Chapter 1

Introduction: Basic Concepts

1.1

Soils and rocks

1.2

Engineering properties of soils

1.3

Soils as an aggregation of particles

1.4

Interaction with pore water

1.5

Transmission of the stress state in granular soil

1.6

Transmission of the stress state in the presence of a fluid

1.7

From discrete to continuum

1.8

Stress and strain tensors

1.9

Bibliography

Chapter 2

Field Equations for a Porous Medium

2.1

Equilibrium equations

2.2

Compatibility equations

2.3

Constitutive laws

2.4

Geostatic stress state and over-consolidation

2.5

Continuity equation and Darcy's law

2.6

Particular cases

2.6.1

Dry soil

2.6.2

Saturated soil with still groundwater

2.6.3

Saturated soil with seepage: stationary conditions

2.6.4

Saturated soil with seepage: transient conditions

2.7

Bibliography

Chapter 3

Seepage: Stationary Conditions

3.1

Introduction

3.2

The finite difference method

3.3

Flow net