TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wood, David Muir
TI  - Soil mechanics : a one-dimensional introduction
SN  - 0521741327
U1  - 624.15136 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London,Cambridge,New Delhi etc
PB  - Cambridge Uni. Press
N1  - CONTETNS Preface Introduction 1.1  Introduction  1 1 .2  Soil mechanics  2 1.3  Range of problems/applications  2 1.4  Scope of this book  10 1.5  Mind maps  11 2  Stress in soils  12 2.1  Introduction  12 2.2  Equilibrium  12 2.3  Gravity  13 2.4  Stress  16 2.5  Exercises: Stress  18 2.6  Vertical stress profile  18 2.6.1  Worked examples  21 2.7  Water in the ground: Introduction to hydrostatics  23 2.7.1  Worked example: Archimedes uplift on spherical object 26 2.8  Total and effective stresses  28 2.8.1  Worked examples  32 2.9  Summary  37 2.10 Exercises: Profiles of total stress, effective stress, pore pressure 37 3  Density  40 3.1  Introduction  40 3.2  Units  40 3.3  Descriptions of packing and density  41 3.3.1  Volumetric ratios  43 3.3.2  Water content  44 3.3.3  Densities  44 3.3.4  Unit weights 46 3.3.5  Typical values 46 3.4  Measurement of packing 47 3.4.1  Compaction 50 3.5  Soil particles 52 3.6  Laboratory exercise: particle size distribution and other classification tests 56 3.6.1  Sieving 56 3.6.2  Sedimentation 57 3.6.3  Particle shape 61 3.6.4  Sand: relative density 61 3.7  Summary 62 3.8  Exercises: Density 64 3.8.1  Multiple choice questions 64 3.8.2  Calculation exercises 65 4  Stiffness  67 4.1  Introduction 67 4.2  Linear elasticity 67 4.3  Natural and true strain 70 4.4  One-dimensional testing of soils 70 4.4.1  Hooke's Law: confined one-dimensional stiffness A  72 4.5  One-dimensional (confined) stiffness of soils 74 4.6  Calculation of strains 78 4.6.1  Worked examples: Calculation of settlement  79 4.7  Overconsolidation 82 4.7.1  Worked examples: Overconsolidation 84 4.8  Summary 87 4.9  Exercises: Stiffness 87 5  Seepage  90 5.1  Introduction 90 5.2  Total head: Bernoulli's equation 90 5.3  Poiseuille's equation 96 5.4  Permeability 99 5.4.1  Darcy or Forchheimer? 102 5.5  Measurement of permeability 104 5.6  Permeability of layered soil 106 5.7  Seepage forces 108 5.8  Radial flow to vertical drain 111 5.9  Radial flow to point drain 112 5.10 Worked examples: Seepage 113 5.10.1 Example: flow through soil column 113 5.10.2 Example: effect of changing reference datum 116 5.10.3 Example: pumping from aquifer 117 5.10.4 Example: ilow into excavation 119 5.11 Summary 121 5.12 Exercises: Seepage 123 6 Change in stress  127 6.1  Introduction 127 6.2  Stress change and soil permeability 127 6.3  Worked examples 130 6.3.1  Example 1 130 6.3.2  Example 2 131 6.3.3  Example 3 133 6.4  Summary 134 6.5  Exercises; Change in stress  136 7  Consolidation  138 7.1  Introduction 138 7.2  Describing the problem 140 7.3  Parabolic isochrones 142 7.4  Worked examples 149 7.4.1  Example 1: Determination of coefficient of consolidation 149 7.4.2  Example 2 152 7.4.3  Example 3 154 7.4.4  Example 4 155 7.5  Consolidation: exact analysis A 155 7.5.1  Semi-infinite layer 159 7.5.2  Finite layer 161 7.6  Summary 165 7.7  Exercises: Consolidation 167 8 Strength  169 8.1  Introduction 169 8.2  Failure mechanisms 169 8.3  Shear box and strength of soils 171 8.4  Strength model 173 8.5  Dilatancy 174 8.6  Drained and undrained strength 177 8.7  Clay: overconsolidation and undrained strength 179 8.8  Pile load capacity 181 8.9  Infinite slope 185 8.9.1  Laboratory exercise: Angle of repose 191 8.10 Undrained strength of clay: fall-cone test 193 8.11 Simple modt-1 of shearing A 195 8.11.1 Stiffness 196 8.1 L.2 Strength 197 8.11.3 Mobilisation of strength 197 8.11.4Dilatancy 198 8.11.5 Complete stress:strain relationship 199 8.11.6 Drained and undrained response 200 8.11.7 Model: summary 203 8.12 Summary 203 8.13 Exercises: Strength 205 9  Soil-structure interaction  208 9.1  Introduction 208 9.2  Pile under axial loading A 211 9.2.1  Examples 215 9.3  Bending of an elastic beam 4 216 9.4  Elastic beam on elastic foundation  220 9.5  Pile under lateral loading A 224 9.6  Soil-structure interaction: next steps 226 9.7  Summary 227 9.8  Exercises: Soil-structure interaction 227 10  Envoi  230 10.1 Summary 230 10.2 Beyond the single dimension 231 Exercises: numerical answers  232 Index 237
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