| Formation and physical properties of soil | |
| Geological aspects of soil formation | |
| Physical properties of soils | |
| Particle size analysis | |
| Design of soil filters | |
| Classification of cohesive soils | |
| Soil compaction | |
| Practical aspects of soil compaction. | |
| Problems | |
| References | |
| Stress distribution within a soil mass | |
| Effective stress principle | |
| Stresses due to self-weight | |
| Effective stresses related to unsaturated soils | |
| Stress due to surface loading | |
| Depth of influence and stress isobars | |
| Shortcomings of elastic solutions. | |
| Problems | |
| References | |
| Seepage flow | |
| Introduction | |
| Darcy's law, seepage forces, critical hydraulic gradient | |
| Permeability of soils | |
| Seepage theory | |
| conformal mapping | |
| The method of fragments. Problems. References | |
| Transient flow: elastic and consolidation settlements | |
| Introduction | |
| Stress-strain relationship in one-dimensional consolidation | |
| One-dimensional consolidation theory | |
| Practical aspects of vertical consolidation | |
| Three-dimensional consolidation theory | |
| Settlement analysis | |
| Problems | |
| References | |
| Shear strength of soils | |
| Introduction | |
| Mohr's circle representation of stresses | |
| Stress-strain relationships at failure | |
| Shear strength of granular soils: direct shear test | |
| Shear strength of saturated cohesive soils: the triaxial test | |
| Quality assurance related to triaxial testing | |
| The shear vane test | |
| Problems | |
| References | |
| Modelling of soil behaviour: limit and critical states | |
| Introduction | |
| Critical state theory: the modified Cam-clay model | |
| Hvorslev limit state and the complete state boundary surface | |
| Stress paths within and on the state boundary surface during a triaxial test | |
| Shear strength of clays related to the critical state concept | |
| Calculation of elasto-plastic strains | |
| Shortcomings of Cam-clay theory and alternative models | |
| Problems | |
| References | |
| The stability of slopes | |
| Slope instability | |
| Stability of infinite slopes | |
| Effect of cohesion on the stability of infinite slopes | |
| Undrained analysis of the stability of infinite slopes | |
| Stability of slopes with a circular failure surface | |
| Location of the critical failure slope | |
| non-circular failure surface | |
| Improving the stability of unsafe slopes | |
| Problems | |
| References | |
| Limit analysis applied to the bearing capacity of shallow foundations | |
| Introduction | |
| The upper and lower bounds theorems | |
| Kinematically admissible collapse mechanisms: undrained behaviour | |
| Statically admissible stress fields: undrained behaviour | |
| Kinematically admissible collapse mechanisms: drained behaviour | |
| Statically admissible stress fields: drained behaviour | |
| effects of soil weight and cohesion | |
| Effects of foundation shape and depth and load inclination | |
| Effects of load eccentricity | |
| Problems | |
| References | |
| Loading capacity of pile foundations | |
| Types of piles | |
| Pile testing | |
| Ultimate loading capacity of anxially loaded single piles using the static method | |
| Negative skin friction | |
| Ultimate carrying capacity of pile groups | |
| Settlement of single piles and pile groups | |
| Problems | |
| References | |
| Lateral earth pressure exerted on retaining structures | |
| Coefficient of earth pressure | |
| At rest stress conditions | |
| Active and passive stress conditions: Rankine theory | |
| Coulomb theory | |
| Boussinesq theory | |
| Lateral thrust due to different types of ground loading | |
| Effect of water pressure on lateral thrust | |
| Relevance of analytical solutions | |
| Boussinesq solution adapted to isotropic homogeneous backfill with uneven surface | |
| Coulomb solution adapted to multi-layered soils with uneven surface | |
| Critical appraisal of engineer | |
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