ABSTRACT
This revised and updated edition of Advanced Soil Mechanics presents a step-by-step guide to all aspects of the subject to students, and addresses a wide range of topics in a logical and extensively illustrated approach, including: grain-size distribution; the nature of water in clay; consistency of cohesive soils; weight-volume relationships; soil
1. Soil Aggregate, Plasticity, and Classification 2. Stresses and Strains � Elastic Equilibrium 3. Stresses and Displacements in a Soil Mass 4. Pore Water Pressure Due to Undrained Loading 5. Permeability and Seepage 6. Consolidation 7. Shear Strength of Soils 8. Settlement of Shallow Foundations