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Soil Mechanics

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ISBN-10: 0471511927

ISBN-13: 9780471511922

Edition: 1951

Authors: T. William Lambe, Robert V. Whitman

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List price: $228.95
Copyright year: 1951
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/15/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 8.70" wide x 11.34" long x 1.32" tall
Weight: 3.762
Language: English

Introduction
Soil Problems in Civil Engineering
A Preview of Soil Behavior
The Nature of Soil
Description of an Assemblage of Particles
Description of an Individual Soil Particle
Normal Stress between Soil Particles
Shear Resistance between Soil Particles
Soil Formation
Dry Soil
Stresses within a Soil Mass
Tests to Measure Stress-Strain Properties
General Aspects of Stress-Strain Behavior
Shear Strength of Cohesionless Soil
Stress-Strain Relationships
Earth Retaining Structures and Slopes
Shallow Foundations
Dynamic Loading of Soil
Soil with Water-No Flow or Steady Flow
Effective Stress Concept
One-Dimensional Fluid Flow
Two-Dimensional Fluid Flow
Soil Permeability and Filter Requirements
General Aspects of Drained Stress-Strain Behavior
Drained Shear Strength
Stress-Strain Relations for Drained Conditions
Earth Retaining Structures with Drained Conditions
Earth Slopes with Drained Conditions
Shallow Foundations with Drained Conditions
Soil with Water-Transient Flow
Pore Pressures Developed During Undrained Loading
Consolidation Theory
Drained and Undrained Stress-Strain Behavior
Undrained Shear Strength
Stress-Strain Relations for Undrained Conditions
Earth Retaining Structures and Earth Slopes with Undrained Conditions
Shallow Foundations with Undrained Conditions
Deep Foundations
The Improvement of Soil
Symbols
Conversion
References
Index