Kaliakin V. Soil Mechanics. Calculations, Principles, and Methods

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2017. — 462 p. — eBook ISBN: 978012801484, Paperback ISBN: 9780128044919Soil Mechanics: Calculations, Principles, and Methods provides expert insights into the nature of soil mechanics through the use of calculation and problem-solving techniques. This informed reference begins with basic principles and calculations, illustrating physical meanings of the unit weight of soil, specific gravity, water content, void ratio, porosity, saturation, and their typical values.
This is followed by calculations that illustrate the need for soil identification, classification, and ways to obtain soil particle size distribution, including sizes smaller than 0.075mm, performance, and the use of liquid and plastic limit tests. The book goes on to provide expert coverage regarding the use of soil identification and classification systems (both Unified Soil Classification System and AASHTO), and also includes applications concerning soil compaction and field applications, hydraulic conductivity and seepage, soil compressibility and field application, and shear strength and field application.Example Problems Involving Phase Relations for Soils
General Comments
General Definitions
Mass Densities
Unit Weights
Definition of Fundamental Quantities
Relations Derived From Fundamental Quantities
Example Problems Related to Soil Identification and Classification
General Comments
Particle Sizes
Distribution of Grain Sizes
Plasticity of Soil
Atterberg Limits
Soil Classification
Example Problems Related to Compaction of Soils
General Comments
Fundamental Definitions
Stresses, Strains, and Elastic Response of Soils
Introductory Comments
General Definitions
Concept of Stress
Deformation and Strain
Constitutive Relations
Stresses in Soil Due to Surface Loads
Superposition Principle
Example Problems Involving In Situ Stresses Under Hydrostatic Conditions
General Comments
Surface Tension
Capillary Phenomena in Tubes
Capillary Phenomena in Soils
In Situ Stresses in Soils Under Hydrostatic Conditions
Relationship Between Horizontal and Vertical Stresses
Example Problems Involving One-Dimensional Fluid Flow in Soils
General Comments
Conservation of Mass
Bernoulli's Energy Equation
Head Loss
Hydraulic Gradient
Seepage Velocity
Darcy's Law
Experimental Determination of Permeability
Hydrostatic Conditions Compared to Upward and Downward Seepage
Seepage Forces
Critical Hydraulic Gradient for Upward Seepage
One-Dimensional Seepage Through Anisotropic Soil Strata
Example Problems Involving Two-Dimensional Fluid Flow in Soils
General Comments
Basic Assumptions
Governing Equation
Boundary Conditions
Solution of the Governing Equation
Flow Nets
Rate of Flow Through Flow Nets
Example Problems Related to Compressibility and Settlement of Soils
General Comments
Deformation
Compressibility of Soils
Settlement
Quantifying Soil Compressibility
Preconsolidation Pressure
Coefficient of Compressibility
Ultimate Primary Consolidation Settlement
Coefficient of Volume Compressibility, Modified Compression, and Swell Indices
Example Problems Related to Time Rate of Consolidation
General Comments
Fundamental Definitions
Terzaghi's One-Dimensional Consolidation Theory
Example Problems Related to Shear Strength of Soils
General Comments
Shear Strength of Soils
Factors Controlling Shear Strength of Soils
Volume Change Characteristics
Importance of Shear Strength of Geomaterials
Mohr's Failure Criterion
Mohr–Coulomb Failure Criterion