Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils / Edition 1

by Delwyn G. Fredlund, Hendry Rahardjo

Overview

The principles and concepts for unsaturated soils are developed as extensions of saturated soils. Addresses problems where soils have a matric suction or where pore-water pressure is negative. Covers theory, measurement and use of the fundamental properties of unsaturated soils—permeability, shear strength and volume change. Includes a significant amount of case studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471850083
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/06/1993
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

D.G. Fredlund is the author or coauthor of over 460 refereed journal articles, conference proceedings, technical papers, and chapters in edited collections. In 1993, he coauthored Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils, the first major text on unsaturated soil mechanics published. He has served as a research consultant to the Government of Hong Kong, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Saskatchewan Highways, and presently is head of the Golder Unsaturated Soils Group, Canada.

H. Rahardjo is head of the Division of Infrastructure Systems and Maritime Studies at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is the coauthor of Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils and over 200 technical publications.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Unsaturated Soil Mechanics 1

Chapter 2 Phase Properties and Relations 20

Chapter 3 Stress State Variables 38

Chapter 4 Measurements of Soil Suction 64
 
Chapter 5 Flow Laws 107
 
Chapter 6 Measurement of Permeability 124
 
Chapter 7 Steady-State Flow 150
 
Chapter 8 Pore Pressure Parameters 178
 
Chapter 9 Shear Strength Theory 217
 
Chapter 10 Measurement of Shear Strength Parameters 260
 
Chapter 11 Plastic and Limit Equilibrium 297
 
Chapter 12 Volume Change Theory 346
 
Chapter 13 Measurements of Volume Change Indices 374
 
Chapter 14 Volume Change Predictions 397
 
Chapter 15 One-Dimensional Consolidation and Swelling 419
 
Chapter 16 Two- and Three-Dimensional Unsteady-State Flow and Nonisothermal Analyses 440
 
Appendix A Units and Symbols 479

Appendix B Theoretical Justification for Stress State Variables 483
 
References 490

About the Authors 508
 
Index 510

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“I expect that “Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice” will remain an essential reference for educators, researchers and practitioners for a long time to come.” (Geotechnical News, 1 December 2012)

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"I expect that "Unsaturated Soil Mechanics inEngineering Practice" will remain an essential reference foreducators, researchers and practitioners for a long time tocome." (Geotechnical News, 1 December 2012)

From the Publisher

A textbook addressing the subject of soil mechanics as it relates to the behavior of unsaturated soils, or, more specifically, addressing that class of problems where the soils have a matric suction or where the pore-water pressure is negative. The text starts by introducing the breadth of unsaturated soil mechanics problems. It then presents material related to the volume-mass properties, stress state variables, flow behavior, and pore pressure parameters for unsaturated soils. It then goes on to present material on the shear strength and volume change behavior of unsaturated soils. The latter part of the text concludes with material on the transient processes of interest to geotechnical engineering. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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