This successful text covers the basic principles of soil mechanics and the new edition includes a computer based simulation package. This package will include a suite of interactive spreadsheet assignments covering a wide range of topics, an online reference manual, an online glossary of terms and symbols and a soil mechanics "quiz" for student self-assessment. Soil mechanics is a core component of all civil engineering studies and an important topic for building and construction. An understanding of the behaviour of soil and rocks is essential for anyone planning, constructing or maintaining buildings as all structures rely on their natural foundations for ultimate stability.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Well-written textbook with clear pictures,
By "punlop" (Japan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Basic Soil Mechanics (Paperback)
I used this textbook for my undergrad. Actually, like a lump of people, I also bought the books written by Das. I should say that I prefer Whitlow's than Das's. Whitlow gives good explanation about soil mechanics theories and clearly exphasizes those with nice pictures.This book is UK-based! It means that you will gain some more interesting soil mech. information based on English knowledge; for examples, 3-D stress path or liquid limit using cone penetration test. I would have given 5 stars to this book if it had not contained some errors despite the 3rd edition. An example of error is Worked example 5.12!
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Good all-rounder,
By Tom Sklucki (Birmingham UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Basic Soil Mechanics (Paperback)
I bought the 4th Edition(2001)paperback ISBN 0-582-38109-6 A good all-rounder for UK/European biased teaching & practice. I haven't yet tried the accompanying software CD. The content is well laid out, clearly written and well illustrated. Coverage of the subject is well balanced.
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resultant active thrust, shear slip failure, design embedment depth, ultimate pore pressure, ultimate deviator stress, continuous loading tests, active thrust acting, parabolic isochrones, trial slip circle, vertical stress induced, peak strength envelope, founding depth, peak strength parameters, shear resistance force, tension crack depth, cent air voids, net ultimate bearing capacity, stress path tests, design bearing capacity, horizontal total stress, most critical circle, allowable hearing capacity, ultimate hearing capacity, state boundary surface, undrained stability Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
London Clay, Mohr Coulomb, British Standard, British Soil Classification System, The Tresca, United Kingdom, Ground Bearing Pressure Browse Sample Pages:
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resultant active thrust, shear slip failure, design embedment depth, ultimate pore pressure, ultimate deviator stress, continuous loading tests, active thrust acting, parabolic isochrones, trial slip circle, vertical stress induced, peak strength envelope, founding depth, peak strength parameters, shear resistance force, tension crack depth, cent air voids, net ultimate bearing capacity, stress path tests, design bearing capacity, horizontal total stress, most critical circle, allowable hearing capacity, ultimate hearing capacity, state boundary surface, undrained stability Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
London Clay, Mohr Coulomb, British Standard, British Soil Classification System, The Tresca, United Kingdom, Ground Bearing Pressure Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Soil Engineering: Testing, Design, and Remediation by Fu Hua Chen on page 23, page 63, and page 184
- Soil Mechanics: Concepts and Applications by William Powrie on page 232, page 280, and page 311
- An Introduction to Geotechnical Processes by John Woodward in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Applied Analyses in Geotechnics by Fethi Azizi on page 218
- Principles of Soil Physics (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment) by Rattan Lal on page 229
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