Mechanics of residual soils [electronic resource] / editors, G.E. Blight, E.C. Leong

Published:: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2012]
Copyright Date:: ©2012
Edition:: 2nd ed.
Physical Description:: xviii, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits
Additional Creators:: Blight, G. E. and Leong, E. C.

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1. Origin and formation of residual soils / G.E. Blight -- 2. Microstructure, mineralogy and classification of residual soils / A.B. Fourie ... [et al.] -- 3. Describing the engineering properties of residual soils as observed in situ / G.E. Blight & J.V. Simmons -- 4. The mechanics of compaction and compacted residual soil / G.E. Blight & J.V. Simmons -- 5. Steady and unsteady flow of water and air through soils : permeability of saturated and unsaturated soils / V.K. Garga & G.E. Blight -- 6. Compressibility, settlement and heave of residual soils / R.D. Barksdale & G.E. Blight -- 7. Shear strength behaviour and the measurement of shear strength in residual soils / R.P. Brenner, V.K. Garga & G.E. Blight -- 8. Case histories involving volume change and shear strength of residual soils / G.E. Blight.

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9780203114704 (ebook : PDF)

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