TY - BOOK AU - Salgado,Rodrigo TI - The engineering of foundations SN - 0072500581 U1 - 624.15 22 PY - 2008///] CY - Boston PB - McGraw Hill KW - Foundations N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The world of foundation engineering -- Foundation design -- Soils, rocks, and groundwater -- Stress analysis, strain analysis, and shearing of soils -- Shear strength and stiffness of sands -- Consolidation, shear strength, and stiffness of clays -- Site exploration -- Shallow foundations in soils : types of shallow foundations and construction techniques -- Shallow foundation settlement -- Shallow foundations : limit bearing capacity -- Shallow foundation design -- Types of piles and their installation -- Analysis and design of single piles -- Pile driving analysis and quality control of piling operations -- Pile groups and piled rafts -- Retaining structures -- Soil slopes -- Appendix A : Unit conversions -- Appendix B : Useful relationships and typical values of various quantities -- Appendix C : Measurement of hydraulic conductivity in the laboratory using the falling-head permeameter -- Appendix D : Determination of preconsolidation pressure, compression, and recompression indices, and coefficient of consolidation from consolidation test data -- Appendix E : stress rotation analysis -- Answers to selected problems UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006047311-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0740/2006047311-t.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2006047311-b.html ER -