ABSTRACT
This chapter, and the following one, cover the basic methods for the analysis of stress and strain using the Mohr circle constructions and the general features of material behaviour. These techniques are essential for understanding soil behaviour and for analysing soil structures and will be used extensively throughout the book. The topics should be covered in other courses on strength of materials, but here they are put into the context of soil mechanics. Readers are advised to skim through these two chapters and come back to them to work through the details as necessary.
