 
Soil Mechanics and Foundations, 2nd Edition
February 2006, ©2007
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Utilizing the students' background in mechanics, physics and mathematics, the second edition of Soil Mechanics and Foundations continues to cover basic concepts and fundamental principles through the use of simple pedagogy. The text's student-friendly style maintains technical rigor while presenting topics thoroughly and systematically to elucidate the basic concepts and fundamental principles. An accompanying CD-ROM integrates interactive animations, interactive problem solving, interactive step by step examples, virtual soils laboratory, and e-quizzes to engage student learning and retention.
Course Heirarchy:
This book is written for undergraduate courses offered in Civil Engineering Departments in the Geotechnical sequence most often entitled as Soil Mechanics or Geotechnical Engineering or Geomechanics.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to Soil Mechanics and Foundations.
- Geological Characteristics of Soils and Soils Investigation.
- Physical Soil Parameters.
- One-Dimensional Flow of Water through Soils.
- Stresses, Strains and Elastic Deformations of Soils.
- One-Dimensional Consolidation Settlement of Fine-Grained Soils.
- Shear Strength of Soils.
- A Critical State Model to Interpret Soil Behavior.
- Bearing Capacity of Soils and Settlement of Shallow Foundations.
- Pile Foundations.
- Two-Dimensional Flow of Water through Soils.
- Stability of Earth Retaining Structures.
- Slope Stability.
Appendix A. A Collection of Frequently Used Soil Parameters and Correlations.
Appendix B. Distribution of Surface Stresses within Finite Soil Layers.
Appendix C. Lateral Earth Pressure Coefficients.
Author Information
Dr. Muniram Budhu is professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
New To This Edition
Changes to the book:
- The content of the book has been significantly enhanced.
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A chapter on basic geology has been added to link geology and soil mechanics.
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The book content is rearranged into more chapters to better serve undergraduate education.
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More examples, especially practical ones, and problems have been added.
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The book content is now better integrated with the accompanying CD. From the textbook, readers are alerted to sections in the CD that contain appropriate interactive materials or quizzes.
Changes to the CD:
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Most sections (approximately 90%) of the book have electronic quizzes to evaluate short term retention of the section content. In addition, there is a comprehensive end of chapter quiz for each chapter. The results of the quizzes can be e-mailed to the student’s instructor.
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More and better interactive animations are added throughout the CD.
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More sections of the book have been added to the CD.
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For each chapter, there is a problem hint page that the student can access from the side bar menu. This hint page allows the student to get hints for each problem for each chapter.
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The important equations for each chapter are accessed from the side bar menu.
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A progress e-report is available that allows the student to keep track of his/her progress.
Hallmark Features
- Basic concepts and fundamental principles of soil mechanics and foundations are presented in a simple pedagogy using the students' background in mechanics, physics and mathematics.
- Modern learning principles are used to assist students in understanding the various topics in soil mechanics and foundations.
- Students are provided a solid background knowledge to prepare them for life-long learning of geotechnical engineering issues.
- Topics are presented thoroughly and systematically to elucidate the basic concepts and fundamental principles without diluting technical rigor.
- A large number of example problems are solved to demonstrate or to provide further insights of the basic concepts and applications of fundamental principles.
- The solution of each example is preceded by a strategy, which is intended to teach students to think about possible solutions to a problem before they begin to solve it. Each solution provides a step by step procedure to guide the student in problem solving.
- A What you should be able to do list at the beginning of each chapter alerts readers to what they should learn after studying each chapter
- A CD-ROM accompanies and is integrated with the text textbook. It includes interactive animations, interactive problem solving, interactive step by step examples, virtual soils laboratory, e-quizzes and much more.
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