Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering has seen unprecedented growth over the last few decades both in terms of knowledge and practice as well as in its significance in civil engineering profession. Over 1300 numerical and objective questions with solutions have been included in the book. Questions from competitive exams such as GATE, IES, IAS, IFS, etc., involve some of the subtle and fine concepts of the subject and their practical application, which cannot be gained by simple reading of the subject. Keeping this in view, about 600 questions from these examinations from a long span of over 25 years (1987 onwards) have been solved in the book.

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Origin and Formation of Soils

3 Soil Mineralogy and Structure

4 Physical Properties of Soils

5 Plasticity Characteristics of Soils

6 Soil Classification

7 Stresses Due to Self-Weight

8 Vertical Stress Due to Applied Loads

9 Permeability of Soils

10 Seepage Analysis

11 Consolidation

12 Compaction

13 Shear Strength

14 Soil Exploration

15 Lateral Earth Pressure

16 Retaining Structures

17 Stability of Earth Slopes

18 Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations

19 Settlement of Shallow Foundations

20 Pile Foundations

21 Well Foundations

In CD

22 Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundations

23 Ground Improvement Techniques

24 Foundations in Expansive Soils