Geotechnical engineering calculations and rules of thumb
Geotechnical Engineering Calculations Manual offers geotechnical, civil and structural engineers a concise, easy-to-understand approach the formulas and calculation methods used in of soil and geotechnical engineering. A one stop guide to the foundation design, pile foundation design, earth retainin...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann,
©2008.
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| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780080559032 0080559034 9780750687645 0750687649 1283074222 9781283074223 9786613074225 6613074225 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xvi, 511 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Table of Contents:
- Site investigation and soil conditions
- Geotechnical engineering theoretical concepts
- Shallow foundation fundamentals
- Bearing capacity : rules of thumb
- Bearing capacity computation
- Elastic settlement of shallow foundations
- Foundation reinforcement design
- Grillage design
- Footings subjected to bending moment
- Geogrids
- Tie beams and grade beams
- Drainage for shallow foundations
- Selection of foundation type
- Consolidation
- Earth retaining structures
- Gabion walls
- Reinforced earth walls
- Geotechnical engineering software
- Geotechnical instrumentation
- Unbraced excavations
- Raft design
- Rock mechanics and foundation design in rock
- Dip angle and strike
- Rock bolts, dowels, and cable bolts
- Soil anchors
- Tunnel design
- Short course on seismology
- Geosynthetics in geotechnical engineering
- Slurry cutoff walls
- Pile foundations
- Pile design in sandy soils
- Pile design in clay soils
- Design of pin piles : semi-empirical approach
- Neutral plane concept and negative skin friction
- Design of caissons
- Design of pile groups.