Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering)

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Preface
Contents
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PART – I : (FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF SOIL MECHANICS)Chapter-1. (INTRODUCTION) 1–8
Chapter-2. COMPOSITION OF SOILS, BASIC DEFINITION AND RELATIONSHIPS 9-54
3. METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF INDEX PROPERTIES OF SOILS 55-144
Chapter-4. CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS 145-172
Chapter-5. SOIL STRUCTURE AND CLAY MINERALOGY 173-190
Chapter-6. SOIL WATER 191-216
Chapter-7. PERMEABILITY OF SOIL 217-261
Chapter-8. SEEPAGE ANALYSIS 263-305
Chapter-9. DRAINAGE AND DEWATERING 306-319
Chapter-10. SRTESS DISTRIBUTION IN SOILS 320-376
Chapter-11. COMPRESSIBILITY AND CONSOLIDATION OF SOILS 377-441
Chapter-12. COMPACTION 442-467
Chapter-13. SHEAR STRENGTH 468-538
Chapter-14. SOIL STABILIZATION 539-550
PART- II: EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURESChapter-15. SITE INVESTIGATION AND SUB-SOIL EXPLORATION 541-579
Chapter -16. STABILITY OF SLOPES 581-614
Chapter-17. EARTH PRESSURE THEORIES 615-677
Chapter-18. DESIGN OF RETAINING WALLS AND BULKHEADS 678-732
Chapter-19. BEARING CAPACITY 733-796
Chapter-20. SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS 797-824
Chapter- 21. PILE FOUNDATION 825-863
Chapter- 22. PIER AND CAISSON FOUNDATIONS 864-879
Chapter-23. WELL FOUNDATIONS 880-906
Chapter-24. MACHINE FOUNDATIONS 907-929
Chapter-25. LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS 930-960
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 961-1000
APPENDIX – I 1001-1006
APPENDIX – II 1007-1010
GLOSSARY 1011-1016
INDEX 1017-1021
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