Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering by Dr. KR Arora

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering by Dr. KR Arora is a book where the author elaborates and describes the fundamentals of soil mechanics and soil engineering.

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering) fast-developing discipline of civil engineering.

Considerable work has been done in the field in the last 6 decades. A student finds it difficult to have access to the latest literature in the filled. In this book, there is very effective content collected from various sources.

The book is divided into two parts. The first part deal with the fundamentals of soil mechanics and the second part deals with earth retaining structures and foundation engineering.

Content covered in this book

Part-1: Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics
1. Introduction
2. Basic Definitions and Simple Tests
3. Particle Size Analysis
4. Plasticity Characteristics of Soils
5. Soil Classification
6. Clay Mineralogy and soil Structure
7. Capillary Water
8. Permeability of soil
9. Seepage Analysis
10. Effective Stress Principle
11. Stress Due to Applied Loads
12. Consolidation of Soils
13. Shear Strength
14. Compaction of Soil
15. Soil Stabilisation
16. Drainage, De-watering and wells
Part-2 EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURES AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
17. Site Investigation
18.Stability of Slopes
19. Earth Pressure Theories
20. Design of retaining Walls and Bulkheads
21. Braced Cuts and Coffer Dams
22. Shafts, Tunnel and Underground Conduits
23. Bearing Capacity of Shallow foundation
24. Design of Shallow foundation
25. Pile Foundations
26. Drilled Piers and Caissons
27. Well Foundations
28. Machine Foundations
29. Pavement Design
30. Laboratory Experiments
31. Introduction to Rock Mechanics
32. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Appendix-A-B
1. References
2. INDEX