Soil Mechanics

Thomas William Lambe was an American geotechnical engineer and an emeritus professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lambe studied civil engineering at North Carolina State, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1942. He studied at MIT starting in 1943, working with Donald Wood Taylor in 1948.Robert V. Whitman is the author of Soil Mechanics, published by Wiley.

• Part I Introduction Chapter 1 Soil Problems in Civil EngineeringChapter 2 A Preview of Soil BehaviorPart II The Nature of SoilChapter 3 Description of an Assemblage of ParticlesChapter 4 Description of an Individual Soil ParticleChapter 5 Normal Stress between Soil ParticlesChapter 6 Shear Resistance between Soil ParticlesChapter 7 Soil FormationPart III Dry SoilChapter 8 Stresses within a Soil MassChapter 9 Tests to Measure Stress-Strain PropertiesChapter 10 General Aspects of Stress-Strain BehaviorChapter 11 Shear Strength of Cohesionless SoilChapter 12 Stress-Strain RelationshipsChapter 13 Earth Retaining Structures and SlopesChapter 14 Shallow FoundationsChapter 15 Dynamic Loading of SoilPart IV Soil with Water—No Flow or Steady FlowChapter 16 Effective Stress ConceptChapter 17 One-Dimensional Fluid FlowChapter 18 Two-Dimensional Fluid FlowChapter 19 Soil Permeability and Filter RequirementsChapter 20 General Aspects of Drained Stress-Strain BehaviorChapter 21 Drained Shear StrengthChapter 22 Stress-Strain Relations for Drained ConditionsChapter 23 Earth Retaining Structures with Drained ConditionsChapter 24 Earth Slopes with Drained ConditionsChapter 25 Shallow Foundations with Drained ConditionsPart V Soil with Water—Transient FlowChapter 26 Pore Pressures Developed During Undrained LoadingChapter 27 Consolidation TheoryChapter 28 Drained and Undrained Stress-Strain BehaviorChapter 29 Undrained Shear StrengthChapter 30 Stress-Strain Relations for Undrained ConditionsChapter 31 Earth Retaining Structures and Earth Slopes with Undrained ConditionsChapter 32 Shallow Foundations with Undrained ConditionsChapter 33 Deep FoundationsChapter 34 The Improvement of SoilAppendix A SymbolsAppendix B ConversionAppendix C ReferencesIndex