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Book by McCarthy, David F
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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.
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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.
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- PublisherReston Pub. Co
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0835917819
- ISBN 13 9780835917810
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages632
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