Fundamentals of Soil Behavior

Informationen zum Autor James K. Mitchell , ScD, is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Civil Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Cahill Professor of Civil Engineering, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley. He serves as a consultant on geotechnical problems and projects to many governmental and private organizations. He is an Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and was elected to both the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and Academy of Sciences. Kenichi Soga , PhD, is Reader in Geomechanics. He has been on the faculty at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, since 1994. He is an editorial board member of Géotechnique, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering , and Soils and Foundations . He also serves as a member of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Peer Review College and a core member of the Technical Committee on Geotechnics of Particulate Media of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Klappentext The improved, new edition of the classic book on the physical properties of soilFundamentals of Soil Behavior, Third Edition is the thoroughly updated, expanded, and revised edition of this highly distinguished publication in geotechnical engineering. Filled with useful tables and graphs illustrating correlations among composition, classification, state, and static and dynamic properties, this Third Edition continues the tradition of providing the latest information on the physical properties of soil and the fundamentals of its behavior over time.Students and busy professionals will connect with this new edition's timesaving, streamlined format and its greater emphasis on practical exercise problems involving advanced concepts of soil behavior. Other must-read features of this Third Edition include:* New, expanded material on micro-mechanical behavior at the particulate level and its influences on engineering properties at the macro-scale* A new chapter on time effects on soil deformation at different stress and strain levels* New coverage of such important topics as environmental geotechnics, biological influences on soil behavior, soil fracturing, the effects of time, and geochemical problems* Sets of questions and problems at the end of each chapter, a feature not available in prior editionsFundamentals of Soil Behavior, Third Edition is an essential text for graduate students and researchers as well as a peerless reference for geotechnical, environmental, and civil engineers and geologists. Zusammenfassung This is the thoroughly updated, expanded, and revised new edition of one of the most distinguished publications in geotechnical engineering. Overall there is greater emphasis on practical problems involving advanced soil behavior. The entire book has been updated and streamlined to help busy professionals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xi CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Soil Behavior in Civil and Environmental Engineering 1 1.2 Scope and Organization 3 1.3 Getting Started 3 CHAPTER 2 SOIL FORMATION 5 2.1 Introduction 5 2.2 The Earth's Crust 5 2.3 Geologic Cycle and Geological Time 6 2.4 Rock and Mineral Stability 7 2.5 Weathering 8 2.6 Origin of Clay Minerals and Clay Genesis 15 2.7 Soil Profiles and Their Development 16 2.8 Sediment Erosion, Transport, and Deposition 18 2.9 Postdepositional Changes in Sediments 25 2.10 Concluding Comments 32 CHAPTER 3 SOIL MINERALOGY 35 3.1 Importance of Soil Mineralogy in Geotechnical Engineering 35 3.2 Atomic Structure 38 3.3 Interatomic Bonding 38 3.4 Secondary Bonds 39 3.5 Crystals and Their Properties 40 3.6 Crystal Notation 42 3.7 Factors Controlling Crystal Struct...

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Preface.
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.

1.1 Soil Behavior in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

1.2 Scope and Organization.

1.3 Getting Started.

CHAPTER 2: SOIL FORMATION.

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 The Earth's Crust.

2.3 Geologic Cycle and Geological Time.

2.4 Rock and Mineral Stability.

2.5 Weathering.

2.6 Origin of Clay Minerals and Clay Genesis.

2.7 Soil Profiles and Their Development.

2.8 Sediment Erosion, Transport, and Deposition.

2.9 Postdepositional Changes in Sediments.

2.10 Concluding Comments.

Questions and Problems.

CHAPTER 3: SOIL MINERALOGY.

