FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL BEHAVIOR

The book is intended to develop an understanding of the factors determining and controlling the engineering properties of soil, the factors controlling their magnitude, and the influences of environment and time. The two-part book contains the following chapters: Part 1 - the nature of soils; bonding, crystal structure and surface characteristics; soil mineralogy; soil formation and soil deposits; determination of soil composition; soil water; clay-water-electrolyte system; soil fabric and its measurement; Part 2 - soil behavior; soil composition and engineering properties; effective, intergranular and total stress; soil structure and its stability; fabric, structure and property relationships, volume change behavior; strength and deformation behavior; and, conduction phenomena. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Wiley (John) & Sons, Limited

  Baffins Lane
  Chichester, Sussex  England 
• Authors:
  • Mitchell, J K
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 422 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Wiley (John) and Sons, Limited
  • Publisher: Wiley (John) & Sons, Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Classification; Cohesion; Deposits (Geology); General surface features of the earth; Geomorphology; Handbooks; Mathematical analysis; Pore water pressures; Porosity; Properties of materials; Rock crystals; Shrinkage; Soil structure; Soil types; Soils; Strength of materials; Swelling; Textbooks; X rays
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil classification; Soil properties
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 8518: Bibliography; 8513: Classification; 5903: Cohesion; 4023: Crystal; 4041: Deposit (natural); 5762: Pore water pressure; 5938: Porosity; 4743: Shrinkage; 4156: Soil; 5544: Strength (mater); 4076: Structure (geomorphol); 5203: Swelling (soil); 8526: Textbook; 6728: X ray
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145350
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM