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Geotechnical engineering. Foundation design / Professor John N. Cernica, P.E., Ph.D.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : John Wiley & Sons, [1995]Copyright date: ©1995Description: xv, 486 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0471308870
  • 9780471308874
Other title:
  • Foundation design [Portion of title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 624.15 23
LOC classification:
  • TA775 .C39 1995
Contents:
1. Geotechnical Problems in Civil Engineering -- 2. Geotechnical Properties of Soils -- 3. Subsurface Exploration -- 4. Bearing Capacity - Shallow Foundations -- 5. Site Improvement -- 6. Spread-Footing Design -- 7. Special Foundations -- 8. Lateral Earth Pressure -- 9. Retaining Walls -- 10. Sheet-Pile Walls; Braced Cuts -- 11. Deep Foundations: Piles, Drilled Piers, and Caissons -- Appendix A. K[subscript a] and K[subscript p] Coefficients: Rankine and Coulomb Equations -- Appendix B. Solution to Terzaghi's Consolidation Equation -- Appendix C. Boussinesq's Equation for Radial Stress.
Summary: "Combines a thorough theoretical presentation with the practical aspects of foundation design. The first three chapters offer a condensed version of the basic elements of soil mechanics. The remaining chapters deal with the design of diverse types of foundation components, retaining rock structures and site improvement."--Publisher's website.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 624.15 CER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A534315B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Geotechnical Problems in Civil Engineering -- 2. Geotechnical Properties of Soils -- 3. Subsurface Exploration -- 4. Bearing Capacity - Shallow Foundations -- 5. Site Improvement -- 6. Spread-Footing Design -- 7. Special Foundations -- 8. Lateral Earth Pressure -- 9. Retaining Walls -- 10. Sheet-Pile Walls; Braced Cuts -- 11. Deep Foundations: Piles, Drilled Piers, and Caissons -- Appendix A. K[subscript a] and K[subscript p] Coefficients: Rankine and Coulomb Equations -- Appendix B. Solution to Terzaghi's Consolidation Equation -- Appendix C. Boussinesq's Equation for Radial Stress.

"Combines a thorough theoretical presentation with the practical aspects of foundation design. The first three chapters offer a condensed version of the basic elements of soil mechanics. The remaining chapters deal with the design of diverse types of foundation components, retaining rock structures and site improvement."--Publisher's website.

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