New Age Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics

The book includes over 160 fully solved examples, which are designed to illustrate the application of the principles of soil mechanics in practical situations. Extensive use of SI units, side by side with other mixed units, makes it easy for the students as well as professionals who are less conversant with the SI units, gain familiarity with this system of international usage. Inclusion of about 160 short-answer questions and over 400 objective questions in the Question Bank that makes the book useful for engineering students as well as for those who are preparing for GATE, UPSC and other qualifying examinations.

In addition to serving the needs of the civil engineering students, the book will serve as a handy reference for the practising engineers as well.