Soil Properties and Behaviour
Published on 2. December 2012
449 pages
978-0-444-60136-0 (ISBN)
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Soil Properties and Behavior defines the structure of the soil-water system. This book provides the background of the nature of mineral particles and the existing forces between the particles in the soil system. It also examines the structure and fabric of soil, as well as their relationship with water. Furthermore, the book explores water movement and soil performance, which are related to the physics of soil-water movement and volume changes. This book illustrates the common clay minerals in soils and discusses the methods for their identification. It also reviews the theory of one-dimensional consolidation and discusses the soil structure in consolidation and compression. The book also presents the concepts of yield and failure in soils, yield criteria, and failure theories. It also focuses on granular and cohesive soil strength, including friction properties, the intrinsic friction angle, the volumetric strain, and pore-water pressure. The last part of the book discusses soil freezing and permafrost.
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Raymond N. Yong | Benno P. Warkentin
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PrefaceChapter 1. Nature of soils 1.1 Introduction Soil from a physical viewpoint Importance of physical properties 1.2 Origin of soil 1.3 Soil classification 1.4 Procedure for the mineralogical analysis of soils 1.5 Particle-size composition of soils Measurement of particle-size distribution Principles of sedimentation analysis Interpretation of accumulation curves 1.6 Basic soil properties Weight, and volume Consistency limits 1.7 SummaryChapter 2. Clay minerals in soils 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Nature of clay minerals Definition Structure 2.3 Clay minerals common in soils Kaolinite Chlorite Clay mica (illite) Montmorillonite Vermiculite Interstratified minerals Allophane Attapulgite Clay-mineral mixtures Weathering of clay minerals Occurrence of clay minerals in soils 2.4 Identification of clay minerals X-ray diffraction Differential thermal analysis Infrared spectroscopy Electron microscopy 2.5 Surface area of clays 2.6 Water and ion adsorption at clay surfaces Hydration of clays Electric charge Exchangeable cations Diffuse ion-layers 2.7 Interaction of clay particles Repulsion Attraction Particle arrangement Flocculation and dispersion 2.8 Plasticity Liquid and plastic limits Interpretation of plastic limit and liquid limit 2.9 Rheotropy Rest-hardening and structure 2.10 SummaryChapter 3. Soil fabric and structure 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Structure and fabric 3.3 Granular soil packing 3.4 Clay soil fabric Fabric classification Particle arrangement in fabric units First- and second-order fabric characterization 3.5 Pore spaces and fabric 3.6 Techniques for direct, fabric viewing 3.7 Quantification of fabric 3.8 Fabric characteristics from sedimentation Fresh-water deposition Deposition in salt water 3.9 Fabric alteration by compaction and compression 3.10 SummaryChapter 4. Soil water 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Water content and its measurement Definitions Indirect measurement of water content 4.3 The concept of soil-water potential Buckingham's capillary potential Component potentials Formulation from reversible thermodynamics Formulation from irreversible thermodynamics Geometric concepts and soil-water potential Terminology and units 4.4 Water retention in soils Retention curves for different soils Forces of water retention in soils Hysteresis 4.5 Measurement of soil-water potential Measurement of water content at applied potentials Measurement of potential in situ Indirect measurements of potential 4.6 Secondary effects on water retention Entrapped air Temperature Effect of drying Rate of potential change Overburden load effects Fabric effects 4.7 Use of the potential concept General Predicting water under covered areas or in swelling soils Use of soil-water potential for clay soils 4.8 SummaryChapter 5. Water movement in soils 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Saturated flow Darcy's equation Kozeny-Carmen relationship Layered soils Factors affecting saturated flow Saturated flow in clays Steady-state flow 5.3 Unsaturated flow General considerations Unsaturated flow equations for no volume change Unsaturated flow equations for volume-change cases A generalized unsaturated flow equation 5.
