TY - BOOK AU - Taylor,Donald W. TI - Fundamentals of soil mechanics U1 - 620.19 PY - 1948/// CY - New York PB - J. Wiley KW - Soil mechanics N1 - includes references and index ; 1. Introduction 2. Preliminary considerations 3. Simple soil tests and classification tests 4. Classifications 5. Subsurface investigations 6. Permeability 7. Weights, stresses and heads, seepage forces 8. Capillarity 9. Seepage 10. One dimensional consolidation 11. Use of elastic theory for estimating stresses in soils 12. Settlement analysis 13. Strength theory 14. Shear testing methods, shearing characteristics of sands 15. Shearing strength of cohesive soils 16. Stability of slopes 17. Lateral pressures, stability of retaining walls 18. Soil mechanics considerations relative to dams 19. Action of shallow foundations, bearing capacity 20. Action of piles, pile foundations ER -