Contents

Preface ........................................................................................................................................ ix
Editor-in-Chief ........................................................................................................................... x
Contributors .............................................................................................................................. xi

1 Engineering Properties of Soil Nagaratnam Sivakugan

1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Phase Relations ...................................................................................................... 1-2
1.3 Soil Classification ................................................................................................... 1-4
1.4 Compaction ............................................................................................................ 1-9
1.5 Flow through Soils ............................................................................................... 1-12
1.6 Consolidation ....................................................................................................... 1-18
1.7 Shear Strength ...................................................................................................... 1-25
1.8 Site Investigation ................................................................................................. 1-31
1.9 Soil Variability ..................................................................................................... 1-41
1.10 Geotechnical Instrumentation ............................................................................ 1-42

2 Lateral Earth Pressure Braja M. Das

2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 At-Rest Earth Pressure .......................................................................................... 2-2
2.3 Rankine Active Pressure ........................................................................................ 2-4
2.4 Rankine Active Pressure with Inclined Backfill .................................................. 2-7
2.5 Coulomb’s Active Pressure ................................................................................. 2-11
2.6 Active Earth Pressure with Earthquake Forces ................................................. 2-12
2.7 Rankine Passive Pressure .................................................................................... 2-21
2.8 Rankine Passive Pressure with Inclined Backfill ............................................... 2-23
2.9 Coulomb’s Passive Pressure ................................................................................ 2-25
2.10 Passive Pressure with Curved Failure Surface (Granular Soil Backfill) .......... 2-26
2.11 Passive Pressure under Earthquake Conditions (Granular Backfill) ............... 2-34

3 Design of Shallow Foundations Nagaratnam Sivakugan and

Marcus Pacheco
3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 3-2
3.2 Stresses beneath Loaded Areas ............................................................................. 3-2
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