Geotechnical Engineers Portable Handbook

Author : Robert Day
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071789715
Total Pages : 1090 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geotechnical Engineers Portable Handbook, Second Edition written by Robert Day and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instant access to the latest geotechnical engineering data Fully updated to include the 2012 International Building Code (IBC), Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook, Second Edition, features a wealth of on-the-job geotechnical and construction related information in a convenient, quick-reference format. This practical resource is filled with essential data, formulas, and guidelines you can access right away. Detailed tables, charts, graphs, and illustrations are included throughout the book for ease of use in the field. Coverage includes: Field exploration Laboratory testing Soil and rock classification Phase relationships Effective stress and stress distribution Shear strength Permeability and seepage Settlement analyses Bearing capacity analyses Pavement and pipeline design Expansive soil Slope stability Geotechnical earthquake engineering Erosion analyses Retaining walls Deterioration Foundations Grading and other site improvement methods Groundwater and percolation tests Excavation, underpinning, and field lead tests Geosynthetics Instrumentation International Building Code regulations for soils International Building Code regulations for foundations

Author : Robert Day
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 007177744X
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook written by Robert Day and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1999-12-02 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One-volume library of instant geotechnical and foundation data Now for the first time ever, geotechnical, foundation, and civil engineers...geologists...architects, planners, and construction managers can quickly find information they must refer to every working day, in one compact source. Edited by Robert W. Day, the time -and effort-saving Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook gives you field exploration guidelines and lab procedures. You'll find soil and rock classification, basic phase relationships, and all the tables and charts you need for stress distribution, pavement, and pipeline design. You also get abundant information on all types of geotechnical analyses, including settlement, bearing capacity, expansive soil, slope stability - plus coverage of retaining walls and building foundations. Other construction-related topics covered include grading, instrumentation, excavation, underpinning, groundwater control and more.

Author : Robert W. Day
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071789723
Total Pages : 1089 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geotechnical Engineers Portable Handbook, Second Edition written by Robert W. Day and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 1089 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instant access to the latest geotechnical engineering data Fully updated to include the 2012 International Building Code (IBC), Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook, Second Edition, features a wealth of on-the-job geotechnical and construction related information in a convenient, quick-reference format. This practical resource is filled with essential data, formulas, and guidelines you can access right away. Detailed tables, charts, graphs, and illustrations are included throughout the book for ease of use in the field. Coverage includes: Field exploration Laboratory testing Soil and rock classification Phase relationships Effective stress and stress distribution Shear strength Permeability and seepage Settlement analyses Bearing capacity analyses Pavement and pipeline design Expansive soil Slope stability Geotechnical earthquake engineering Erosion analyses Retaining walls Deterioration Foundations Grading and other site improvement methods Groundwater and percolation tests Excavation, underpinning, and field lead tests Geosynthetics Instrumentation International Building Code regulations for soils International Building Code regulations for foundations

Author : Braja M. Das
Publisher : J. Ross Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1932159835
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geotechnical Engineering Handbook written by Braja M. Das and published by J. Ross Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Geotechnical Engineering Handbook brings together essential information related to the evaluation of engineering properties of soils, design of foundations such as spread footings, mat foundations, piles, and drilled shafts, and fundamental principles of analyzing the stability of slopes and embankments, retaining walls, and other earth-retaining structures. The Handbook also covers soil dynamics and foundation vibration to analyze the behavior of foundations subjected to cyclic vertical, sliding and rocking excitations and topics addressed in some detail include: environmental geotechnology and foundations for railroad beds.

Author : Ulrich Smoltczyk
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9783433014509
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geotechnical Engineering Handbook, Procedures written by Ulrich Smoltczyk and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-03-14 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of the Handbook covers the geotechnical procedures used in manufacturing anchors and piles as well as for improving or underpinning foundations, securing existing constructions, controlling ground water, excavating rocks and earth works. It also treats such specialist areas as the use of geotextiles and seeding.

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ISBN 13 : 9781628705072
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Author : Robert W. Day
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071740104
Total Pages : 1008 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundation Engineering Handbook 2/E written by Robert W. Day and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully up-to-date, practical guide to foundation engineering Revised to cover the 2009 International Building Code, Foundation Engineering Handbook, Second Edition presents basic geotechnical field and laboratory studies, such as subsurface exploration and laboratory testing of soil, rock, and groundwater samples. The book then discusses the geotechnical aspects of foundation engineering, including conditions commonly encountered by design engineers--settlement, expansive soil, and slope stability. Details on the performance or engineering evaluation of foundation construction and the application of the 2009 International Building Code are included in this valuable resource. FOUNDATION ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, SECOND EDITION COVERS: Subsurface exploration Laboratory testing Soil mechanics Shallow and deep foundations Bearing capacity and settlement of foundations Foundations on expansive soil Slope stability Retaining walls Foundation deterioration and cracking Geotechnical earthquake engineering for soils, foundations, and retaining walls Grading and other soil improvement methods Foundation excavation, underpinning, and field load tests Geosynthetics and instrumentation 2009 International Building Code regulations for soils and foundations

Author : Burt G. Look
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315813238
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Geotechnical Investigation and Design Tables written by Burt G. Look and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical handbook of properties for soils and rock contains in a concise tabular format the key issues relevant to geotechnical investigations, assessments and designs in common practice. There are brief notes on the application of the tables. These data tables are compiled for experienced geotechnical professionals who require a reference do

Author : Robert W. Day
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071792392
Total Pages : 693 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Second Edition written by Robert W. Day and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-08-20 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest methods for designing seismically sound structures Fully updated for the 2012 International Building Code, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook, Second Edition discusses basic earthquake principles, common earthquake effects, and typical structural damage caused by seismic shaking. Earthquake computations for conditions commonly encountered by design engineers, such as liquefaction, settlement, bearing capacity, and slope stability, are included. Site improvement methods that can be used to mitigate the effects of earthquakes on structures are also described in this practical, comprehensive guide. Coverage includes: Basic earthquake principles Common earthquake effects Earthquake structural damage Site investigation for geotechnical earthquake engineering Liquefaction Earthquake-induced settlement Bearing capacity analyses for earthquakes Slope stability analyses for earthquakes Retaining wall analyses for earthquakes Other geotechnical earthquake engineering analyses Grading and other soil improvement methods Foundation alternatives to mitigate earthquake effects Earthquake provisions in building codes

Author : Manjriker Gunaratne
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439892784
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Foundation Engineering Handbook written by Manjriker Gunaratne and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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