Geotechnical engineer's portable handbook with the 2012 international building code /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Day, Robert W.
Corporate Author: International Code Council
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2013.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
Subjects:
Engineering geology > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Civil engineering.
Construction industry > Standards.
Standards, Engineering.
Building laws.
Soils > Testing.
Subsoils > Testing.
Soil mechanics.
Soils > Classification.
Rocks > Classification.
Stress distribution.
Shear strength of soils.
Soil consolidation.
Swelling soils.
Slopes (Soil mechanics) > Stability.
Earthquake engineering.
Soil conservation.
Retaining walls.
Concrete > Deterioration.
Foundations > Deterioration.
Grading (Earthwork)
Excavation.
Geosynthetics.
Electronic books.
Internet resources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 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 load tests
  • Geosynthetics
  • Instrumentation
  • International building code regulations for soils
  • International building code regulations for foundations.

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