Geotechnical engineering calculations and rules of thumb /

Geotechnical Engineering Calculations Manual offers geotechnical, civil and structural engineers a concise, easy-to-understand approach the formulas and calculation methods used in of soil and geotechnical engineering. A one stop guide to the foundation design, pile foundation design, earth retainin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rajapakse, Ruwan
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, [2008]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Shallow Foundations
  • Shallow Foundation Design for Bearing Capacity:
  • Long Term (Consolidation) Settlement of Shallow Foundations
  • Short Term Settlement in Sandy Soils
  • Shallow Foundation Design in Rock
  • Mat Foundation Design
  • Deep Foundations:
  • Pile Foundation Design
  • Design of Pile Groups
  • Pile Foundation Settlement
  • Negative Skin Friction Analysis
  • Seismic Analysis
  • Earth Retaining Structures
  • Lateral Earth Pressure Computations
  • Gravity Walls
  • Gabion Walls
  • Cantilever Retaining Walls
  • Secant and Tangent Pile Walls
  • Soil Nails
  • Reinforced Earth Retaining Walls
  • Sheetpile Walls
  • Rock Mechanics and Tunneling
  • Rock Mechanics
  • Hard Ground Tunneling
  • Soft Ground Tunneling
  • Geotechnical Engineering Strategies
  • Geotechnical Engineering with MATHLAB
  • Earth Stabilization
  • Excavation Support Design
  • Geotechnical Aspects of Wetland Mitigation
  • Geotechnical Aspects of Landfill Design
  • Economic Considerations
  • Appendix A: Design Tables
  • Appendix B: Units.