Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Fundamentals and Concepts -- A history of geotechnical achievements -- Characteristics of soils -- Geological data -- Gravimetric-volumetric data -- Atterberg limits -- Structure of granular soil -- Strength and stiffness aspects -- Applications -- Soil investigation -- Site investigation -- Laboratory testing -- Physical model testing strategy -- Applications -- Soil and groundwater -- Vertical soil stress -- Groundwater flow -- Boiling, heave and piping -- Applications -- Uniaxial stress and strain -- Stress and strain -- Strain concept -- Uniaxial compressibility -- Applications -- Creep and consolidation -- Time-dependency -- Creep -- One-dimensional consolidation -- Multi-dimensional consolidation -- Method of the transient leakage factor -- Applications -- Triaxial stress and strain -- Continuum mechanics -- Mohr-Coulomb model -- Coefficient of earth pressure -- Triaxial cell -- Undrained strength -- The A and B factor -- Applications -- Part II. Methodology and Tools -- Uncertainty and reliability -- Uncertainty in geotechnical engineering -- Partial safety factors (ISO 2394) -- Eurocode 7 and the observational method -- Risk approach and visualising the unseen -- Risk management process: GeoQ -- Expertise and experience: GeoBrain -- Applications -- Observation and prediction -- Physical simulation -- Constitutive models -- Aspects of numerical simulation -- A visco-plastic analytical element method -- Applications -- Part III. Design and Construction -- Stability of slopes -- Limit analysis -- Slide on long slopes (micro-stability) -- Slide on short slopes (macro-stability) -- Applications -- Stability of earth-retaining structures -- Gravity walls -- Embedded walls -- Slurry walls -- Reinforced walls -- Applications -- Footings and pile foundations -- Bearing capacity of footings.

Bearing capacity of pile foundations (ultimate limit state) -- Deformation of foundations (serviceability limit state) -- Dynamic soil response -- Applications -- Methods of ground improvement -- Gravity displacement methods -- Replacement methods -- Mass improvement -- Stiff inclusions -- Bio-chemical treatment -- Applications -- Environmental engineering -- Physical-chemical characteristics of soil -- Physical-chemical processes in soil -- Bio-chemical processes in soil -- Heat / cold transport in soil -- Land subsidence -- Applications -- Underground engineering -- Deep building pits -- Soft ground tunnel-boring techniques -- A cylindrical cavity in a uniform infinite soil -- A horizontal cylindrical cavity in a uniform semi-infinite soil -- Tunnel boring design and construction -- Unseen leakage -- Applications -- Coastal engineering -- Hydro-geodynamics -- Waves on seabed -- Waves on breakwaters -- A liquefaction model -- Squeezing -- Applications -- Dike engineering -- Deltas in the world -- History of Dutch dike engineering -- The philosophy behind the Dutch water defence -- State of the art -- Latest developments -- Annex -- Answers to the applications -- Recommended literature -- About the author -- Symbols, standards, units, keywords -- Name index -- Subject index.