Description
Book SynopsisResidual soils are found in many parts of the world and are used extensively as construction materials for roads, embankments and dams, and to support the foundations of buildings, bridges and load-bearing pavements. The characteristics and engineering properties of residual soils can differ significantly from those of the more familiar transported soils. The fact that residual soils occur often in areas with tropical and sub-tropical climates and (extensively) in semi-arid climates, adds another dimension to their engineering performance, that of unsaturation.
Although there are many books that deal with the mechanics of soils, these are based mainly on the characteristics and behaviour of saturated transported soils. The first edition of this book was the first book to be written specifically about the mechanics of residual soils. The book was prepared by a panel of authors drawn from the Technical Committee on Tropical and Residual Soils of the International Society for Soi
Table of Contents
1. Origin and formation of residual soils 2. Microstructure, mineralogy and classification of residual soils 3. Describing the engineering properties of residual soils as observed in situ 4. The mechanics of compaction and compacted residual soil 5. Steady and unsteady flow of water and air through soils – permeability of saturated and unsaturated soils 6. Compressibility, settlement and heave of residual soils 7. Shear strength behaviour and the measurement of shear strength in residual soils 8. Case histories involving volume change and shear strength of residual soils
