Fundamentals of Soil Behavior (4th Edition)

Advanced treatment of the physical and physico-chemical behaviour of soils, covering soil composition, fabric, water–soil interactions, consolidation, creep, cyclic behaviour and critical state concepts. Mitchell, Soga and O’Sullivan emphasise microstructure and the links between soil fabric and macroscopic properties used in engineering analysis, including strength and stiffness parameters adopted in slope stability and foundation design. The fourth edition updates the discussion with recent research on unsaturated soils, particulate mechanics and modern experimental methods, making it an essential theoretical backdrop to applied geotechnical design texts.