Geotechnical engineer's portable handbook / Robert W. Day.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: McGraw-Hill portable engineeringPublication details: New York : McGraw Hill, c2000.Description: 1 v. (various pagings)ISBN:- 0071351116
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Books | Library, SPAB G-2 | Non Fiction | 624.151 DAY-G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003777 |
pt. 1. Geotechnical engineering --
Ch. 1. Introduction --
Ch. 2. Field exploration --
Ch. 3. Laboratory testing --
Ch. 4. Soil and rock classification --
Ch. 5. Phase relationships --
Ch. 6. Effective stress and stress distribution --
Ch. 7. Shear strength --
Ch. 8. Permeability and seepage --
Ch. 9. Settlement analysis --
Ch. 10. Bearing capacity analyses --
Ch. 11. Pavement and pipeline design --
Ch. 12. Expansive soil --
Ch. 13. Slope stability --
Ch. 14. Geotechnical earthquake engineering --
Ch. 15. Erosion analyses --
Ch. 16. Retaining walls --
Ch. 17. Deterioration --
Ch. 18. Foundations --
pt. 2. Construction --
Ch. 19. Grading and other site improvement methods --
Ch. 20. Groundwater and percolation tests --
Ch. 21. Excavation, underpinning and field load test --
Ch. 22. Geosynthetics --
Ch. 23. Instrumentation --
pt. 3. 2012 International Building Code --
Ch. 24. International Building Code regulations for soils --
Ch. 25. International Building Code regulations for foundations --
Provides project-ready geotechnical answers. This book is filled with vital, ready-to-implement geotechnical data, formulas, and guidelines. It features: field exploration guidelines, soil and rock classifications, and percolation and lab test procedures, along with basic phase relationships and stress distribution tables and charts.
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