Principles of Foundation Engineering, 8th Edition

Master the fundamental concepts and applications of foundation analysis design with PRINCIPLES OF FOUNDATION ENGINEERING. This market leading text maintains a careful balance of current research and practical field applications, offers a wealth of worked out examples and figures that show you how to do the work you will be doing as a civil engineer, and helps you develop the judgment you’ll need to properly apply theories and analysis to the evaluation of soils and foundation design.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Part 1: Geotechnical Properties and Exploration of Soil
Chapter 2: Geotechnical Properties of Soil
Chapter 3: Natural Soil Deposits and Subsoil Exploration

Part 2: Foundation Analysis
Chapter 4: Shallow Foundations: Ultimate Bearing Capacity
Chapter 5: Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations: Special Cases
Chapter 6: Vertical Stress Increase in Soil
Chapter 7: Settlement of Shallow Foundations
Chapter 8: Mat Foundations
Chapter 9: Pile Foundations
Chapter 10: Drilled-Shaft Foundations
Chapter 11: Foundations on Difficult Soils

Part 3: Lateral Earth Pressure and Earth-Retaining Structures
Chapter 12: Lateral Earth Pressure
Chapter 13: Retaining Walls
Chapter 14: Sheet-Pile Walls
Chapter 15: Braced Cuts

Part 4: Soil Improvement
Chapter 16: Soil Improvement and Ground Modification

Appendix A: Reinforced Concrete Design of Shallow Foundations