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Soil Mechanics and Foundations 17th Edition
oil mechanics is the study of engineering behaviour of soil when it is used either as a construction material or as a foundation material. This is relatively young discipline of civil engineering, systematized in its modern form by Karl Von Terzaghi (1925), who is rightly regarded as the Father of Modern Soil Mechanics.
An understanding of the principles of mechanics is essential to the study of soil mechanics. A knowledge and application of the principles of other basics sciences such as physics and chemistry should would also be helpful in the understanding of soil behaviour. Further, laboratory and field research have contributed in no small measure to the development of soil mechanics as a discipline.
The application of the principles of soil mechanics to the design and construction of foundations for various structures is known as foundation engineering. Geotechnical Engineering may be considered to include both soil mechanics and foundation engineering. In fact, according to Terzaghi, it is difficult to draw a distinct line of demarcation between soil mechanics and foundation engineering; the latter starts where the former ends.
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