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Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices
ISBN-10: 0-13-576380-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-576380-3
Published by Prentice Hall
© 1999
Pub. Date: Jul 14, 1998
Format: Cloth Bound w/CD-ROM
Table of Contents
Notions and Units of Measurement.
1. Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering.
2. Engineering Geology.
3. Site Exploration and Characterization.
4. Soil Composition.
5. Soil Classification.
6. Excavation, Grading, and Compacted Fill.
7. Groundwater — Fundamentals.
8. Groundwater — Applications.
9. Geoenvironmental Engineering.
10. Stress.
11. Compressibility and Settlement.
12. Rate of Consolidation.
13. Strength.
14. Stability of Earth Slopes.
15. Dams and Levees.
16. Lateral Earth Pressures and Retaining Walls.
17. Structural Foundations.
18. Difficult Soils.
19. Soil Improvement.
20. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.
Appendix A. Recommended Resources for Further Study.
Appendix B. Unit Conversion Factors.
Appendix C. Computer Software.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
