Geotechnical Engineering Calculations and Rules of Thumb, Second Edition, offers geotechnical, civil and structural engineers a concise, easy-to-understand approach to selecting the right formula and solving even most difficult calculations in geotechnical engineering. A "quick look up guide", this book places formulas and calculations at the reader's finger tips. In this book, theories are explained in a "nutshell" and then the calculation is presented and solved in an illustrated, step-by-step fashion. In its first part, the book covers the fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering: Soil investigation, condition and theoretical concepts. In the second part it addresses Shallow Foundations, including bearing capacity, elastic settlement, foundation reinforcement, grillage design, footings, geogrids, tie and grade beams, and drainage. This session ends with a chapter on selecting foundation types. The next part covers Earth Retaining Structures and contains chapters on its basic concepts and types, gabion walls and reinforced earth walls. The following part covers Geotechnical Engineering Strategies providing coverage of softwares, instrumentation, excavations, raft design, rock mechanics, dip angle and strike, rock stabilization equipment, soil anchors, tunnel design, seismology, geosynthetics, and slurry cutoff walls. The final part is on Pile Foundations including content on design on sandy soils, clay soils, pin piles, negative skin friction, caissons and pile clusters. In this new and updated edition the author has incorporated new software calculation tools, current techniques for foundation design, liquefaction information, seismic studies, laboratory soil tests, geophysical techniques, new concepts for foundation design and Dam designs. All calculations have been updated to most current material characteristics available in the market. Practicing Geotechnical, Civil and Structural Engineers may find in this book an excellent companion to their day-to day work, benefiting from the clear and direct calculations, examples, and cases. Civil Engineering students may find particular interest in the concise theory presented in the beginning of each chapter.
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Table of Contents
Part 1 Geotechnical Engineering Fundamentals
1 Geology and geotechnical engineering
2 Site investigation
3 Groundwater
4 Soil laboratory testing
5 Geotechnical engineering theoretical concepts
Part 2 Shallow Foundations
6 Shallow foundation fundamentals
7 Bearing capacity rules of thumb
8 Bearing capacity computation (general equation for cohesive
and noncohesive soils)
9 Elastic settlement of shallow foundations
10 Foundation reinforcement design
11 Grillage design
12 Footings subjected to bending moment
13 Geogrids
14 Tie beams and grade beams
15 Drainage for shallow foundations
16 Selection of foundation type
17 Consolidation settlement of foundations
18 Secondary compression
19 Seismic design of shallow foundations
Part 3 Earth Retaining Structures
20 Earth retaining structures
21 Gravity walls: sand backfill
22 Cantilever walls
23 Gabion walls
24 Reinforced earth walls
25 Structural design of retaining walls
Part 4 Geotechnical Engineering Strategies
26 Geotechnical engineering software
27 Geotechnical instrumentation
28 Unbraced excavations
29 Braced excavations
30 Raft design
31 Rock mechanics and foundation design in rock
32 Dip angle and strike
33 Rock bolts, dowels, and cable bolts
34 Soil anchors
35 Tunnel design
36 Geosynthetics in geotechnical engineering
37 Slurry cutoff walls
38 Earthwork
39 Mass-haul diagrams
Part 5 Pile Foundations
40 Pile foundations
41 Pile design in sandy soils
42 Pile design in clay soils
43 Pile installation and verification
44 Design of pin piles semiempirical approach
45 Neutral plane concept and negative skin friction
46 Design of caissons
47 Design of pile groups
Subject Index
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