Geotechnical Engineering Handbook
eBook - PDF

Geotechnical Engineering Handbook

  1. 801 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Geotechnical Engineering Handbook

About this book

This one-of-a-kind, definitive reference offers expansive coverage of geotechnical engineering for civil engineering professionals. Each of the 15 chapters is the work of an engineering expert — putting at your disposal a vast source of engineering experience. The Geotechnical Engineering Handbook brings together essential information related to the evaluation of engineering properties of soils, design of foundations such as spread footings, mat foundations, piles, and drilled shafts, and fundamental principles of analyzing the stability of slopes and embankments, retaining walls, and other earth-retaining structures. The Handbook also covers soil dynamics and foundation vibration to analyze the behavior of foundations subjected to cyclic vertical, sliding and rocking excitations, environmental geotechnology, and foundations for railroad beds. Comprehensive coverage, logical organization, and clear discussions make this the tool of choice for both experienced engineers and those just embarking on their careers.

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Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. About the Editor-in-Chief
  3. Contributors
  4. Chapter 1: Engineering Properties of Soil
  5. Chapter 2: Lateral Earth Pressure
  6. Chapter 3: Design of Shallow Foundations
  7. Chapter 4: Foundation-Soil Interaction
  8. Chapter 5: Design of Pile Foundations
  9. Chapter 6: Retaining Walls
  10. Chapter 7: Slope Stability
  11. Chapter 8: Expansive Clays
  12. Chapter 9: Ground Improvement
  13. Chapter 10: Site Investigation and In Situ Tests
  14. Chapter 11: Vibration of Foundations
  15. Chapter 12: Geosynthetics
  16. Chapter 13: GeoenvironmentalEngineering
  17. Chapter 14: Railway Track Bed Foundation Design
  18. Chapter 15: Special Foundations
  19. Index