Description
Wiley India Introduction To Soil Mechanics by B‚la Bod¢, Colin Jones
Introduction to Soil Mechanics covers the basic principles of soil mechanics and illustrates why soil properties are important and how that knowledge is applied in practical situations. With clear, detailed explanations, full coverage of Eurocode 7, well-illustrated with both practical and worked examples, plus many end-of-chapter problems, this book will be an ideal starting point for the study of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. This book complements Smith's Elements of Soil Mechanics (which is a 2nd/3rd yr honours degree text) by covering more of the soil properties and less on geotechnical design, and as such it will be more suited to foundation degree and first year undergraduate level.
About the Author
Béla Bodó was born in Hungary and studied at Budapest Technical University, the University of London and the Open University. He developed his expertise in Soil Mechanics during his employment with British Rail and British Coal.
Colin Jones was a colleague of Béla at British Coal and studied at the University of Dundee. He has recently retired from the University of Wales, Newport where he was Programme Director for Civil Engineering provision, specializing in the area of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Dedication and Acknowledgments
List of Symbols
1 Soil Structure
1.1 Volume relationships
1.2 Weight volume relationships
1.3 Alteration of soil structure by compaction
1.4 California bearing ratio (CBR) test
1.5 The pycnometer
2 Classification of Cohesive Soils
2.1 Atterberg Limits
2.2 Consistency indices
2.3 Classification of soils by particle size
3 Permeability and Seepage
3.1 Coefficient of permeability (k)
3.2 Seepage velocity
3.3 Determination of the value of k
3.4 Field pumping tests
3.5 Permeability of stratified soil
3.6 Flow nets
3.7 Erosion due to seepage
3.8 Prevention of piping
3.9 Flow net for earth dams
4 Pressure at Depth Due to Surface Loading
4.1 Concentrated point load
4.2 Concentrated line load
4.3 Uniform strip loading (Michell's solution)
4.4 Bulb of pressure diagrams
4.5 Vertical pressure under triangular strip load
4.6 Vertical pressure under circular area
4.7 Rectangular footing
4.8 Footings of irregular shape
4.9 Pressure distribution under footings
4.10 Linear dispersion of pressure
5 Effective Pressure
5.1 Unloaded state
5.2 Loaded state
5.3 Flooded state
5.4 Types of problem
5.5 Effect of seepage on shallow footings
5.6 Ground water lowering (at atmospheric pressure)
5.7 Reduction of artesian pressure
5.8 Capillary movement of water
6 Shear Strength of Soils
6.1 Coulomb-Mohr Theory
6.2 Stress path
6.3 Effect of saturation
6.4 Measurement of shear strength
6.5 Thixotropy of clay
6.6 Undrained cohesion and overburden pressure
7 Consolidation and Settlement
7.1 Consolidation
7.2 The pressure-voids ratio curve
7.3 Forms of the s'-e curve
7.4 Coefficient of compressibility
7.5 Coefficient of volume change
7.6 Estimation of settlement
7.7 Rate of consolidation
7.8 Pore pressure isochrones
7.9 Coefficient of permeability
7.10 Time from similarity
7.11 Total settlement
8 Lateral Earth Pressure
8.1 Resistance to active expansion
8.2 The value of K0
8.3 Stress path representation
8.4 Rankine's theory of cohesionless soil
8.5 Rankine-Bell theory for c-f soil
8.6 Rankine-Bell theory for c-soil
8.7 Pressure-force and its line of action
8.8 Wall supporting sloping surface
8.9 General formulae for c-f soil
8.10 Formulae for pure clay (f =0)
8.11 Height of unsupported clay
8.12 Wedge theories
8.13 Stability of retaining walls
8.14 Sheet piles
8.15 Anchored sheet pile walls
8.16 Effect of ground water
8.17 Stability of deep trenches
8.18 Bentonite slurry support
9 Bearing Capacity of Soils
9.1 Terminology
9.2 Shallow strip footing
9.3 Influence of footing shape
9.4 Shallow rectangular footing
9.5 Deep foundations
9.7 Pile Foundations
9.6 Standard penetration test (SPT)
9.8 Some reasons for choosing piles
9.9 Some reasons for not choosing piles
9.10 Effects necessitating caution
9.11 Negative skin friction
9.12 Stress distribution around piles
9.13 Load-carrying capacity of piles
9.14 End bearing resistance and SPT
9.15 Influence of pile section on Qu
9.16 Group of piles
10 Stability of Slopes
10.1 Short-term and long-term stability
10.2 Total stress analysis (cohesive soils)
10.3 Effective stress analysis (cohesive soils)
10.4 Stability of infinite slopes
11 Eurocode
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Recommended units
11.3 Limit states
11.4 Design procedures
11.5 Verification procedures
11.6 Application of partial factors
Appendices
Appendix A Mass and Weight
Appendix B Units, Conversion Factors and Unity Brackets
Appendix C Simpson's Rule
Appendix D Resultant Force and Its Eccentricity
Appendix E References
Index