Fundamentals of Soil Behavior

by James K. Mitchell, Kenichi Soga

Overview

The improved, new edition of the classic book on the physical properties of soil

Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, Third Edition is the thoroughly updated, expanded, and revised edition of this highly distinguished publication in geotechnical engineering. Filled with useful tables and graphs illustrating correlations among composition, classification, state, and static and dynamic properties, this Third Edition continues the tradition of providing the latest information on the physical properties of soil and the fundamentals of its behavior over time.

Students and busy professionals will connect with this new edition's timesaving, streamlined format and its greater emphasis on practical exercise problems involving advanced concepts of soil behavior. Other must-read features of this Third Edition include:

• New, expanded material on micro-mechanical behavior at the particulate level and its influences on engineering properties at the macro-scale
• A new chapter on time effects on soil deformation at different stress and strain levels
• New coverage of such important topics as environmental geotechnics, biological influences on soil behavior, soil fracturing, the effects of time, and geochemical problems
• Sets of questions and problems at the end of each chapter, a feature not available in prior editions

Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, Third Edition is an essential text for graduate students and researchers as well as a peerless reference for geotechnical, environmental, and civil engineers and geologists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471463023
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	05/25/2005
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 11.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

James K. Mitchell, ScD, Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, NAS (1930-2023) was Emeritus Cahill Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and Emeritus University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Kenichi Soga, PHD, NAE, FREng, FASCE, FICE is Donald H. McLaughlin Chair in Mineral Engineering and Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Catherine O'Sullivan, PHD, FIEI, FICE is Professor of Particulate Soil Mechanics in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London.

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Table of Contents

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.
Effective, Intergranular, and Total Stress.
Soil Composition and Engineering Properties.
Soil Structure--Its Formation, Stability, and Relationships to Properties.
Conduction Phenomena.
Volume Change Behavior.
Strength and Deformation Behavior.
List of Symbols.
References.
Index.

Editorial Reviews

A revised and updated text-reference (first edition, 1975), primarily for graduate students and researchers in geotechnical engineering, having as its purpose the development of an understanding of the factors determining and controlling the engineering properties of soils, with emphasis on the why aspect of soil behavior. It examines the composition of soils in terms of their mineralogy and pore fluid and the interactions of these phases with each other and the surrounding environment. The particulate nature of soils is given special attention in the development of considerations of soil fabric and structure and then in connection with volume change properties, strength and deformation behavior, and conduction phenomena. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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