Basic And Applied Soil Mechanics – 5th Edition

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Basic And Applied Soil Mechanics By Gopal Ranjan, ASR Rao, CONTENTS :

• Introduction
• Solids-Water-Air Relationships and Index Properties of Soils
• Classification of Soils
• Soil Structure and Clay Minerals
• Soil Compaction
• Principle of Effective Stress, Capillarity and Permeability
• Seepage Through Soils
• Vertical Stresses below Applied Loads
• Compressibility of Soil and Consolidation
• Shear Strength of Soils
• Stability of Slopes
• Earth Pressures and Retaining Walls
• Arching in Soils and Braced Cuts
• Flexible Retaining Structures and Coffer Dams
• Shallow Foundations
• Pile Foundations
• Well Foundations
• Machine Foundations
• Soil Exploration
• Foundations on Expansive Soils