3.1 Importance of Soil Mineralogy in Geotechnical Engineering.

3.2 Atomic Structure.

3.3 Interatomic Bonding.

3.4 Secondary Bonds.

3.5 Crystals and Their Properties.

3.6 Crystal Notation.

3.7 Factors Controlling Crystal Structures.

3.8 Silicate Crystals.

3.9 Surfaces.

3.10 Gravel, Sand, and Silt Particles.

3.11 Soil Minerals and Materials Formed by Biogenic and Geochemical Processes.

3.12 Summary of Nonclay Mineral Characteristics.

3.13 Structural Units of the Layer Silicates.

3.14 Synthesis Pattern and Classification of the Clay Minerals.

3.15 Intersheet and Interlayer Bonding in the Clay Minerals.

3.16 The 1:1 Minerals.

3.17 Smectite Minerals.

3.18 Micalike Clay Minerals.

3.19 Other Clay Minerals.

3.20 Summary of Clay Mineral Characteristics.

3.21 Determination of Soil Composition.

3.22 X-ray Diffraction Analysis.

3.23 Other Methods for Compositional Analysis.

3.24 Quantitative Estimation of Soil Components.

3.25 Concluding Comments.

Questions and Problems.

CHAPTER 4: SOIL COMPOSITION AND ENGINEERING PROPERTIES.

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Approaches to the Study of Composition and Property Interrelationships.

4.3 Engineering Properties of Granular Soils.

4.4 Dominating Influence of the Clay Phase.

4.5 Atterberg Limits.

4.6 Activity.

4.7 Influences of Exchangeable Cations and pH.

4.8 Engineering Properties of Clay Minerals.

4.9 Effects of Organic Matter.

4.10 Concluding Comments.

Questions and Problems.

CHAPTER 5: SOIL FABRIC AND ITS MEASUREMENT.

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Definitions of Fabrics and Fabric Elements.

5.3 Single-Grain Fabrics.

5.4 Contact Force Characterization Using Photoelasticity.

5.5 Multigrain Fabrics.

5.6 Voids and Their Distribution.

5.7 Sample Acquisition and Preparation for Fabric Analysis.

5.8 Methods for Fabric Study.

5.9 Pore Size Distribution Analysis.

5.10 Indirect Methods for Fabric Characterization.

5.11 Concluding Comments.

Questions and Problems.

CHAPTER 6: SOIL-WATER-CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS.

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Nature of Ice and Water.

6.3 Influence of Dissolved Ions on Water.

6.4 Mechanisms of Soil-Water Interaction.

6.5 Structure and Properties of Adsorbed Water.

6.6 Clay-Water-Electrolyte System.

6.7 Ion Distributions in Clay-Water Systems.

6.8 Elements of Double-Layer Theory.

6.9 Influences of System Variables on the Double Layer.

6.10 Limitations of the Gouy-Chapman Diffuse Double Layer Model.

6.11 Energy and Force of Repulsion.

6.12 Long-Range Attraction.

6.13 Net Energy of Interaction.

6.14 Cation Exchange-General Considerations.

6.15 Theories for Ion Exchange.

6.16 Soil-Inorganic Chemical Interactions.

6.17 Clay-Organic Chemical Interactions.

6.18 Concluding Comments.

Questions and Problems.

CHAPTER 7: EFFECTIVE, INTERGRANULAR, AND TOTAL STRESS.

7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Principle of Effective Stress.

7.3 Force Distributions in a Particulate System.

7.4 Interparticle Forces.

7.5 Intergranular Pressure.

7.6 Water Pressures and Potentials.

7.7 Water Pressure Equilibrium in Soil.

7.8 Measurement of Pore Pressures in Soils.

7.9 Effective and Intergranular Pressure.

7.10 Assessment of Terzaghi's Equation.

7.11 Water-Air Interactions in Soils.

7.12 Effective Stress

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: James Mitchell, James K Mitchell, James K. Mitchell, James K. (University of California Mitchell, James K. Soga Mitchell, Jk Mitchell, MITCHELL JAMES K SOGA KENICHI, Mitchell James K., Kenichi Soga, Soga Kenichi
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 15.07.2005
• EAN: 9780471463023
• ISBN: 978-0-471-46302-3
• Pages: 592
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique > Technique de la construction et de l'environnement; Grundbau, Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen, Civil Engineering & Construction, Erd- u. Grundbau, Soil (Civil Engineering)