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List of contents
What is Geotechnical Engineering? Part A Discovering the Ground. Formation of Soils and Rocks. Description and Classification of Soils. Ground Investigations. Part B Essential Physics and Mechanics. Basic Mechanics. Behaviour of Materials. Water Pressure and Seepage. Part C Soil Mechanics. Pore Pressure and Effective Stress. Soil Behaviour Observed in Tests on Samples. Soil Deformation. Soil Strength. State and State Parameters. Cam Clay and Numerical Modelling. Soil Parameters for Design. Part D Geotechnical Engineering. Routine Analyses of Geotechnical Structures. Stability of Slopes. Foundations. Retaining Walls. Unsaturated, Improved and Difficult Soils. Principles of Geotechnical Design.
About the author
John Atkinson is senior principal at Coffey Geotechnics, and emeritus professor of soil mechanics at City University, London. He is the author of several textbooks, including The Mechanics of Soils and Foundations (2nd ed) also published by Taylor & Francis.
Summary
Fundamentals of Ground Engineering is an unconventional study guide that serves up the key principles, theories, definitions, and analyses of geotechnical engineering in bite-sized pieces. This book contains brief one or two pages per topic‘snippets of information covering the geotechnical engineering component of a typical undergraduate course in civil engineering as well as some topics for advanced courses. Written in note form, it summarizes the basic principles and theories of soil mechanics, the procedures for creating a geotechnical model, and the common analyses for slopes, foundations, and walls.
Puts the mechanics into soil mechanics
Presents information that is simple to use‘structured around diagrams and formulae with few words
Explains detailed analyses given in the longer standard texts
A short, easily read summary of the basic theories and routine analyses of ground engineering, Fundamentals of Ground Engineering incorporates plenty of diagrams and concentrated data without going into detailed explanations. This text is an ideal reference for students, practicing civil engineers‘senior and junior and by engineering geologists.
