Fundamentals of Soil Behavior
- Book Review,
by James K. Mitchell
From Book News, Inc.
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 copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Book Description
Explains the factors which determine and control the engineering properties of soils--particularly volume change, deformation, strength and permeability. New to this edition: expanded coverage of residual and tropical soils, environmental aspects of soil behavior, material on partly saturated soils, revised treatment of direct or coupled hydraulic, chemical, thermal and electrical flows through soil.
Book Info
Purpose of this text is 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. DLC: Soil mechanics.
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