Chapters include

• Introduction to soil mechanics
• Soil texture, structure, and clay minerals
• Soil constituents
• Soil classification
• Permeability and seepage
• Compaction
• Consolidation
• Shear strength
• Stress distribution
• Settlement analysis
• Bearing capacity
• Lateral earth pressure
• Stability of slopes
• Ground improvement techniques
• Geotechnical investigation (soil exploration)