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Residual soils are found in many parts of the world. Like other soils, they are used extensively in construction, either to build upon, or as construction material. They are formed when the rate of rock weathering is more rapid than transportation of the weathered particles by e.g., water, gravity and wind, which results in a large share of the soi
1. Introduction; 2. Formation and Classification of Tropical Residual Soils; 3. Sampling and testing of Tropical Residual Soils; 4. The Behaviour of Unsaturated Soil; 5. Volume Change of Tropical Residual Soils; 6. Shear Strength Model for Tropical Residual Soil; 7. Slopes; 8. Foundations: Shallow and Deep Foundations, Unsaturated Conditions, Heave and Collapse, Monitoring and Proof Testing; 9. Residual Soils of Hong Kong; 10. Residual Soils of India; 11. Residual Soils of Southeast Asia