The Foundation Engineering Handbook, Second Edition
The Foundation Engineering Handbook, Second Edition by Manjriker Gunaratne, published by CRC Press on November 26, 2013, is a comprehensive resource for foundation engineering. This edition spans 727 pages and is presented in English, focusing on the critical interaction between structures and soil to ensure public safety and the longevity of buildings. It covers essential concepts such as the strength and compressibility of subsurface soil, providing both classical and contemporary design and analysis techniques for various earthen structures.
Readers will find detailed discussions on the principles and design methods necessary for constructing building foundations, embankments, and earth-retaining structures. The book includes foundational topics in soil mechanics and groundwater modeling, supplemented by the latest research findings. Notable updates in this edition feature alternative analytical techniques, new applications in unsaturated soil mechanics, and insights into reliability-based design concepts. With over 500 illustrations and more than 1,300 equations, this handbook serves as a valuable resource for both practicing engineers and students in the fields of civil engineering and natural resource extraction.
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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 engineering needed by professional engineers and engineering students.
It presents both classical and state-of-the-art design and analysis techniques for earthen structures and examines the principles and design methods of foundation engineering needed for design of building foundations, embankments, and earth retaining structures. It covers basic soil mechanics, and soil and groundwater modeling concepts, along with the latest research results.
What’s New in the Second Edition:
- Adds alternative analytical techniques to nearly every chapter
- Supplements existing material with new content
- Includes additional applications in the state of the art such as unsaturated soil mechanics, analysis of transient flow through soils, deep foundation construction monitoring based on thermal integrity profiling, and updated ground remediation techniques
- Covers reliability-based design and LRFD (load resistance factor design) concepts not addressed in most foundation engineering texts
- Provides more than 500 illustrations and over 1,300 equations
The text serves as an ideal resource for practicing foundation and geotechnical engineers, as well as a supplemental textbook for both undergraduate and graduate levels.
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