Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations: Basic Geotechnics - Softcover

McCarthy, David F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132878895 ISBN 13: 9780132878890

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1988

Synopsis

For undergraduate courses in Civil Engineering Technology and Civil Technology, Environmental Engineering, Construction Management, Architectural Engineering and all other applications-oriented engineering courses in Soil Mechanics/Foundations, Soils Engineering, and Geotechnical Engineering.Written by an experienced professor/practitioner, this popular introductory book provides coverage on a broad range of state-of-the-art geotechnics material accepted and used by today's engineering professionals. Easy to understand and loaded with illustrative examples, it explores everything from the most basic of concepts to the latest developments, giving students a real-life working knowledge of soil mechanics and foundations. The philosophy and logic of soils and foundations is discussed in practical terms to enhance understanding, and a presentation of design charts, tables, and equations-utilized by today's practitioners-encompasses not just the nuts and bolts, but explicit instructions and applications as well.

About this title

From the Publisher

Written by an experienced professor/practitioner, this introductory book provides an unusual range of coverage from basic concepts to developments that provide the user with a real-life working knowledge of geotechnics. Coverage includes design charts, tables, equations utilized by practioners -- not just the nuts and bolts, but explicit instructions and applications as well.

From the Back Cover

This text offers a comprehensive presentation of topics in the field of soil mechanics and foundations. It offers a perfect balance of theory and applications for engineers and non-engineers, while also providing readers involved in architecture and construction-related programs with present-day, state-of-the-art information as accepted by, and conveniently used by, the construction industry.

Features of this new edition include:

• New material on residual soil formations and soil classification.
• Updated information relating effects of seismic activity on soil conditions, including recent Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) provisions for structures (requirements being incorporated into the revisions of regional building codes).
• Enhanced coverage of the concepts and procedures for site improvements.
• New material on basic geology and the formation of soil deposits, which affects the mechanics of soil behavior.
• Discussion of data and design criteria for many practical applications involving soils, including site planning and site improvement as well as material for foundation design and construction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0132878895
• ISBN 13: 9780132878890
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 614