Geotechnical engineering / Renato Lancellotta.

"First English language edition published 1995 by A.A. Balkema"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [472]-493) and index.

Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Origin, description and classification of soils
1.1 Soil formation
1.2 Clay particles
1.3 Soil deposits
1.4 Phase relations
1.5 Description and classification of soils
1.6 Atterberg limits and Plasticity Chart
1.7 Summary
1.8 Further reading
Chapter 2: Continuum Mechanics.
2.1 The language of continuum mechanics: indicial notation
2.2 Tensors
2.3 Eigenvalues and Eingenvectors
2.4 Refreshing tensor calculus
2.5 Kinematics
2.6 Finite deformation
2.7 Infinitesimal strains
2.8 Geometrical interpretation of infinitesimal strains
2.9 Stress
2.10 Mohr¿s Circles
2.11 Gauss and Reynolds theorems
2.12 Conservation of mass
2.13 Balance of linear momentum
2.13 Balance of angular momentum
2.14 Summary
2.15 Further reading
Chapter 3: Constitutive Models
3.1 Elasticity
3.2 Cylindrical Coordinates
3.3 Plasticity
3.4 Rate effects
3.5 Internal constraints
3.6 Summary
3.7 Further reading
Chapter 4: The porous medium
4.1 From Discrete to Continuum
4.2 The principle of effective stress
4.3 Geostatic stresses
4.4 Capillarity
4.5 A mechanistic picture of geological processes: yield stress and overconsolidation ratio
4.6 Modelling one-dimensional compression: the oedometer test
4.7 Experimental determination of yield stress
4.8 Soil compressibility
4.9 Prediction of one-dimensional compression settlement
4.10 Secondary compression
4.11 Further post-depositional phenomena: leaching, exchange of cations, cementation
4.12 Importance of detailed geological history
4.13 Importance of sample quality and testing procedure
4.14 Stress paths
4.15 On the meaning of the term ¿deviator¿
4.16 Summary
4.17 Further reading
5 Mechanical behaviour of soils
5.1 The ability of carry stresses: soil strength and Coulomb¿s failure criterion
5.2 The relative rate of loading: drained and undrained conditions
5.3 Soil testing: requisites of laboratory apparatuses
5.4 Critical state, dilatancy, peak strength.
5.5 Taylor¿s model of dissipation: critical state strength and dilation must be summed to give peak strength.
5.6 Strain localization
5.7 State paths: drained and undrained tests on reconstituted samples
5.8 State boundary surface
5.9 Normalization of peak strength. Relevance of post-peak and residual strength.
5.10 Undrained shear strength
5.11 Predicting soil behaviour: the original Cam Clay model.
5.12 Soil stiffness
5.13 Beyond simple models
5.14 Summary
5.15 Further reading
6 Flow in porous media
6.1 Terminology
6.2 The easy water can move through soils: the permeability.
6.3 Coefficient of permeability
6.4 Seepage forces
6.5 Mathematical modelling of flow in porous media
6.6 Stationary flow
6.7 Numerical solution of Laplace¿s equation
6.8 Flow in anisotropic and inhomogeneous media
6.9 Unconfined stationary flow
6.10 Transient flow: 1D theory of consolidation
6.11 Coefficient of consolidation
6.12 Solution of consolidation PDE
6.13 Vertical drains
6.14 3D consolidation theory
6.15 Summary
6.16 Further reading

7 In situ investigations
7.1 Exploration programme
7.2 Boring
7.3 Sampling
7.4 Groundwater conditions
7.5 In situ testing devices
7.6 Soil profiling
7.7 In situ horizontal stress
7.8 Undrained shear strength
7.9 Relative density of coarse grained soils
7.10 Field determination of soil stiffness
7.11 Sesmic methods
7.12 Wave propagation theory
7.13 Porosity from measurements of wave propagation
7.14 Hydraulic conductivity
7.15 Summary
7.16 Further reading
8 The collapse of soil structures
8.1 Plastic design of soil structures: upper and lower bounds of collapse load.
8.2 Yield Criteria
8.3 Rankine limiting states of stress
8.4 Coulomb critical wedge analysis
8.5 Stress discontinuities
8.6 Earth retaining structures
8.7 Design of gravity walls
8.8 Diaphragm walls
8.9 Choice of strength parameters and factor of safety
8.10 Strutted excavation
8.11 Active thrust and passive resistance in presence of seismic actions
8.12 Bearing capacity of shallow footings
8.13 Undrained bearing capacity
8.14 Non-homogeneity and anisotropy
8.15 Drained bearing capacity
8.16 Load factor and strength mobilisation
8.17 Bearing capacity: routine analysis
8.18 Slope stability analysis
8.19 Limit equilibrium method
8.20 Analysis of landslides and choice of strength parameters
8.21 Summary
8.22 Further reading
9 Serviceability limit state design
9.1 Description of ground and foundation movements
9.2 Methods of computing settlements: introductory remarks
9.3 Prediction using the theory of elasticity
9.4 Settlement of footings on fine grained soils
9.5 The use of field tests to predict settlement of footings on sand
9.6 Damage criteria and limiting values of settlement
9.7 Summary
9.8 Further reading
References

Translated from the Italian.