Soils and Foundations - Hardcover

Cheng Liu

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0138161828 ISBN 13: 9780138161828

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1991

Synopsis

Written in a simple and direct style, this practical text introduces students to the essentials of soil mechanics and foundations. Major emphasis is given to design and practical applications, which are supported by basic theory.

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Key Benefit: Written in a clear, direct style, this practical book introduces students to the essentials of soil mechanics and foundations. Key Topics: Major emphasis is given to design and practical applications, which are supported by basic theory. The Fourth Edition retains the same straightforward philosophy as its predecessors, but features updated material throughout the text as well as coverage of totally new topics.

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We have attempted to prepare an introductory, practical textbook for soil mechanics and foundations, which emphasizes design and practical applications that are supported by basic theory. Written in a simple and direct style that should make it very easy to read and understand the subject matter, this book contains an abundance of both example problems within each chapter and work problems at the end of each chapter. In addition, there are ample diagrams, charts, and illustrations throughout to help better explain the subject matter. In summary, we have tried to extract the salient and essential aspects of soils and foundations and to present them in a simple and straightforward manner.

The preceding paragraph, slightly modified, began the preface of the first five editions of Soils and Foundations, and we think that it aptly relates our basic philosophy in preparing the sixth edition. We have, however, deleted some outdated material, updated material where applicable, and added new and essential material to the sixth edition. Most notably, we have revised significantly Chapter 11 on drilled shafts to reflect the latest design methods for them. We believe the result is a much stronger, more comprehensive, and therefore better book.

We urge students using this book to review each illustration as it is cited and to study each example problem very carefully. Believing that example problems are an extremely effective means of learning a subject such as soils and foundations, we have included an abundance of these problems, and we believe that they will be very useful in mastering the material in the book.

We want to express our sincere appreciation to Carlos G. Bell, formerly of The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and to W. Kenneth Humphries, former Dean of Engineering at the University of South Carolina, who read our original manuscript and offered many helpful suggestions. Also, we would like to acknowledge the late Donald Steila of the Department of Geography and Earth Science at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, who reviewed Chapter 1. We also thank Alan Stadler, formerly of the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, for reviewing the material on soil stabilization in Chapter 4. Finally, we thank the other reviewers of this edition for their helpful comments and suggestions: Robert Mokwa, Ph.D., Montana State University; Constantine A. Ciesielski, Ph.D., East Carolina University; and Wayne A. Charlie, Ph.D., P.E., Colorado State University.

We hope that you will enjoy using the book. We would be pleased to receive your comments, suggestions, and/or criticisms.

Cheng Liu
Jack B. Evett
Charlotte, North Carolina

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0138161828
• ISBN 13: 9780138161828
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 464