Hydrostatics As already mentioned in earlier chapters, the stress distribution in groundwater at rest follows…

Vertical stresses In many places on earth the soil consists of practically horizontal layers. If…

On an element of soil normal stresses as well as shear stresses may act. The…

Stresses As in other materials, stresses may act in soils as a result of an…

For the description of the density and the volumetric weight of a soil, the densities…

Porosity Soils usually consist of particles, water and air. In order to describe a soil…

Besides the difference in grain size, the chemical composition of soil can also be helpful…

Grain size Soils are usually distinguished into various types. In many cases these various types…

Soil mechanics has become a distinct and separate branch of engineering mechanics because soils have…

Soil mechanics is the science of equilibrium and motion of soil bodies. Here soil is…