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