{"product_id":"soil-mechanics-fundamentals-imperial-version-paperback-softback-9780470577950","title":"Soil Mechanics Fundamentals; Imperial Version (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470577950","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSoil Mechanics Fundamentals\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eImperial Version\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMuniram Budhu (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470577950, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 August 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 19 x 1.6 cm, 0.816 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e- Ausgewogenes Verhältnis zwischen theoretischen Informationen und praktischen Anwendungen für die Einführung in die Bodenmechanik\u003cbr\u003e - Beschränkung der Mechanik auf ein Minimum, damit Studenten einen Einblick in die Hintergründe, Prämissen und Grenzen der Theorien gewinnen\u003cbr\u003e - Besprechungen der Implikationen der Leitideen vermitteln Studenten den mit der Anwendung dieser Ideen verbundenen Kontext \u003cbr\u003e - Moderne Erklärungen des Bodenverhaltens, insbesondere im Hinblick auf Bodensetzung und Bodenfestigkeit\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Books by this Author xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes for Students and Instructors xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotation, Abbreviations, Unit Notation, and Conversion Factors xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Composition and Particle Sizes of Soils 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Definitions of Key Terms 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Composition of Soils 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.1 Soil formation 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.2 Soil types 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.3 Soil minerals 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.4 Surface forces and adsorbed water 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.5 Soil fabric 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Determination of Particle Size 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.1 Particle size of coarse-grained soils 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.2 Particle size of fine-grained soils 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Characterization of Soils Based on Particle Size 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Comparison of Coarse-Grained and Fine-Grained Soils for Engineering Use 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Summary 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Phase Relationships, Physical Soil States, and Soil Classification 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Definitions of Key Terms 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Phase Relationships 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Physical States and Index Parameters of Fine-Grained Soils 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Determination of the Liquid, Plastic, and Shrinkage Limits 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5.1 Casagrande’s cup method: ASTM D 4318 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5.2 Plastic limit test: ASTM D 4318 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5.3 Shrinkage limit: ASTM D 427 and D 4943 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Soil Classification Schemes 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6.1 American Society for Testing and Materials and the Unified Soil Classification System (ASTM-USCS) 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6.2 AASHTO soil classification system 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6.3 Plasticity chart 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Engineering Use Chart 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 Summary 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8.1 Practical examples 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Soils Investigation 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Definitions of Key Terms 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Purposes of a Soils Investigation 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Phases of a Soils Investigation 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Soils Exploration Program 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.1 Soils exploration methods 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.1.1 Geophysical methods 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.1.2 Destructive methods 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.2 Soil identification in the field 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.3 Number and depths of boreholes 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.4 Soil sampling 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.5 Groundwater conditions 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.6 Types of in situ or field tests 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.6.1 Vane shear test (VST): ASTM D 2573 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.6.2 Standard penetration test (SPT): ASTM D 1586 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.6.3 Cone penetrometer test (CPT): ASTM D 5778 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.6.4 Pressuremeter: ASTM D 4719-87 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.6.5 Flat plate dilatometer (DMT) 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.7 Soils laboratory tests 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.8 Types of laboratory tests 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Soils Report 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Summary 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 One- and Two-Dimensional Flows of Water Through Soils 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Definitions of Key Terms 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 One-Dimensional Flow of Water Through Saturated Soils 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Flow of Water Through Unsaturated Soils 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Empirical Relationship for \u003ci\u003ek\u003csub\u003ez\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Flow Parallel to Soil Layers 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Flow Normal to Soil Layers 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Equivalent Hydraulic Conductivity 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9 Laboratory Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9.1 Constant-head test 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9.2 Falling-head test 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.10 Two-Dimensional Flow of Water Through Soils 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.11 Flownet Sketching 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.11.1 Criteria for sketching flownets 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.11.2 Flownet for isotropic soils 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12 Interpretation of Flownet 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12.1 Flow rate 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12.2 Hydraulic gradient 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12.3 Critical hydraulic gradient 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12.4 Porewater pressure distribution 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12.5 Uplift forces 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.13 Summary 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.13.1 Practical examples 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Soil Compaction 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Definition of Key Terms 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Benefits of Soil Compaction 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Theoretical Maximum Dry Unit Weight 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Proctor Compaction Test: ASTM D 698 and ASTM D 1557 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Interpretation of Proctor Test Results 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Field Compaction 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Compaction Quality Control 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8.1 Sand cone: ASTM D 1556 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8.2 Balloon test: ASTM D 2167 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8.3 Nuclear density meter: ASTM D 2922 and ASTM D 5195 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8.4 Comparisons among the three popular compaction quality control tests 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9 Summary 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9.1 Practical example 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Stresses from Surface Loads and the Principle of Effective Stress 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Definition of Key Terms 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Vertical Stress Increase in Soils from Surface Loads 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Regular shaped surface loads on a semi-infinite half-space 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2 How to use the charts 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3 Infinite loads 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.4 Vertical stress below arbitrarily shaped areas 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Total and Effective Stresses 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.1 The principle of effective stress 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2 Total and effective stresses due to geostatic stress fields 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.3 Effects of capillarity 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.4 Effects of seepage 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Lateral Earth Pressure at Rest 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Field Monitoring of Soil Stresses 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Summary 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7.1 Practical example 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Soil Settlement 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Definitions of Key Terms 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Basic Concept 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Settlement of Free-Draining Coarse-Grained Soils 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Settlement of Non–Free-Draining Soils 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 The One-Dimensional Consolidation Test 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.1 Drainage path 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.2 Instantaneous load 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.3 Consolidation under a constant load: primary consolidation 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.4 Effective stress changes 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.5 Effects of loading history 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.6 Effects of soil unit weight or soil density 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.7 Determination of void ratio at the end of a loading step 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.8 Determination of compression and recompression indexes 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.9 Determination of the modulus of volume change 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.10 Determination of the coefficient of consolidation 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.10.1 Root time method (square root time method) 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.10.2 Log time method 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.11 Determination of the past maximum vertical effective stress 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.11.1 Casagrande’s method 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.11.2 Brazilian method 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.11.3 Strain energy method 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.12 Determination of the secondary compression index 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Relationship between Laboratory and Field Consolidation 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8 Calculation of Primary Consolidation Settlement 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8.1 Effects of unloading\/reloading of a soil sample taken from the field 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8.2 Primary consolidation settlement of normally consolidated fine-grained soils 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8.3 Primary consolidation settlement of overconsolidated fine-grained soils 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8.4 Procedure to calculate primary consolidation settlement 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.9 Secondary Compression 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.10 Settlement of Thick Soil Layers 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.11 One-Dimensional Consolidation Theory 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.12 Typical Values of Consolidation Settlement Parameters and Empirical Relationships 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.13 Monitoring Soil Settlement 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.14 Summary 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.14.1 Practical example 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Soil Strength 239\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Definitions of Key Terms 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Basic Concept 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Typical Response of Soils to Shearing Forces 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.1 Effects of increasing the normal effective stress 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.2 Effects of overconsolidation ratio, relative density, and unit weight ratio 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.3 Effects of drainage of excess porewater pressure 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.4 Effects of cohesion 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.5 Effects of soil tension and saturation 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.6 Effects of cementation 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Three Models for Interpreting the Shear Strength of Soils 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5.1 Coulomb’s failure criterion 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5.2 Mohr–Coulomb failure criterion 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5.2.1 Saturated, uncemented soils at critical state (Figure 8.9) 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5.2.2 Saturated, uncemented soils at peak state 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5.2.3 Unsaturated, cemented, cohesive soils (Figure 8.10) 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5.3 Tresca’s failure criterion 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Factors Affecting the Shear Strength Parameters 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Laboratory Tests to Determine Shear Strength Parameters 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.1 A simple test to determine the critical state friction angle of clean coarse-grained soils 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.2 Shear box or direct shear test ASTM D 3080 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.3 Conventional triaxial apparatus 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.4 Direct simple shear 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Specifying Laboratory Strength Tests 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9 Estimating Soil Parameters from in Situ (Field) Tests 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9.1 Vane shear test (VST): ASTM D 2573 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9.2 Standard penetration test (SPT)): ASTM D 1586 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9.3 Cone penetrometer test (CPT): ASTM D 5778 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.10 Some Empirical and Theoretical Relationships for Shear Strength Parameters 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.11 Summary 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.11.1 Practical examples 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Derivation of the One-Dimensional Consolidation Theory 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Mohr’s Circle for Finding Stress States 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Frequently Used Tables of Soil Parameters and Correlations 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix D: Collection of Equations 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 329\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Civil engineering, surveying \u0026amp; building [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Civil engineering, surveying \u0026amp; building\" 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