Geotechnical engineering: emerging trends in design and practice : ed K. R. Saxena, (A.A. Balkema), ISBN (hardback) 90 5410 278 0, price Dfl 105.00, 1994, 404 pp.

Abstract

Introduction 1. Nature and Composition of Soils 2. The Principle of Effective Stress and the State Variables 3. Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics 4. The Porous Medium: Steady Flow 5. The Porous Medium: Transient Flow 6. Stress-strain and Strength Characteristics 7. In Situ Investigations 8. The Collapse of Soil Structures 9. Performance and Serviceability of Structures References Subject Index.