Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (2nd Edition)

Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (2nd Edition)

By Donald P. Coduto

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Number Of Pages: 883

Publication Date: 2000-07-20

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0135897068

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780135897065

Binding: Hardcover

Using a design-oriented approach that addresses geotechnical, structural, and construction aspects of foundation engineering, this book explores practical methods of designing structural foundations, while emphasizing and explaining how and why foundations behave the way they do. It explains the theories and experimental data behind the design procedures, and how to apply this information to real-world problems. Covers general principles (performance requirements, soil mechanics, site exploration and characterization); shallow foundations (bearing capacity, settlement, spread footings -- geotechnical design, spread footings -- structural design, mats); deep foundations (axial load capacity -- full-scale load tests, static methods, dynamic methods; lateral load capacity; structural design); special topics (foundations on weak and compressible soils, foundation on expansive soils, foundations on collapsible soils); and earth retaining structures (lateral earth pressures, cantilever retaining walls, sheet pile walls, soldier pile walls, internally stabilized earth retaining structures). For geotechnical engineers, soils engineers, structural engineers, and foundation engineers.

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University Builders

University Builders

By Martin Pearce

Publisher: Academy Press

Number Of Pages: 224

Publication Date: 2001-06-27

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471988340

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471988342

Binding: Hardcover

The building of a university campus is an extremely challenging you an extensive study of a variety of styles of universities from around the world. This excellent reference portrays expert architects and their work in designing outstanding educational establishments.

Full of impressive colour and black and white images

Features the most influential architects of this century

The range of styles and philosophies covered in this book will prove an indispensable reference in assisting you with planning and designing architecture of the learning environment.

Expert architects showcase their work including:

Foster Partners - Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK

Henri Gaudin - Amiens, France

Antoine Predock - UCSC, California, USA

Stirling Wilford - Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

John Outram, Rice University, Texas, USA

Eduardo Souta de Moura - Aveiro University, Portugal

Michael Hopkins - Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK

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Computational Geomechanics with Special Reference to Earthquake Engineering

Computational Geomechanics with Special Reference to Earthquake Engineering

By O. C. Zienkiewicz, A. H. C. Chan, M. Pastor, B. A. Schrefler, T. Shiomi

Publisher: Wiley

Number Of Pages: 398

Publication Date: 1999-05-11

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471982857

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471982852

Binding: Hardcover

Computational Geomechanics:

introduces the full theory of dynamic and static behaviour of porous media and shows how computation can predict the deformations of a structure, subject to an earthquake or consolidation.

introduces the use of numerical, finite element procedures for soil and rock mechanics problems which has increased rapidly throughout the last decade.

provides a comprehensive survey of major, constitutive models, which can simulate soil behaviour rationally.

explains practical procedures based on computational experience for real projects with particular emphasis on earthquake engineering.

Static problems which occupy a particular area of dynamics can also be solved by identical methods, making the book relevant to all researchers and engineers concerned with geomechanics. Earthquake Engineering is stressed throughout as it is in this field that the most difficult examples arise; however, other applications are also noted.

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Expansive Soils: Advances in Characterization and Treatment

Expansive Soils: Advances in Characterization and Treatment

By Amer Ali Al-Rawas, Mattheus F. A. Goosen

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Number Of Pages: 550

Publication Date: 2006-06-02

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415396816

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415396813

Binding: Hardcover

With their ability to swell and shrink in relation to the environment's water content, expansive soils are considered as geonatural hazards and form a challenge to geotechnical and construction engineers. Addressing the problems associated with these soils, this book provides expert contributions on the recent advances in the characteristics and treatment of expansive soils. Beginning with an overview on the nature, identification, and classification of expansive soils, it confronts current issues including volume change characteristics; site characterization; the measurement and assessment of soil swelling potential; suction; lime and cement stabilization and other stabilization methods.

