CONTENTS PART 1 : ELEMENTARY PROPERTIES 1 INTRODUCTION 2 PRELIMINARY DEFININTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS 3 DETERMINATION OF INDEX PROPERTIES 4 CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS 5 SOIL STRUCTURE AND CLAY MINERALOGY PART 2 : SOIL HYDRAULICS 6 SOIL WATER : EFFECTIVE AND NEUTRAL STRESSES 7 PERMEABILITY 8 WELL HYDRAULICS 9 SEEPAGE ANALYSIS 10 SEEPAGE BELOW HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES 11 DRAINAGE AND DEWATERING PART 3 : ELASTICITY APPLIED TO SOILS 12 ELEMENTS OF ELASTICITY 13 STRESS DISTRIBUTION : I 14 STREE DISTRIBUTION : II PART 3 : COMPRESSIBILITY 15 ONE DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION 16 THREE DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION 17 COMPACTION PART 5 : STRENGTH AND STABILITY 18 SHEAR STRENGTH 19 FAILURE ENVELOPES 20 EARTH PRESSURE 21 BULKHEADS AND COFFERDAMS 22 SHAFTS, TUNNELS AND CONDUITS 23 STABILITY OF SLOPES PART 6 : FOUNDATION ENGINEERING 24 BEARING CAPACITY 25 SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS 26 PILE FOUNDATIONS 27 WELL FOUNDATIONS 28 MACHINE FOUNDATIONS PART 7 : PAVEMENT DESIGN 29 DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT 30 DESIGN OF RIGD PAVEMENT 31 STABILISATION OF SOILS PART 8 : MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS 32 SITE INVESTIGATION AND SUB-SOIL EXPLORATION 33 ADVANCED MEASURING INSTRUMENTS 34 REINFORCED EARTH AND GEOTEXTILES REFERENCE905 INDEX 911