Front Cover; Soil Physics: Selected Topics; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Grains and grain assemblies; 2.1 Distribution of coarse grains according to their volume; 2.2 Distribution of pore sizes in fine-grained materials; 2.3 Grain size distribution and compactibility; 2.4 Properties of granular mixtures; 2.5 Compactibility of transition soils; Chapter 3. Problems of strength; 3.1 Strength of sand; 3.2 Strength of transition soils; 3.3 Tensile strength of cohesive soils; 3.4 Brittle failure of soils; 3.5 Shear strength of cohesive soils

Chapter 4. Cases of phase movement4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Phase movements in sand; 4.3 Phase movement in cohesive soils; Chapter 5. References; Chapter 6. Author and subject index