The Foundation Engineering Handbook

Considering how structures interact with soil, and building proper foundations, is vital to ensuring public safety and to the longevity of buildings. Understanding the strength and compressibility of subsurface soil is essential to the foundation engineer. The Foundation Engineering Handbook, Second Edition provides the fundamentals of foundation e

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In Situ Soil Testing

Spread Footings Analysis and Design

Geotechnical Design of Combined Spread Footings

Structural Design of Foundations

Design of Driven Piles and Pile Groups

Design of Drilled Shafts

Design of Laterally Loaded Piles

Construction Monitoring and Testing Methods of Driven Piles

Retaining Walls Analysis and Design

Stability Analysis and Design of Slopes

Methods of Soft Ground Improvement

Impact of Groundwater on the Design of Earthen Structures

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Об авторе (2013)

Manjriker Gunaratne, PhD, is professor and chairman of civil and environmental engineering at the University of South Florida, Tampa. He earned a BS in engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and the MASC and PhD degrees in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He has authored/coauthored over 40 research papers that have been published in a number of peer-reviewed international journals. In addition, he has made a number of presentations at various national and international forums in geotechnical and highway engineering.

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