Soil Mechanics

The app is a complete free handbook of Soil Mechanics with diagrams and graphs. It is part of Civil engineering education which brings important topics, notes, news & blog on the subject. The App serves as a quick reference guide of Soil Mechanics as engineering subject.
It covers 213 topics of Soil Mechanics in detail. These 213 topics are divided into 5 units.

The app is a free handbook for easy understanding and faster learning of the subject.Soil mechanics is usually a part of civil engineering domain.

All topics are like flashcard which is easy to browse and revise the topics specially at the time of exams and interviews. Some of the topics Covered in this application are:

1. GEOTECHNICAL LESSONS FROM FAILURES2. GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PARTICLE SIZES OF SOILS3. BASIC GEOLOGY4. Composition of the Earth’s Crust5. COMPOSITION OF SOILS6. Surface Forces and Adsorbed Water7. DETERMINATION OF PARTICLE SIZE OF SOILS8. Particle Size of Fine-Grained Soils9. COMPARISON OF COARSE-GRAINED AND FINE-GRAINED SOILS10. INTRODUCTION OF SOILS INVESTIGATION11. PHASES OF A SOILS INVESTIGATION12. SOILS EXPLORATION PROGRAM13. Soil Identification in the Field14. Soil Sampling15. Groundwater Conditions16. Types of In Situ or Field Tests17. PHASE RELATIONSHIPS18. PHYSICAL STATES AND INDEX PROPERTIES OF FINE-GRAINED SOILS19. DETERMINATION OF THE LIQUID, PLASTIC, AND SHRINKAGE LIMITS20. SOIL CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES21. Importance of soil compaction22. INTERPRETATION OF PROCTOR TEST RESULTS23. FIELD COMPACTION24. HEAD AND PRESSURE VARIATION IN A FLUID AT REST25. DARCY’S LAW26. FLOW PARALLEL TO SOIL LAYERS27. DETERMINATION OF THE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY28. Falling-Head Test29. Pumping Test to Determine the Hydraulic Conductivity30. GROUNDWATER LOWERING BY WELLPOINTS31. STRESSES AND STRAINS32. IDEALIZED STRESS
- STRAIN RESPONSE AND YIELDING33. PLANE STRAIN AND AXIAL SYMMETRIC CONDITIONS34. Axisymmetric Condition35. ANISOTROPIC, ELASTIC STATES36. Mohr’s Circle for Stress States37. Mohr’s Circle for Strain States38. The Principle of Effective Stress39. Effective Stresses Due to Geostatic Stress Fields40. Effects of Capillarity41. Effects of Seepage42. LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE AT REST43. STRESSES IN SOIL FROM SURFACE LOADS44. Strip Load45. Uniformly Loaded Rectangular Area46. Vertical Stress Below Arbitrarily Shaped Areas47. STRESS AND STRAIN INVARIANTS48. Hooke’s Law Using Stress and Strain Invariants49. STRESS PATHS50. Plotting Stress Paths Using Two-Dimensional Stress Parameters51. BASIC CONCEPTS52. Consolidation Under a Constant Load Primary Consolidation53. Void Ratio and Settlement Changes Under a Constant Load54. Primary Consolidation Parameters55. CALCULATION OF PRIMARY CONSOLIDATION SETTLEMENT56. Procedure to Calculate Primary Consolidation Settlement57. ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION THEORY58. Solution of Governing Consolidation Equation Using Fourier Series59. Finite Difference Solution of the Governing Consolidation Equation60. SECONDARY COMPRESSION SETTLEMENT61. Oedometer Test62. Determination of the Coeffi cient of Consolidation63. Determination of the Past Maximum Vertical Effective Stress64. PRECONSOLIDATION OF SOILS USING WICK DRAINS65. TYPICAL RESPONSE OF SOILS TO SHEARING FORCES66. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE FAILURE CRITERIA67. Effects of Increasing the Normal Effective Stress68. Effects of Soil Tension69. Coulomb’s Failure Criterion70. Taylor’s Failure Criterion71. Mohr
- Coulomb Failure Criterion72. INTERPRETATION OF THE SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS73. LABORATORY TESTS TO DETERMINE SHEAR STRENGTH PARAMETERS74. Conventional Triaxial Apparatus75. Unconfi ned Compression (UC) Test76. Consolidated Undrained (CU) Compression Test77. POREWATER PRESSURE UNDER AXISYMMETRIC UNDRAINED LOADING

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