ABSTRACT

This work reviews soil mechanics in the light of critical state soil mechanics. A number of exercises are provided, and a microcomputer program, "Cris", used for simulation of the behaviour of soil samples subjected to triaxial tests through the critical state models, accompanies the text.

chapter Chapter 1|19 pages

Introduction to soil engineering

chapter Chapter 2|17 pages

Stresses and deformation in soils

chapter Chapter 3|14 pages

Initial stresses in soils

chapter Chapter 4|22 pages

Stresses and elastic loading

chapter Chapter 5|27 pages

Soil hydraulics

chapter Chapters 6|31 pages

Compressibility and settlements

chapter Chapter 7|33 pages

Consolidation

chapter Chapter 8|12 pages

Laboratory test types

chapter Chapter 9|24 pages

Behaviour of sands

chapter Chapter 10|16 pages

Drained behaviour of clays

chapter Chapter 11|21 pages

Undrained behaviour of clays

chapter Chapter 12|20 pages

The ϕu = 0 method and UU tests

chapter Chapter 13|15 pages

Applications to geotechnical engineering

chapter Chapter 14|13 pages

Cam-clay