SOIL MECHANICS - NEW HORIZONS. CHAPTER 4: BEHAVIOUR OF UNSATURATED SOILS

Chapter 4 is presented under the following sub-headings: introduction; retention of water by soils; flow of water through soils; prediction of pore pressures; immediate deformation under load; time-dependent deformations. The covering abstract for the book is IRRD no. 211916. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Butterworth and Company Publishers Limited

  88 Kingsway
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Richards, B G
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 112-157
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Butterworths & Company, Limited
  • Publisher: Butterworth and Company Publishers Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deformation; Flow; Groundwater; Loads; Moisture content; Percent saturation; Pore pressure; Soil mechanics; Soils; Streamflow; Textbooks; Time; Time dependence; Unsaturated soils; Water
• Uncontrolled Terms: Water retention
• ITRD Terms: 5595: Deformation; 5907: Degree of saturation (mater); 5430: Flow (fluid); 4383: Ground water; 5567: Load; 5920: Moisture content; 4156: Soil; 5755: Soil mechanics; 8526: Textbook; 5414: Time
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00098097
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Textbook
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1975 12:00AM