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This Adapted International Student Edition of Braja M. Das' Rinciples of Foundation Engineering is a first edition to hit the International Market. Intended for an introductory junior/senior level course on foundation engineering in the Civil Engineering department.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Geotechnical Properties of Soil Introdcution / Grain-Size Distribution / Size Limits for Soils / Weight-Volume Relationships / Relative Density / Atterberg Limits / Soil Classification Systems / Hydraulic Conductivity of Soil / Steady-State Seepage / Effective Stress / Consolidation / Calculation of Primary Consolidation Settlement / Time Rate of Consolidation / Shear Strength / Unconfined Compression Test / Correlations for Undrained Shear Strength / Sensitivity Chapter 2: Subsurface Exploration Introduction / Subsurface Exploration Program / Exploratory Borings in the Feild / Procedures for sampling Soil / Observation of Water Tables / Vane Shear Test / Cone Penetration Test / Coring of Rocks / Preparation of Boring Logs / Subsoil Exploration Report Chapter 3: Shallow Foundations Introduction / Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations / General Concepts / Terzaghi''s Bearing Capacity Theory / Factor of Safety / Modification of Bearing Capacity Equations for Water Table / The General Bearing Capacity Equation / Eccentrically Loaded Foundations / Bearing Capacity of Layered Soils: Stronger Sand Underlain by Weaker Soil / Settlement of Shallow Foundations / Types of Foundation Settlement / Elastic Settlement Based on the Theory of Elasticity / Elastic Settlement of Foundations of Saturated Clay / Elastic Settlement of Sandy Soil: Use of Strain Influence Factor / Range of Material Parameters for Computing Elastic Settlement / Primary Consolidation Settlement Relationships / Three Dimensional Effect on Primary Consolidation Settlement / Vertical Stress Increase in a Soil Mass Caused by Foundation Load (For Consolidation Settlement Calculation) / Allowable Bearing Pressure in sand Based in Settlement Consideration / Field Load Test / Presumptive Bearing Capacity / Tolerable Settlement of Buildings Chapter 4: Mat Foundations Introduction / Combined Footings / Common Types of Mat Foundations / Bearing Capacity of Mat Foundations / Compensated Foundations / Structural Design of Mat Foudnations Chapter 5: Lateral Earth Pressure and Retaining Walls Indtroduction / Lateral Earth Pressure at Rest / Rankine Active Earth Pressure / Rankine Active Earth Pressure for Inclined Backfill / Coulomb''s Active Earth Pressure / Rankine Passive Earth Pressure / Rankine Passive Earth Pressure: Inclined Backfill / Coulimb''s Passive Earth Pressure / Comments of the Failure Surface Assumptions for Coulomb''s Pressure Calculations / Proportioning Retaining Walls / Application of Lateral Earth Pressure Therories to Design / Equivalent Fluid Method for Determination of Earth Pressure / Stability of Retaining Walls / Check for Overturning / Check for Sliding Along the Base / Check for Bearing Capacity Failure / Construction Joints and Drainage fom Backfill Chapter 6: Sheet Pile Walls Introduction / COnstruction Methods / Cantilever Sheet Pile Walls / Cantilver Sheet Piling Penetrating Sandy Soils / Cnatilever Sheet Piling Penetrating Clay / Anchored Sheet Pile Walls / Free Earth Support Method for Penetration of Sandy Soils / Moment Reduction for anchored Sheet Pile Walls / Free Earth Support Method for Penetration of Clay / Anchors / Ultimate resistance of Anchor Plates and Beams in Sand / Ultimate Resistance of Anchor Plates and beams in Clay / Factor of Safety for Anchor Plates and Beams Chapter 7: Braced Cuts Introduction / Lateral earth Pressure in Braced Cuts / Design of Various Componenets of a Braced Cut / Stability of Braced Cuts / Failure of single Wall Cofferdams by Piping Chapter 8: Pile Foundation Introduction / Tyoes of Piles in Use / Estimation of Pile Length / Installation of Piles . Load Transfer Mechanism / Equations fro Estimating Pile Capacity / Meyerhof''s Method for Estimating Qp / Janbu''s Method for Estimating Qp / Coyle and Castello''s Method for Estimating Qp in Sand / Other Correlations for Claulating Qp with SPT and CPT Results / Frictionless Resistance (Qs) in Sand / Frictional (Sk

About the Author :
Dr. Braja Das is dean emeritus of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Sacramento. He received his M.S. in civil engineering from the University of Iowa and his Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of several geotechnical engineering texts and reference books as well as more than 300 technical papers in the area of geotechnical engineering. His primary areas of research include shallow foundations, earth anchors and geosynthetics. Dr. Das is a fellow and life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, life member of the American Society for Engineering Education and an emeritus member of the Stabilization of Geomaterials and Recycled Materials of the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council. He has received numerous awards for teaching excellence, including the AMOCO Foundation Award, the AT&T Award for Teaching Excellence from the American Society for Engineering Education, the Ralph Teetor Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence from the University of Texas at El Paso.

