CHAFFER 1 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND ENGINEERING CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL 1.1 Formation of Soil 1.2 Components of Soil 1.2.1 Solid Phase 1.2.2 Liquid Phase 1.2.3 Vapor Phase 1.3 Soil Fabric 1.3.1 Interaction between Soil Particles 1.3.2 Soil Fabric 1.4 Physical Features and Indexes of Soii 1.4.1 Basic Physical Indexes 1.4.2 Calculated Physical Indexes 1.4.3 Conversion between Physical Indexes 1.5 Relative Density of Cohesionless Soil, Consistency of Cohesive Soil and Soil Compaction 1.5.1 Relative Density of Cohesionless Soil 1.5.2 Consistency of Cohesive Soil 1.5.3 Soil Compaction 1.6 Soil Classification CI-tAFFER 2 WATER FLOW THROUGH SOIL 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Driving Potential——Total Head 2.3 Darcy's Law 2.3.1 Darcy's Law 2.3.2 Validity of Darcy's Law 2.4 Determination of the Coefficient of Permeability 2.4.1 Empirical Relationships for k 2.4.2 Determination of k in the Laboratory 2.4.3 Pumping Test to Determine k in the Field 2.4.4 The Coefficient of Permeability of Soil Layers 2.5 Two-Dimensional Flow of Water through Soil and Flow Net 2.5.1 Laplace's Equation for Two-Dimensional Steady Flow 2.5.2 Flow Net 2.6 Effective Stress and Pore Water Pressure in soil 2.6.1 The Principle of Effective Stress 2.6.2 Effective Stresses due to Hydrostatic Stress Fields 2.6.3 Effects of Seepage 2.7 Seepage Force and Critical Hydraulic Gradient 2.7.1 Seepage Force 2.7.2 Heaving, Boiling, and Piping 2.7.3 Critical Hydraulic Gradient CHAPTER 3 STRESSES IN SOIL 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Effective Overburden Pressure in the Ground 3.3 Contact Pressure between the Foundation and the Ground 3.3.1 Contact Pressure due to Vertical Centric Load 3.3.2 Contact Pressure due to Vertical Eccentric Load 3.3.3 Contact Pressure due to Inclined Eccentric Load 3.4 Stress Increase in the Ground 3.4.1 Stress Increase in Spatial Problems 3.4.2 Stress Increase in Plane Problems 3.4.3 Effective Overburden Pressure of Embankment and Contact Pressure between Embankment and Ground CHAPTER 4 COMPRESSION AND CONSOLIDATION OF SOIL 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Soil Compressibility Characteristics …… CHAPTER 5 SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOIL CHAPTER 6 EARTH PRESSURE ON RETAINING STRUCTURES CHAPTER 7 SLOPE STABILITY CHAPTER 8 BEARING CAPACITY OF FOUNDATIONS REEERENCES