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Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices

By Donald P. Coduto

ISBN-10: 0-13-576380-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-576380-3What's this?

Published by Prentice Hall

Pub. Date: Jul 14, 1998

Format: Cloth Bound w/CD-ROM

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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.

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