Residual 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 Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Engineering. It was written as a practical professional guide for
geotechnical engineers working with residual soils.
The second edition has retained the valuable information
contained in the first edition. The present editors and authors
have extensively revised and augmented the content to bring it
completely up to date, adding significantly to the sections on
unsaturated soil mechanics and expanding the range and number of
instructive case histories. Furthermore, sections on pedocretes,
dispersive soils and karst have been added.
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