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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Geotechnical Properties of Soil Introdcution / Grain-Size Distribution / Size Limits for Soils / Weight-Volume Relationships / Relative Density / Atterberg Limits / Soil Classification Systems / Hydraulic Conductivity of Soil / Steady-State Seepage / Effective Stress / Consolidation / Calculation of Primary Consolidation Settlement / Time Rate of Consolidation / Shear Strength / Unconfined Compression Test / Correlations for Undrained Shear Strength / Sensitivity Chapter 2: Subsurface Exploration Introduction / Subsurface Exploration Program / Exploratory Borings in the Feild / Procedures for sampling Soil / Observation of Water Tables / Vane Shear Test / Cone Penetration Test / Coring of Rocks / Preparation of Boring Logs / Subsoil Exploration Report Chapter 3: Shallow Foundations Introduction / Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations / General Concepts / Terzaghi's Bearing Capacity Theory / Factor of Safety / Modification of Bearing Capacity Equations for Water Table / The General Bearing Capacity Equation / Eccentrically Loaded Foundations / Bearing Capacity of Layered Soils: Stronger Sand Underlain by Weaker Soil / Settlement of Shallow Foundations / Types of Foundation Settlement / Elastic Settlement Based on the Theory of Elasticity / Elastic Settlement of Foundations of Saturated Clay / Elastic Settlement of Sandy Soil: Use of Strain Influence Factor / Range of Material Parameters for Computing Elastic Settlement / Primary Consolidation Settlement Relationships / Three Dimensional Effect on Primary Consolidation Settlement / Vertical Stress Increase in a Soil Mass Caused by Foundation Load (For Consolidation Settlement Calculation) / Allowable Bearing Pressure in sand Based in Settlement Consideration / Field Load Test / Presumptive Bearing Capacity / Tolerable Settlement of Buildings Chapter 4: Mat Foundations Introduction / Combined Footings / Common Types of Mat Foundations / Bearing Capacity of Mat Foundations / Compensated Foundations / Structural Design of Mat Foudnations Chapter 5: Lateral Earth Pressure and Retaining Walls Indtroduction / Lateral Earth Pressure at Rest / Rankine Active Earth Pressure / Rankine Active Earth Pressure for Inclined Backfill / Coulomb's Active Earth Pressure / Rankine Passive Earth Pressure / Rankine Passive Earth Pressure: Inclined Backfill / Coulimb's Passive Earth Pressure / Comments of the Failure Surface Assumptions for Coulomb's Pressure Calculations / Proportioning Retaining Walls / Application of Lateral Earth Pressure Therories to Design / Equivalent Fluid Method for Determination of Earth Pressure / Stability of Retaining Walls / Check for Overturning / Check for Sliding Along the Base / Check for Bearing Capacity Failure / Construction Joints and Drainage fom Backfill Chapter 6: Sheet Pile Walls Introduction / COnstruction Methods / Cantilever Sheet Pile Walls / Cantilver Sheet Piling Penetrating Sandy Soils / Cnatilever Sheet Piling Penetrating Clay / Anchored Sheet Pile Walls / Free Earth Support Method for Penetration of Sandy Soils / Moment Reduction for anchored Sheet Pile Walls / Free Earth Support Method for Penetration of Clay / Anchors / Ultimate resistance of Anchor Plates and Beams in Sand / Ultimate Resistance of Anchor Plates and beams in Clay / Factor of Safety for Anchor Plates and Beams Chapter 7: Braced Cuts Introduction / Lateral earth Pressure in Braced Cuts / Design of Various Componenets of a Braced Cut / Stability of Braced Cuts / Failure of single Wall Cofferdams by Piping Chapter 8: Pile Foundation Introduction / Tyoes of Piles in Use / Estimation of Pile Length / Installation of Piles . Load Transfer Mechanism / Equations fro Estimating Pile Capacity / Meyerhof's Method for Estimating Qp / Janbu's Method for Estimating Qp / Coyle and Castello's Method for Estimating Qp in Sand / Other Correlations for Claulating Qp with SPT and CPT Results / Frictionless Resistance (Qs) in Sand / Frictional (Skin) Resistance in Clay / General Comments and Allowable Pile Capacity / Point Bearing Capacity of Piles Resting on Rock / Elastic Settlement of Piles / Laterally Loaded Piles / Pile Driving Formulas / Group Piles - Efficiency / Consolidation Settlement of Group Piles Chapter 9: Drilled Shafts Introduction / Types of Drilled Shafts / Construction Procedures / Other Design Considerations / Estimation of Load-Bearing Capacity - General / Drilled Shafts in Sand-Load -Bearing Capacity / Drilled Shafts in Clay - Load Bearing Capacity / Lateral Load-Carrying Capacity Chapter 10: Foundations on Difficult Soils Introduction / Foundations of Collapsing Soil / Definition and Types of Collapsing Soil / Physical Parameters for Identification / Procedure for Claculation of Collapse Settlement / Foundation Design in Soils Not susceptible to Wetting / Foundation Design in Soils Susceotible to Wetting / Foundations on Expansive Soil / Expansive Soils - General / Laboratory Measurement of Swell / Classification of Expansive Soil / Foundation Considerations on Expansive Soils / Construction on Expansive Soils / Sanitary Landfills - General / Settlement of Sanitary Landfills / Bearing Capacity of Foundation on Sanitary Landfills Chapter 11: Soil Improvement Introduction / Compaction - General Principles / Field Compaction / Vibroflotation / Precompression - General Considerations / Sand Drains / Wick Drains / Soil Stabilization by Admixtures Answers to Selected Problems Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780495082477
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: CL Engineering
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 680 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0495082473
  • Publisher Date: 23 Aug 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 480


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