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A must have reference for any engineer involved with foundations, piers, and retaining walls, this remarkably comprehensive volume illustrates soil characteristic concepts with examples that detail a wealth of practical considerations, It covers the latest developments in the design of drilled pier foundations and mechanically stabilized earth retaining wall and explores a pioneering approach for predicting the nonlinear behavior of laterally loaded long vertical and batter piles.
As complete and authoritative as any volume on the subject, it discusses soil formation, index properties, and classification; soil permeability, seepage, and the effect of water on stress conditions; stresses due to surface loads; soil compressibility and consolidation; and shear strength characteristics of soils.
While this book is a valuable teaching text for advanced students, it is one that the practicing engineer will continually be taking off the shelf long after school lets out. Just the quick reference it affords to a huge range of tests and the appendices filled with essential data, makes it an essential addition to an civil engineering library.
List of contents
Introduction. Soil Formation and Characterization. Soil Phase Relationships, Index Properties and Classification. Soil Permeability and Seepage. Effective Stress and Pore Water Pressure. Stress Distribution in Soils Due to Surface Loads. Compressibility and Consolidation. Shear Strength of Soil. Soil Exploration. Stability of Slopes. Lateral Earth Pressure. Shallow Foundation I: Ultimate Bearing Capacity. Shallow Foundation II: Safe Bearing Pressure and Settlement Calculation. Shallow Foundation III: Combined Footings and Mat Foundations. Deep Foundation I: Pile Foundation. • Part A: Vertical Loading Capacity of a Single Vertical Pile. • Part B: Pile Group. Deep Foundation II: Behavior of Laterally Loaded Vertical and Batter Piles. Deep Foundation III: Drilled Pier Foundations. Foundation on Collapsible and Expansive Soils. • Part A: Collapsible Soils. • Part B: Expansive Soils. Concrete and Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Walls. • Part A: Concrete Retaining Walls. • Part B: Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Walls. Sheet Pile Walls and Braced Cuts. Soil Improvement. Appendix A: SI Units in Geotechnical Engineering. Appendix B: Slope Stability Charts and Tables. References. Index.
About the author
V.N.S. Murthy
Summary
Illustrates soil characteristic concepts with examples that detail practical considerations. This title covers the designs for drilled pier foundations and mechanically stabilized retaining walls. It explores an approach for predicting the nonlinear behavior of laterally loaded long vertical and batter piles.
