Fundamentals of Soil Behavior

James K. Mitchell

ISBN 10: 0471463027 / ISBN 13: 9780471463023

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2005

About this Item

This is the thoroughly updated, expanded, and revised new edition of one of the most distinguished publications in geotechnical engineering. Overall there is greater emphasis on practical problems involving advanced soil behavior. The entire book has been updated and streamlined to help busy professionals. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 226 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1634. . 2005. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fundamentals of Soil Behavior
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471463027
• ISBN 13: 9780471463023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The improved, new edition of the classic book on the physical properties of soil

Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, Third Edition is the thoroughly updated, expanded, and revised edition of this highly distinguished publication in geotechnical engineering. Filled with useful tables and graphs illustrating correlations among composition, classification, state, and static and dynamic properties, this Third Edition continues the tradition of providing the latest information on the physical properties of soil and the fundamentals of its behavior over time.

Students and busy professionals will connect with this new edition's timesaving, streamlined format and its greater emphasis on practical exercise problems involving advanced concepts of soil behavior. Other must-read features of this Third Edition include:

• New, expanded material on micro-mechanical behavior at the particulate level and its influences on engineering properties at the macro-scale
• A new chapter on time effects on soil deformation at different stress and strain levels
• New coverage of such important topics as environmental geotechnics, biological influences on soil behavior, soil fracturing, the effects of time, and geochemical problems
• Sets of questions and problems at the end of each chapter, a feature not available in prior editions

Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, Third Edition is an essential text for graduate students and researchers as well as a peerless reference for geotechnical, environmental, and civil engineers and geologists.

About the Author

James K. Mitchell, ScD, is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Civil Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Cahill Professor of Civil Engineering, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley. He serves as a consultant on geotechnical problems and projects to many governmental and private organizations. He is an Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and was elected to both the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and Academy of Sciences.

Kenichi Soga, PhD, is Reader in Geomechanics. He has been on the faculty at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, since 1994. He is an editorial board member of Géotechnique, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, and Soils and Foundations. He also serves as a member of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Peer Review College and a core member of the Technical Committee on Geotechnics of Particulate Media of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.