INTRODUCTION TO SOIL BEHAVIOR

STUDIES OF SOILS WHICH ARE PERTINENT TO ENGINEERING USAGE ARE BEING CARRIED OUT IN VARIOUS DISCIPLINES. THE METHODS OF STUDY HAVE SIMILARITIES, AND THERE IS INTERDISCIPLINARY INTEREST IN THIS WORK, WITH THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ONE FIELD BEING USED IN ANOTHER. THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOIL MECHANICS TO OTHER DISCIPLINES IS FOUND ESPECIALLY IN THE RECENT WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN THE BEHAVIOR OF CLAY SOILS. IT IS IN ITS TREATMENT OF CLAYS THAT THIS BOOK DIFFERS MOST FROM OTHERS IN ITS FIELD. THE BEHAVIOR OF CLAYS IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF GRANULAR SOILS. RECENT ADVANCES IN QUANTITATIVE COLLOID CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY ARE NOW BEING APPLIED TO THE STUDY OF CLAYS AND A BODY OF INFORMATION IS BEING BUILT UP. THIS MATERIAL IS PRESENTED IN AN EASILY AVAILABLE FORM. THE BOOK HAS BEEN WRITTEN PRIMARILY AS AN INTRODUCTORY TEXT ON SOIL BEHAVIOR FOR STUDENTS TAKING SOIL MECHANICS COURSES, FOR RESEARCH WORKERS IN SOILS, AND FOR PRACTICING ENGINEERS WHO REQUIRE A MORE DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF SOIL PROPERTIES. SOME ASPECTS OF SOIL PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION WHICH WOULD BE COVERED IN AN ELEMENTARY COURSE IN SOIL MECHANICS OR SOIL ENGINEERING HAVE BEEN INCLUDED TO PROVIDE FOR COMPLETENESS IN THE TREATMENT OF SOIL BEHAVIOR, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE FOR CONTINUITY. WHILE APPLICATIONS ARE NOT OMITTED, THE EXPLANATION OF SOIL BEHAVIOR IS EMPHASIZED RATHER THAN STUDY OF SOIL AS A MATERIAL FOR A PARTICULAR APPLICATION.

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  Introduction to Soil Behavior

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• Authors:
  • YONG, R N
  • Warkentin, B P
• Publication Date: 1966

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemistry; Clay; Colloids; Engineering soils; Geotechnical engineering; Granular soils; Mineralogy; Properties of materials; Research; Soil mechanics; Soils; Studies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Study methods
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00234093
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Geoscience Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: 451 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1994 12:00AM