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How Does Soil Behave and Why Does It Behave That Way? Soil Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition effectively explores the nature of soil, explains the principles of soil mechanics, and examines soil as an engineering material. This latest edition includes all the fundamental concepts of soil mechanics, as well as an introduction to foundation engineering, including coverage of site exploration, shallow and deep foundation design, and slope stability. It presents the material in a systematic, step-by-step manner, and contains numerous problems, examples, and solutions. This text: --Provides an introductory chapter on soil mechanics, --Explores the origin and description of soils and discusses soil shapes and gradations, --Presents the unique characteristics of clays, --Details soil classifications by the Unified Soil Classification System (also ASTM) and by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), --Highlights laboratory and field compaction techniques, including field specification and density testing,, and the CBR (California Bearing Ratio) method, --Discusses the flow of water through soils, defining hydraulic heads, as we

Author

ISAO ISHIBASHI, Ishibashi, Isao, Hazarika, Hemanta, Isao Ishibashi, Hemanta Hazarika

Publisher

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780429162138

Subjects

Engineering, Stem