Geotechnical Problem Solving; Contents; Preface; 1 General Topics; 1.1 How to Use This Book; 1.2 You have to See It to Solve It; 1.3 My Approach to Modern Geotechnical Engineering Practice -- An Overview; 1.4 Mistakes or Errors; 2 Geotechnical Topics; 2.1 Soil Classification -- Why DoWe Have It?; 2.2 Soil Stresses and Strains; 2.3 Soil Shear Strength; 2.4 Shear Strength Testing -- What is Wrong with the Direct Shear Test?; 2.5 What is the Steady State Line?; 2.6 Static Equilibrium and Limit States; 2.7 Unsaturated Soils; 3 Foundations; 3.1 Settlements of Clays; 3.2 Settlements of Sands.3.3 Self-Weight Settlement of Sandy Soils3.4 Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations; 3.5 Load Capacity of Deep Foundations; 3.6 Laterally Loaded Piles and Shafts; 4 Retaining Structures -- Lateral Loads; 4.1 Lateral Earth Pressure; 4.2 Retaining Walls -- Gravity, Cantilevered, MSE, Sheet Piles, and Soldier Piles; 4.3 Tieback Walls; 5 Geotechnical LRFD; 5.1 Reliability, Uncertainty and Geo-Statistics; 5.2 Geotechnical Load and Resistance Factor Design; 5.3 LRFD Spread Footings; 5.4 LRFD Pile Foundations; 5.5 LRFD Drilled-Shaft Foundations; 5.6 LRFD Slope Stability; 6 Closing.6.1 The Big Picture6.2 V and V and Balance; 6.3 The Biggest Problem; 6.4 Topics Left for Later; Index.