Contents- Introduction, Soils, their Origin, Formation and
Types, Classification and Identification of Soils, Basic Characteristics and
Properties of Soils, Geostatic Stresses in Soils and Principle of Effective
Stress, Capillary Phenomena in Soils, Soil Permeability and Seepage through
Soils, Compaction of Soils, Compression and Consolidation Settlement, Stresses
caused by External Load in Soils, Shear Strength of Soils, Lateral Earth
Pressure Exerted by Soils, Design of Earth Retaining Structures, Stability
Analysis of Side Slopes of Earthen Embankments, Load Bearing Capacity of Soils
Under Shallow and Deep Footings, Load Carrying Capacity of Pile Foundations,
Well Caisson Foundations, Machine Foundations, Design of Flexible and Rigid
Pavements, Ground Improvement and Soil Stabilization Techniques, Reinforcing
Soils and Use of Geotextiles and Ground Anchors, Expansive & Collapsible
Soils, Site Investigation & Sub Soil Exploration, Chapterwise Multi
Choice Objective Questions, Laboratory Experiments in Soil Mechanics.
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