Engineering Properties of Soils and Rocks
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Engineering Properties of Soils and Rocks, Third Edition serves as a guide to the engineering properties and behavior of soils and rocks. The text also complements other texts on rock and soil mechanics. The book covers topics such as the properties and classification of soils such as tills and other kinds of soils related to cold climates, tropical soils, and organic soils such as peat. The text also includes the engineering behavior and properties, classification and description, discontinuities, and weathering of rocks and rock masses. The monograph is recommended for engineers who would like to know about the properties of soils and rocks and the application of their study in the field of engineering.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
1 Properties and Classification of Soils
1.1 Origin of Soil
1.2 Basic Properties of Soil
1.3 Particle-Size Distribution
1.4 Consistency Limits
1.5 Soil Classification
1.6 Shear Strength of Soil
1.7 Consolidation
References
2 Coarse-Grained Soils
2.1 Fabric of Granular Soils
2.2 Deformation of Granular Soil
2.3 Strength and Distortion
References
3 Cohesive Soils
3.1 Silts
3.2 Loess
3.3 Clay Deposits
3.4 Fissures in Clay
References
4 Tills and Other Deposits Associated with Cold Climates
4.1 Character and Types of Tills
4.2 Basic Properties of Tills
4.3 Compressibility and Strength of Tills
4.4 Character of Weathered Tills
4.5 Fluvio-Glacial Deposits; Stratified Drift
4.6 Frozen Ground Phenomena in Periglacial Environments
4.7 Quick Clays
5 Tropical Soils
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Classification of Tropical Residual Soils
5.3 Physical Properties and Engineering Behaviour
5.4 Soils of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
5.5 Dispersive Soils
References
6 Organic Soils: Peat
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Development of Peatlands and Types of Peat Deposit
6.3 Humidification of Peat
6.4 Description and Classification of Peat
6.5 Basic Properties of Peat
6.6 Consolidation and Settlement of Peat
References
7 Engineering Behaviour of Rocks and Rock Masses 169
7.1 Factors Controlling The Mechanical Behaviour of Rocks
7.2 Deformation and Failure of Rocks
7.3 Strength of Jointed Rock Masses and Its Assessment
References
8 Discontinuities in Rock Masses
8.1 Nomenclature of Joints
8.2 Origins of Joints
8.3 Description of Jointed Rock Masses
8.4 Discontinuities and Rock Quality Indices
8.5 Recording Discontinuity Data
References
9 Weathering of Rocks and Rock Masses
9.1 Rate of Weathering
9.2 Mechanical Weathering
9.3 Chemical and Biological Weathering
9.4 Slaking and Swelling of Mudrocks
9.5 Engineering Classification of Weathering
References
10 Description and Classification of Rocks and Rock Masses
10.1 Description of Rocks and Rock Masses
10.2 Properties of Rocks and Rock Masses
10.3 Basic Geotechnical Description of ISRM
10.4 Principles of Classification
10.5 Review of Classifications
10.6 The Rating Concept
References
11 Engineering Properties of Rock
11.1 Engineering Character of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
11.2 Engineering Properties of Arenaceous Sedimentary Rocks
11.3 Engineering Properties of Argillaceous Sedimentary Rocks
11.4 Carbonate Rocks
11.5 Evaporitic Rocks
References
12 Subsurface Water and Ground Conditions
12.1 The Origin and Occurrence of Groundwater
12.2 Capillary Movement in Soil
12.3 Porosity and Permeability
12.4 Flow Through Soils and Rocks
12.5 Pore Pressures, Total Pressures and Effective Pressures
12.6 Critical Hydraulic Gradient, Quick Conditions and Hydraulic Uplift Phenomena
12.7 Groundwater Abstraction and Subsidence
12.8 Frost Action in Soil
References
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 352
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 1989
- Published: May 15, 1989
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9781483102276
About the Author
F. G. Bell
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