CIVIL ENGINEERING
ELASTIC SOLUTIONS FOR SOIL AND ROCK MECHANICS
1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 IGNEOUS ROCKS ULTIMATE SOURCES FOR SOILS 18 3 SPECIAL PROBLEMS WITH SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 38 4 SOILS THAT ARE SEDIMENTS 59 5 THE SOIL PROFILE 99 6 SOIL MINERALS 121 7 PARTICLE SIZE AND GRADATION 143 8 SOIL FABRIC AND STRUCTURE 166 9 SOIL DENSITY AND UNIT WEIGHT 180 10 SOIL WATER 194 11 PORE WATER PRESSURE CAPILLARY WATER AND FROST ACTION 208 12 SOIL CONSISTENCY AND ENGINEERING CLASSIFICATION 246 13 COMPACTION 280 14 SEEPAGE 318 15 STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN SOIL 369 16 SETTLEMENT 399 17 TIME RATE OF SETTLEMENT 438