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1. Geotechnical Engineering -- A Historical Perspective.
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2. Origins of Soil and Grain Size.
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3. Weight-Volume Relationships.
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4. Plasticity and Structure of Soil.
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5. Classification of Soil.
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6. Soil Compaction.
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7. Permeability.
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8. Seepage.
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9. In Situ Stresses.
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10. Stresses in a Soil Mass.
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11. Compressibility of Soil –- Elastic Settlement.
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12. Consolidation.
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13. Shear Strength of Soil.
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14. Lateral Earth Pressure: At-Rest, Rankine, and
Coulomb.
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15. Lateral Earth Pressure: Curved Failure Surface.
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16. Slope Stability.
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17. Soil-Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundations.
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18. Subsoil Exploration.
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19. An Introduction to Geosynthetics.
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Answers to Selected Problems.
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Index.
