HANDBOOK OF SOIL MECHANICS VOL.1: SOIL PHYSICS // ARPAD KEZDI

Chapter 1: Origin of soils. Soil properties. 1.1 Origin and formation of soils. 1.2 Physical properties of soils. Chapter 2: Constituent parts of soils. 2.1 The soils part. 2.2 Water and air in soil. 2.3 Phase composition of soils. 2.4 Consistency limits. Chapter 3: Soil structures. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Structure of gravels and sands. 3.3 Properties of fine soil particles. 3.4 Structure of cohesive soils. 3.5 Organic constituent parts in soils. 3.6 Harmful constituents in soils. Chapter 4: Classification of soils. 4.1 General considerations. 4.2 Main soil types: their identification and nomenclature. 4.3 Soil classification based on grain size. 4.4 Soil classification based on consistency limits. 4.5 Soil classification standards. Chapter 5: Stresses in soils. 5.1 Effective and neutral stresses. 5.2 Stresses in soil: steady flow of water. 5.3 Stresses in soils due to volume changes. Chapter 6: Flow of water in soil. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Flow of water through soil due to gravity. 6.3 Two-dimensional flow through anisotropic soils. 6.4 Capillary movements of water. 6.5 Drainage of saturated soils by gravity. 6.6 Movement of water in saturated soils due to loading(consolidation). 6.7 Movement of soil water due to electric current. 6.8 Flow of water by heat action. Chapter 7: Soil strength. 7.1 General discussion. 7.2 Calculation of stresses. 7.3 Failure criteria. 7.4 Physical causes of friction and cohesion. 7.5 Measurement of shearing strength. 7.6 Shear strength of cohesionless soils. 7.7 Shearing strength of cohesive soils. Chapter 8: Deformation of soils. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Deformation during confined compression. 8.3 Rheological properties of soils. 8.4 Compression due to repeated loadings. 8.5 Sudden compression. Chapter 9: Earth pressure problems. 9.l Introduction. 9.2 Earth pressure at rest. 9.3 Limit states of equilibrium in the half space. 9.4 Retaining wall problems. 9.5 Pressure of cohesive soils. 9.6 Passive earth pressure.

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