Soil Physics

1. Introduction2. Grains and Grain Assemblies 2.1 Distribution of Coarse Grains According to their Volume 2.2 Distribution of Pore Sizes in Fine-Grained Materials 2.3 Grain Size Distribution and Compactibility 2.4 Properties of Granular Mixtures 2.5 Compactibility of Transition Soils3. Problems of Strength 3.1 Strength of Sand 3.2 Strength of Transition Soils 3.3 Tensile Strength of Cohesive Soils 3.4 Brittle Failure of Soils 3.5 Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils4. Cases of Phase Movement 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Phase Movements in Sand 4.2.1. Water Movement in Saturated Sand 4.2.2. Hydraulic Failure 4.2.3. Suffusion and Erosion 4.2.4. Phase Movement in Three-Phase Media 4.3 Phase Movement in Cohesive Soils5. References6. Author and Subject Index