Rigorous and technically deep yet accessible this up to date introduction to geotechnical engineering explores both the principles of soil mechanics and their application to engineering practice emphasizing the role of geotechnical engineering in real design projects. An accompanying CD provides supplementary software developed specifically for learning purposes e.g., SETTRATE. Discusses site exploration and characterization, soil composition, soil classification, excavation, grading, and compacted fill, groundwater fundamentals and applications, stress, compressibility and settlement, rate of consolidation, strength, stability of earth slope, dams and levees, lateral earth pressures and retaining walls, structural foundations, difficult soils, soil improvement, and geotechnical earthquake engineering. Makes extensive use of photographs and example problems. For geotechnical engineers, soils engineers, ground engineers, structural engineers, and civil engineers

• Binding: Hardcover
• Language of Text: English
• Publication Year: 1998
• Number of Pages: 800
• ISBN: 9780135763803