| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Engineering properties of soil / Nagaratnam Sivakugan -- 2. Lateral earth pressure / Braja M. Das -- 3. Design of shallow foundations / Nagaratnam Sivakugan and Marcus Pacheco -- 4. Foundation-soil interaction / Priti Maheshwari -- 5. Design of pile foundations / Sanjeev Kumar -- 6. Retaining walls / Aniruddha Sengupta -- 7. Slope stability / Khaled Sobhan -- 8. Expansive clays / Thomas M. Petry -- 9. Ground improvement / Thomas M. Petry -- 10. Site investigation and in situ tests / Sanjay Kumar Shukla and Nagaratnam Sivakugan -- 11. Vibration of foundations / Braja M. Das and Nagaratnam Sivakugan -- 12. Geosynthetics / Ahmet H. Aydilek and Tuncer B. Edil -- 13. Geoenvironmental engineering / Nazli Yesiller and Charles D. Shackelford -- 14. Railway track bed foundation design / Gurmel S. Ghataora and Michael Burrow -- 15. Special foundations / R.L. Handy and David J. White |
| Summary |
Offers coverage of various techniques, methods, applications, and theories in geotechnical engineering. This book brings together essential information on a number of vital topics, including: evaluating of the engineering properties of soils; fundamental principles of slope stability analysis; and, foundation design |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Soil mechanics.
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Foundations.
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Earthwork.
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soil mechanics.
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foundations (structural elements)
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earthworks (engineering works)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- Soil & Rock.
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Earthwork
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Foundations
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Soil mechanics
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Das, Braja M., 1941-
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| ISBN |
9781604276794 |
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1604276797 |
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9781628705072 |
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1628705078 |
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1604276932 |
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9781604276930 |
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