Soil Mechanics – Range Of Problems/Applications – Scope Of This Book – Mind Maps – Stress In Soils – Introduction – Equilibrium – Gravity – Stress – Exercises: Stress – Vertical Stress Profile – Worked Examples – Water In The Ground: Introduction To Hydrostatics – Worked Example: Archimedes Uplift On Spherical Object – Total And Effective Stresses – Worked Examples – Summary – Exercises: Profiles Of Total Stress, Effective Stress, Pore Pressure – Density – Introduction – Units – Descriptions Of Packing And Density – Volumetric Ratios – Water Content – Densities – Unit Weights – Typical Values – Measurement Of Packing – Compaction – Soil Particles – Laboratory Exercise: Particle Size Distribution And Other – Classification Tests – Sieving – Sedimentation – Particle Shape – Sand: Relative Density – Summary – Exercises: Density – Multiple Choice Questions – Calculation Exercises – Stiffness .
