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Unsaturated soil mechanics

Title
Unsaturated soil mechanics / Ning Lu, Colorado School of Mines, and William J. Likos, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Author
Lu, Ning, 1960-
Publication
  • Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2004]
  • ©2004

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Additional Authors
Likos, William J.
Description
xxvii, 556 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
"Unsaturated Soil Mechanics is an introduction to this emerging field for students in civil engineering, environmental engineering, soil science, groundwater hydrology, and geoscience, as well as an inclusive reference for professional geotechnical engineers, soil scientists, geologists, and structural engineers."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Soil mechanics
  • Soil moisture
  • soil mechanics
  • Soil mechanics
  • Soil moisture
  • Bodenmechanik
  • Ungesättigte Zone
  • Mecânica dos solos
  • Umidade do solo
  • Humidité du sol
  • Mécanique des sols
  • Sol non saturé
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-545) and index.
Contents
1. State of unsaturated soil -- 2. Material variables -- 3. Interfacial equilibrium -- 4. Capillarity -- 5. State of stress -- 6. Shear strength -- 7. Suction and earth pressure profiles -- 8. Steady flows -- 9. Transient flows -- 10. Suction measurement -- 11. Hydraulic conductivity measurement -- 12. Suction and hydraulic conductivity models.
ISBN
  • 0471447315
  • 9780471447313
LCCN
2004004218
OCLC
  • ocm54543911
  • 54543911
  • SCSB-9192640
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library