GEOTECHNICS AND GEOTECHNICAL RESEARCH

IT IS PROPOSED TO USE THE TERM GEOTECHNICS TO DESIGNATE THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, AND MINERALOGY TO THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF SOILS. THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY ARE PRESENTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOILS ENGINEERS. IONS, SPACE LATTICES, BASE EXCHANGE, AND ELECTROOSMOSIS ARE PRESENTED PRINCIPALLY FROM A STRUCTURAL, RATHER THAN A CHEMICAL POINT OF VIEW. THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLAY ARE DESCRIBED AND THEIR BEHAVIOR EXPLAINED IN TERMS OF THEIR PHYSICOCHEMISTRY. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/27/27-037.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 27, pp 384 - 417, 48 FIG, TABS, 80 REF. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Preece, E F
  • Barber, E S
• Publication Date: 1948

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 2-5, 1947
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 27
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Electroosmosis; Engineering soils; Geophysics; Geotechnical engineering; Ions; Lattices; Mineralogy; Physical chemistry; Soil chemistry; Soil mechanics; Soil science; Soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil physics
• Old TRIS Terms: Base exchange
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00237987
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 2 1971 12:00AM