Soil Properties and Behaviour

Content: 
Further titles in this series
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages v-vi
R.N. Yong, B.P. Warkentin

Chapter 1 - Nature of Soils
Pages 1-19

Chapter 2 - Clay Minerals in Soils
Pages 21-70

Chapter 3 - Soil Fabric and Structure
Pages 71-100

Chapter 4 - Soil Water
Pages 101-139

Chapter 5 - Water Movement in Soils
Pages 141-195

Chapter 6 - Volume Changes in Clay Soils
Pages 197-222

Chapter 7 - Consolidation and Compression
Pages 223-260

Chapter 8 - Yield and Failure
Pages 261-291

Chapter 9 - Granular Soil Strength
Pages 293-315

Chapter 10 - Cohesive Soil Strength
Pages 317-381

Chapter 11 - Soil Freezing and Permafrost
Pages 383-419

Appendix 1 - Intermolecular Attraction, the Hydrogen Bond and the Structure of Water
Pages 421-422

Appendix 2A - Theoretical Distribution of Exchangeable Ions Around a Single Clay Particle
Pages 423-425

Appendix 2B - Theoretical Distribution of Cations between Two Charged Plates
Pages 427-428

Appendix 3 - Soil Flux and Volume Change in Unsaturated-Flow Equations
Pages 429-430

References
Pages 431-439

Author Index
Pages 441-443

Subject Index
Pages 445-449