地基分析与设计------外文翻译.docVIP

2-2 FOUNDATIONSUBSOILS We are concerned with placing the foundation on either soil or rock. This material may be under water as for certain bridge and marine structures, but more commonly we will place the foundation on soil or rock near the ground surface. Soil, being a mass of irregular-shaped particles of varying sizes, will consist of the particles (or solids), voids (pores or spaces) between particles, water in some of the voids, and air taking up the remaining void space. At temperatures below freezing the pore water may freeze, with resulting particle separation (volume in