Geotechnical Engineering: Principles And Practices Of Soil Me

Description:
Covering the latest developments in the design of drilled pier foundations and mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls are explained, 'Geotechical Engineering: Principles and Practices of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering', explores a pioneering approach for predicting the nonlinear behavior of laterally loaded long vertical and batter piles. Well-suited for use as a textbook and a professional reference, the book 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.

Table 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.