Advanced Soil Mechanics, Fifth Edition

ISBN-13: 9780815379133 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 712 str.

Braja M. Das

Opis

The fifth edition of this established textbook offers a well-tailored resource for graduate students in geotechnical engineering, bridging the gap between undergraduate basics and leading-edge graduate level. Updated material on consolidation, shear strength of soils, and both elastic and consolidation settlements of shallow foundations.

Spis treści

1. Soil aggregate, plasticity, and classification 2. Stresses and strains: Elastic equilibrium 3. Stresses and displacements in a soil mass: Two-dimensional problems 4. Stresses and displacements in a soil mass: Three-dimensional problems 5. Pore water pressure due to undrained loading 6. Permeability 7. Seepage 8. Consolidation 9. Shear strength of soils 10. Elastic settlement of shallow foundations 11. Consolidation settlement of shallow foundations