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Mechanics of Residual Soils (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Mechanics of Residual Soils (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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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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