Handbook of tropical residual soils engineering

A guide to tropical residual soils and a range of engineering applications. It contains country and region specific sections, typical characteristics, soil conditions, practical cases and typical data

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton , FL: CRC Press/Balkema 2012
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Formation and classification of tropical residual soils
  • Sampling and testing of tropical residual soils
  • The behaviour of unsaturated soil
  • Volume change of tropical residual soils
  • Shear strength model for tropical residual soil
  • Slopes
  • Foundations: Shallow and deep foundations, unsaturated conditions, heave and collapse, monitoring and proof testing
  • Residual soils of Hong Kong
  • Residual soils of India
  • Residual soils of Southeast Asia