土力学

Preface

Chapter/1 Basic characteristics and engineering classification of soils

1．1 Introduction

1．2 Soil composition and phase relationships

1．3 Soil fabric

1．4 Particle size analysis

1．5 Density properties for granular soils

1．6 Plasticity properties of soils

1．7 Soil compaction

1．8 Engineering classification of soils

Exercises

References

Chapter2/ Permeability of soils and seepage force

2．1 Introduction

2．2 Capillary phenomena

2．3 Darcy's law

2．4 Determination of permeability coefficient

2．5 Flow nets

2．6 Seepage force and critical hydraulic gradient

Exercises

References

Chapter 3/ Stress distribution in soils

3．1 Introduction

3．2 Stresses due to self weight

3．3 Effective stress principle

3．4 Contact pressure between the foundation and the ground

3．5 Additional stress in ground base

3．6 Additional stress in plane problem

Exercises

References

Chapter/4 Compression and consolidation of soils

4．1 Introduction

4．2 Compressibility characteristics

4．3 Calculation of settlement of foundation

4．4 One dimensional consofidation theory

Exercises

References

Chapter/5 Shear strength

5．1 Shear resistance

5．2 Molar-Coulomb failure criterion

5．3 Shear strength tests

5．4 Effective stress paths

5．5 Characteristic of shear strength of cohesiveless soils

5．6 Characteristics of shear strength of cohesive soils

Exercises

References

Chapter/6 Bearing capacity

6．1 Introduction

6．2 Critical edge pressure

6．3 Prandd's bearing capacity theory

6．4 Modification of Prandtl's bearing capacity theory

6．5 Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

Exercises

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Chapter/7 Stability of slopes

7．1 Introduction

7．2 Analysis of a plane translational slip

7．3 Analysis for the case of Vu=0

7．4 The method of slices

7．5 General methods of analysis

Exercises

References

Chapter/8 Lateral earth pressure and retaining walls

8．1 Introduction

8．2 Earth pressure of a retaining wall

8．3 Earth pressure at rest

8．4 Rankine's theory of earth pressure

8．5 Coulomb's theory of earth pressure

8．6 Application of earth， pressure theory to retaining walls

8．7 Design of earth-retaining structures

Exercises

References

APPENDIX Ⅰ English-Chinese translation of frequently-used words

APPENDIX Ⅱ Answers to the exercises

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