Core Concepts of Geotechnical Engineering

Sanjay Kumar Shukla (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2015
Ice Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7277-5859-0 (ISBN)

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Produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers, ICE Textbooks offer clear, concise and practical information on the major principles of civil and structural engineering. They are an indispensable companion to undergraduate audiences

Core Concepts in Geotechnical Engineering is a practical introduction to soils and rocks, site investigation, and ground improvement techniques. It presents the core concepts of several geotechnical structures such as shallow and deep foundations, retaining structures, slopes, embankments, earth dams, machine foundations, buried structures and tunnels. It also focuses on pavements, and geotechnical structures with geosynthetics.

Dr Sanjay Kumar Shukla is an Associate Professor and Program Leader of the Discipline of Civil Engineering in the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. He has over twenty years' teaching, research and consultancy experience in the field of Geotechnical and Geosynthetic Engineering.

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Site investigation

Chapter3. Ground improvement techniques

Chapter 4. Shallow foundations

Chapter 5. Deep foundations

Chapter 6. Retaining structures

Chapter 7. Slopes, Earth dams and embankments

Chapter 8. Machine foundations

Chapter 9. Burried structures and tunnels

Chapter 10. Highway, airport and railway pavements

Chapter 11. Geotechnical structures with geosynthetics

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.6.2015
Reihe/Serie	ICE Textbooks
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Themenwelt	Technik ► Bauwesen
ISBN-10	0-7277-5859-4 / 0727758594
ISBN-13	978-0-7277-5859-0 / 9780727758590
Zustand	Neuware