Foundation Engineering Handbook

 Foundation Engineering Handbook
Item #: 330-7695-05
Author: Robert W. Day
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN:0071447695
Format: Hardcover
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The Foundation Engineering Handbook provides design and construction with the 2006 International Building Code
This practical resource offers complete coverage of foundation engineering, emphasizing the geotechnical aspects and the use of the 2006 International Building Code. Foundation Engineering Handbook explains how to develop a complete program of foundation investigation, conduct geotechnical field and laboratory studies, and analyze data for the design of foundations. Evaluating construction and preparing foundation engineering reports is also covered. 930 pp.

Foundation Engineering Handbook - Table of Contents:

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Geotechnical Engineering
    • Subsurface Exploration
    • Laboratory Testing
    • Soil Mechanics
  • Part 2: Foundation Design
    • Shallow and Deep Foundations
    • Bearing Capacity of Foundations
    • Settlement of Foundations
    • Consolidation
    • Foundations on Expansive Soil
    • Slope Stability
    • Retaining Walls
    • Foundation Deterioration and Cracking
    • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for Soils
    • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for Foundations and Retaining Walls
  • Part 3: Foundation Construction
    • Grading and Other Soil Improvement Methods
    • Foundation Excavation, Underpinning, and Field Load Tests
    • Geosynthetics and Instrumentation
  • Part 4: 2006 International Building Codes
    • International Building Code Regulations for Soils
    • International Building Code Regulations for Foundations
  • Appendix A: Glossary
  • Appendix B: Example of Foundation Engineering Report
  • Appendix C: Solution to Problems
  • Appendix D: Conversion Factors
  • Appendix E: Bibliography
  • Index
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