| Description |
xxii, 1029 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Civil and environmental engineering ; 10 |
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Civil and environmental engineering ; 10
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| Contents |
Foreword / Mark T. Bowers -- Foreword / Bengt B. Broms -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Soil Formation and Characterization -- Ch. 3. Soil Phase Relationships, Index Properties and Classification -- Ch. 4. Soil Permeability and Seepage -- Ch. 5. Effective Stress and Pore Water Pressure -- Ch. 6. Stress Distribution in Soils Due to Surface Loads -- Ch. 7. Compressibility and Consolidation -- Ch. 8. Shear Strength of Soil -- Ch. 9. Soil Exploration -- Ch. 10. Stability of Slopes -- Ch. 11. Lateral Earth Pressure -- Ch. 12. Shallow Foundation I: Ultimate Bearing Capacity |
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Ch. 13. Shallow Foundation II: Safe Bearing Pressure and Settlement Calculation -- Ch. 14. Shallow Foundation III: Combined Footings and Mat Foundations -- Ch. 15. Deep Foundation I: Pile Foundation -- Ch. 16. Deep Foundation II: Behavior of Laterally Loaded Vertical and Batter Piles -- Ch. 17. Deep Foundation III: Drilled Pier Foundations -- Ch. 18. Foundations on Collapsible and Expansive Soils -- Ch. 19. Concrete and Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Walls -- Ch. 20. Sheet Pile Walls and Braced Cuts -- Ch. 21. Soil Improvement |
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App. A. SI Units in Geotechnical Engineering -- App. B. Slope Stability Charts and Tables |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1007-1023) and index |
| Subject |
Engineering geology.
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Soil mechanics.
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Foundations.
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| LC no. |
2002073993 |
| ISBN |
0824708733 (alk. paper) |
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9780824708733 (alk. paper) |
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