Relationships Index Properties of Soils The Shape and Size of Particles Sieve Analysis The Hydrometer Method of Analysis Grain Size Distribution Curves Relative Density of Cohesionless Soils Consistency of Clay Soils Determination of Atterberg Limits Discussion on Limits and Indices Plasticity Chart General Considerations for Classification of Soils Field Identification of Soils Classification of Soils Textural Soil Classification AASHTO Soil Classification System Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) Comments on the Systems of Soil Classification Problems Soil Permeability and Seepage Soil Permeability Darcy's Law Discharge and Seepage Velocities Methods of Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity of Soils Constant Head Permeability Test Falling Head Permeability Test Direct Determination of k of Soils in Place by Pumping Test Borehole Permeability Tests Approximate Values of the Hydraulic Conductivity of Soils Hydraulic Conductivity on Stratified Layers of Soils Empirical Correlations for Hydraulic Conductivity Hydraulic Conductivity of Rocks by Packer Method Seepage Laplace Equation Flow Net Construction Determination of Quantity of Seepage Determination of Seepage Pressure Determination of Uplift Pressure Seepage Flow Through Homogeneous Earth Dams Flow Net Consisting of Conjugate
E-Book, English, 2014
CRC Press, New York, USA, 2014