Abstract

Soil Physics: Selected Topics covers the results in the research field of soil physics, soil mechanics, and the behavior of real soils.
This book is divided into six chapters and begins with an introduction to the study of the physical characteristics of soil and the complexity of superstructure of soil mechanics. The next chapter deals with the distribution of coarse grains according to their volume and the distribution of pore sizes in fine-grained materials. This chapter also describes the properties of granular mixtures and the compatibility of transition soils. The discussion then shifts to investigation of soil strength, particularly the strength of sand and transition soils, the tensile and shear strengths of cohesive soils, and brittle failure of soils. The remaining chapters consider the classification of soil phase movement phenomena.
This book is intended primarily for practicing civil engineers.
This well-produced and carefully translated book must provide a valuable supplement to any soil mechanics course, and engineers in general will find it both stimulating and easy to read.
Geotechnique