Elements of soil mechanics (7th ed)

This core undergraduate textbook for civil engineers is the first to cover the fundamental changes in the ethos of geotechnical design advocated in the now published Eurocode 7. This code will be fully adopted across Europe by 2010 and its implementation will mean a radical shift to limit state design. 

Ian Smith makes understanding this new approach to geotechnical design less daunting to the student with clear explanatory text, detailed illustrations and several worked examples, covering a range of topics including slope stability, retaining walls and shallow and deep foundations. Downloadable spreadsheets help to illustrate how the new Eurocode is applied and the book's website also gives the worked solutions to self test questions at the end of each chapter. 

Now in its 7th edition, this well established book provides undergraduate degree and HND students of civil engineering with a core text on the theory and treatments of soil mechanics. The fundamental principles of the subject are explained clearly and logically and their use in practical applications is well illustrated. The book also features a wide range of worked examples and problems that aid student-centred learning. The main features of the 7th edition are the new sections describing limit state design and unsaturated soils. These two topics have been included to reflect the recent changes in practice in these two subject areas. New worked examples have been provided to help guide the reader through the new design approaches endorsed through the limit state design methods set out in the new geotechnical codes, and an up-to-date appraisal is given of the problems of unsaturated soil. An introduction, for the first time, to practical geotechnical design using limit state theory, together with new worked examples. An outline of the changes introduced by the draft European Geotechnical Design Code, Eurocode 7. A revised section on unsaturated soils. New material in a number of areas including soil nailing, highway design, and in situ moisture content determination. Extensive number of worked examples. Larger format with improved illustrations.

Now in its 8th edition, this well established textbook has been updated and redesigned with improved page layout and illustrations making it the essential user-friendly introduction to soil mechanics and geotechnical design to Eurocode 7. 

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Table of contents : 
Elements of Soil Mechanics ......Page 1
Preface ......Page 10
Notation Index ......Page 12
Contents ......Page 5
1. Classifcation and Identification Properties of Soil ......Page 15
2. Soil Water, Permeability and Flow ......Page 48
3. Shear Strength of Soils......Page 96
4. Elements of Stress Analysis......Page 148
5. Stability of Slopes ......Page 165
6. Lateral Earth Pressure......Page 210
7. Earth Retaining Structures......Page 254
8. Bearing Capacity of Soils......Page 283
9. Foundation Settlement and Soil Compression......Page 326
10 Rate of Foundation Settlement......Page 366
11. Compaction and Soil Mechanics Aspects of Highway Design ......Page 398
12. Unsaturated Soils......Page 431
13. Critical State Theory......Page 455
14. Site Investigation and Ground Improvement......Page 473
References......Page 491
Index ......Page 501

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