Craig's Soil Mechanics

ISBN-13: 9781138070059 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 654 str.

Jonathan Knappett; R. F. Craig

Opis

Craig’s Soil Mechanics continues to evolve and remain the definitive text for civil engineering students worldwide, as well as a useful reference for practising engineers. This new edition contains restructured chapters with a lot of additional material, as well as extra worked examples and problems.

Spis treści

Part I Development of a mechanical model for soil 1 Basic characteristics of soils 2 Seepage 3 Effective stress 4 Consolidation 5 Soil behaviour in shear 6 Ground investigation 7 In-situ testing Part II Applications in geotechnical engineering 8 Shallow foundations: capacity 9 Shallow foundations: serviceability 10 Deep foundations 11 Retaining structures 12 Earthworks 13 Evaluating geotechnical performance