Geotechnical Engineers Portable Handbook, Second Edition (Paperback)

Robert Day

ISBN 10: 0071789715 / ISBN 13: 9780071789714

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe, 2012

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Paperback. Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Instant access to the latest geotechnical engineering dataFully updated to include the 2012 International Building Code (IBC), Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook, Second Edition, features a wealth of on-the-job geotechnical and construction related information in a convenient, quick-reference format. This practical resource is filled with essential data, formulas, and guidelines you can access right away. Detailed tables, charts, graphs, and illustrations are included throughout the book for ease of use in the field.Coverage includes:Field explorationLaboratory testingSoil and rock classificationPhase relationshipsEffective stress and stress distributionShear strengthPermeability and seepageSettlement analysesBearing capacity analysesPavement and pipeline designExpansive soil Slope stabilityGeotechnical earthquake engineeringErosion analysesRetaining wallsDeteriorationFoundationsGrading and other site improvement methodsGroundwater and percolation testsExcavation, underpinning, and field lead testsGeosyntheticsInstrumentationInternational Building Code regulations for soilsInternational Building Code regulations for foundations This fully updated edition provides a current, all-in-one library of instant geotechnical and foundation data for use in the field and officenow with 2012 International Building Code data. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780071789714

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Titel: Geotechnical Engineers Portable Handbook, ...

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Erscheinungsdatum: 2012

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: new

Auflage: 2. Auflage

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.

Instant access to the latest geotechnical engineering data

Fully updated to include the 2012 International Building Code (IBC), Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook, Second Edition, features a wealth of on-the-job geotechnical and construction related information in a convenient, quick-reference format. This practical resource is filled with essential data, formulas, and guidelines you can access right away. Detailed tables, charts, graphs, and illustrations are included throughout the book for ease of use in the field.

Coverage includes:

• Field exploration
• Laboratory testing
• Soil and rock classification
• Phase relationships
• Effective stress and stress distribution
• Shear strength
• Permeability and seepage
• Settlement analyses
• Bearing capacity analyses
• Pavement and pipeline design
• Expansive soil
• Slope stability
• Geotechnical earthquake engineering
• Erosion analyses
• Retaining walls
• Deterioration
• Foundations
• Grading and other site improvement methods
• Groundwater and percolation tests
• Excavation, underpinning, and field lead tests
• Geosynthetics
• Instrumentation
• International Building Code regulations for soils
• International Building Code regulations for foundations

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Robert W. Day (San Diego, CA) has published over 200 papers, as is currently active on various committees with ASCE, ASTM, Tranportation Research Board, and received a design award from AIA. After completing his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering at Villanova specializing in Structural Engineering, he completed his masters in Civil Engineering and Engineer Degree at MIT.