TY - BOOK AU - Blight,Geoffrey E. TI - Mechanics of residual soils SN - 9780203114704 AV - TA709.5 .M4183 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Hoboken PB - CRC Press KW - Engineering geology KW - Residual materials (Geology) KW - Slopes (Soil mechanics) KW - Soils KW - Tropics KW - Civil engineering KW - Electronic books N1 - 1. Origin and formation of residual soils; / G.E. Blight; -- 2. Microstructure, mineralogy and classification of residual soils; / A.B. Fourie ... [and others]; -- 3. Describing the engineering properties of residual soils as observed in situ; / G.E. Blight and J.V. Simmons; -- 4. The mechanics of compaction and compacted residual soil; / G.E. Blight and J.V. Simmons; -- 5. Steady and unsteady flow of water and air through soils : permeability of saturated and unsaturated soils; / V.K. Garga and G.E. Blight; -- 6. Compressibility, settlement and heave of residual soils; / R.D. Barksdale and G.E. Blight; -- 7. Shear strength behaviour and the measurement of shear strength in residual soils; / R.P. Brenner, V.K. Garga and G.E. Blight; -- 8. Case histories involving volume change and shear strength of residual soils; / G.E. Blight UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=452097 ER -