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| List of Tables | |
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| List of Figures | |
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| Preface | |
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| Soil Aggregate, Plasticity, and Classification | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Soil-separate size limits | |
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| Clay minerals | |
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| Nature of water in clay | |
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| Repulsive potential | |
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| Repulsive pressure | |
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| Flocculation and dispersion of clay particles | |
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| Consistency of cohesive soils | |
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| Liquidity index | |
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| Activity | |
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| Grain-size distribution of soil | |
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| Weight-volume relationships | |
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| Relative density and relative compaction | |
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| Effect of roundness and nonplastic fines on e[subscript max] and e[subscript min] for granular soils | |
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| Unified soil classification system | |
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| Stresses and Strains-Elastic Equilibrium | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Basic definition and sign conventions for stresses | |
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| Equations of static equilibrium | |
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| Concept of strain | |
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| Hooke's law | |
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| Plane strain problems | |
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| Equations of compatibility for three-dimensional problems | |
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| Stresses on an inclined plane and principal stresses for plane strain problems | |
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| Strains on an inclined plane and principal strain for plane strain problems | |
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| Stress components on an inclined plane, principal stress, and octahedral stresses-three-dimensional case | |
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| Strain components on an inclined plane, principal strain, and octahedral strain-three-dimensional case | |
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| Stresses and Displacements in a Soil Mass | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Two-Dimensional Problems | |
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| Vertical line load on the surface | |
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| Vertical line load on the surface of a finite layer | |
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| Vertical line load inside a semi-infinite mass | |
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| Horizontal line load on the surface | |
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| Horizontal line load inside a semi-infinite mass | |
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| Uniform vertical loading on an infinite strip on the surface | |
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| Uniform strip load inside a semi-infinite mass | |
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| Uniform horizontal loading on an infinite strip on the surface | |
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| Triangular normal loading on an infinite strip on the surface | |
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| Vertical stress in a semi-infinite mass due to embankment loading | |
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| Three-Dimensional Problems | |
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| Stresses due to a vertical point load on the surface | |
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| Deflection due to a concentrated point load at the surface | |
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| Horizontal point load on the surface | |
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| Stresses below a circularly loaded flexible area (uniform vertical load) | |
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| Vertical displacement due to uniformly loaded circular area at the surface | |
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| Vertical stress below a rectangular loaded area on the surface | |
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| Deflection due to a uniformly loaded flexible rectangular area | |
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| Stresses in a layered medium | |
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| Vertical stress at the interface of a three-layer flexible system | |
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| Distribution of contact stress over footings | |
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| Reliability of stress calculation using the theory of elasticity | |
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| Pore Water Pressure Due to Undrained Loading | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Pore water pressure developed due to isotropic stress application | |
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| Pore water pressure parameter B | |
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| Pore water pressure due to uniaxial loading | |
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| Directional variation of A[subscript f] | |
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| Pore water pressure under triaxial test conditions | |
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| Henkel's modification of pore water pressure equation | |
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| Pore water pressure due to one-dimensional strain loading (oedometer test) | |
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| Permeability and Seepage | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Permeability | |
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| Darcy's law | |
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| Validity of Darcy's law | |
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| Determination of coefficient of permeability in the laboratory | |
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| Variation of coefficient of permeability for granular soils | |
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| Variation of coefficient of permeability for cohesive soils | |
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| Directional variation of permeability in anisotropic medium | |
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| Effective coefficient of permeability for stratified soils | |
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| Determination of coefficient of permeability in the field | |
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| Factors affecting the coefficient of permeability | |
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| Electroosmosis | |
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| Seepage | |
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| Equation of continuity | |
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| Use of continuity equation for solution of simple flow problem | |
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| Flow nets | |
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| Hydraulic uplift force under a structure | |
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| Flow nets in anisotropic material | |
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| Construction of flow nets for hydraulic structures on nonhomogeneous subsoils | |
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| Numerical analysis of seepage | |
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| Seepage force per unit volume of soil mass | |
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| Safety of hydraulic structures against piping | |
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| Filter design | |
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| Calculation of seepage through an earth dam resting on an impervious base | |
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| Plotting of phreatic line for seepage through earth dams | |
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| Entrance, discharge, and transfer conditions of line of seepage through earth dams | |
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| Flow net construction for earth dams | |
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| Consolidation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Theory of one-dimensional consolidation | |
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| Degree of consolidation under time-dependent loading | |
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| Numerical solution for one-dimensional consolidation | |
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| Standard one-dimensional consolidation test and interpretation | |
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| Effect of sample disturbance on the e versus log [sigma]' curve | |
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| Secondary consolidation | |
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| General comments on consolidation tests | |
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| Calculation of one-dimensional consolidation settlement | |
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| Coefficient of consolidation | |
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| One-dimensional consolidation with viscoelastic models | |
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| Constant rate-of-strain consolidation tests | |
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| Constant-gradient consolidation test | |
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| Sand drains | |
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| Numerical solution for radial drainage (sand drain) | |
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| General comments on sand drain problems | |
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| Shear Strength of Soils | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria | |
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| Shearing strength of granular soils | |
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| Critical void ratio | |
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| Curvature of the failure envelope | |
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| General comments on the friction angle of granular soils | |
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| Shear strength of granular soils under plane strain condition | |
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| Shear strength of cohesive soils | |
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| Unconfined compression test | |
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| Modulus of elasticity and Poisson's ratio from triaxial tests | |
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| Friction angles [phi] and [phi subscript cu] | |
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| Effect of rate of strain on the undrained shear strength | |
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| Effect of temperature on the undrained shear strength | |
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| Stress path | |
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| Hvorslev's parameters | |
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| Relations between moisture content, effective stress, and strength for clay soils | |
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| Correlations for effective stress friction angle | |
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| Anisotropy in undrained shear strength | |
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| Sensitivity and thixotropic characteristics of clays | |
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| Vane shear test | |
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| Relation of undrained shear strength (S[subscript u]) and effective overburden pressure (p') | |
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| Creep in soils | |
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| Other theoretical considerations-yield surfaces in three dimensions | |
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| Experimental results to compare the yield functions | |
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| Settlement of Shallow Foundations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Elastic Settlement | |
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| Modulus of elasticity and Poisson's ratio | |
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| Settlement based on theory of elasticity | |
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| Generalized average elastic settlement equation | |
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| Improved equation for elastic settlement | |
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| Calculation of elastic settlement in granular soil using simplified strain influence factor | |
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| Consolidation Settlement | |
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| One-dimensional primary consolidation settlement calculation | |
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| Skempton-Bjerrum modification for calculation of consolidation settlement | |
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| Settlement of overconsolidated clays | |
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| Settlement calculation using stress path | |
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| Comparison of primary consolidation settlement calculation procedures | |
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| Secondary consolidation settlement | |
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| Precompression for improving foundation soils | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Index | |