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Geotechnical Investigation by US Army

Engineering Manual

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Shallow Foundations: Bearing Capacity and Settlement

Shallow Foundations: Bearing Capacity and Settlement

By Braja M. Das

Publisher: CRC

Number Of Pages: 384

Publication Date: 1999-06-18

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0849311357

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780849311352

Binding: Hardcover

The First Comprehensive Guide to Shallow FoundationsOver the last few decades, the bearing capacity of shallow foundations has been studied more thoroughly than any other subject in geotechnical engineering. Until now, however, most references on foundation engineering devoted only a single chapter to the subject. Shallow Foundations: Bearing Capacity and Settlement provides what many engineers have been waiting for-a concise, comprehensive reference containing all the relevant material on shallow foundation behavior under static and dynamic loads related to their ultimate bearing capacity, allowable bearing capacity, and settlement.Estimation Techniques, Earthquake Loading, and Experimental ResultsThe author-a renowned expert-presents the various theories developed during the past fifty years for estimating the ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations under various types of loading and subsoil conditions. He discusses the principles of estimating foundation settlement and for estimating the stress increase in a soil mass supporting a foundation. Earthquake loading and its effects on ultimate bearing capacity have received considerable attention in recent years, and the author provides an overview of these developments. He also offers details regarding permanent foundation settlement caused by cyclic and transient loading-details derived from laboratory and field experimental observations.Progress in Soil ReinforcementResearchers have made steady progress in evaluating the potential of soil reinforcement to reduce settlement and increase ultimate and allowable bearing capacities of shallow foundations. This book provides an entire chapter on the subject, including discussions of the materials used: galvanized steel strips, geotextile, and geogrid.The presentation of Shallow Foundations is clear, concise, and filled with examples and exercises that illustrate the theory. This book stands alone as an in-depth, authoritative guide to shallow foundation bearing capacities and the effects of different soil types, slopes, settlement, reinforcement, and seismic activity. Researchers, students, and practicing engineers will all welcome its addition to their reference shelves.

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An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering

An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering

By Robert D. Holtz, William D. Kovacs

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Number Of Pages: 733

Publication Date: 1981-03-08

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0134843940

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780134843940

Binding: Paperback

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Mechanics and Meaning in Architecture

Mechanics and Meaning in Architecture

By Lance LaVine, Fred Turner

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Number Of Pages: 207

Publication Date: 2001-03

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0816634777

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780816634774

Binding: Paperback

Architecture

An exploration of technology's role in architecture and, in turn, humanity's understanding of nature.

In Mechanics and Meaning in Architecture, Lance LaVine shows that in architecture, as practiced and taught today, the technological aspect of the profession-how weight is distributed, how heat flow is regulated, and how light is permitted to enter-has been ceded to engineers and other technical specialists. And in doing so, he argues, architects have lost sight of one of architecture's most important purposes, that of providing a literal and figurative window onto the world.

As a technology of habitation, architecture should provide people with both a practical and a metaphorical understanding of their relationship with nature. For LaVine, this knowledge emanates from a sensual understanding of the natural world as a "felt force." At its most basic level, architecture demands an understanding of and response to the natural forces of gravity, climate, and sunlight. At the center of Mechanics and Meaning in Architecture are case studies of four very different houses: a Finnish log farmhouse from the nineteenth century; Charles Moore's house in Arinda, California; Tadao Anmdo's Wall house in Japan; and Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye near Paris. Through his imaginative readings of structures, LaVine highlights how the architects involved have used the oldest and most fundamental architectural technologies-walls, floors, ceilings, columns, beams, and windows-in ways that offer creative responses to the natural world and humanity's place in it.

Clearly, architects are comfortable with the practical and aesthetic components of their profession. With this book, Lance LaVine encourages them also to understand what makes their use of technology unique and essential, and to reclaim the natural world for meaningful interpretation in their design of buildings. Lance LaVine is professor of architecture and landscape architecture at the University of Minnesota.

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Diagnosis of Deterioration in Concrete Structures - Identification of defects, evaluation and development of remedial action

by The Concrete Society

Description: This broad introduction to concrete deterioration outlines the major causes and mechanisms of deterioration. Three stages of assessment are covered: investigation of current condition, diagnosis and selection of appropriate solution Numerous references. 2000

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Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

By Ning Lu, William J. Likos

Publisher: Wiley

Number Of Pages: 584

Publication Date: 2004-05-20

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471447315

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471447313

Binding: Hardcover

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Fibre Reinforced Polymers in Civil Engineering by Hakan Nordin

doctoral thesis for Lulea University of Technology - Sweden - 2003

ISBN 91-89580-08-7

143 PAGES

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Well Engineering and Construction

Well Engineering and Construction By H. Rabia

Publisher: Entrac Consulting

Number Of Pages: 650

Publication Date: 2001-09-01

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0954108701

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780954108700

Binding: Paperback

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ENGINEERING AND DESIGN OF SHEET PILE CELLULAR STRUCTURES, COFFER AMS AND RETAINING STRUCTURES

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