Customer Reviews

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
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I just finished taking a intro Soil Mechanics class using this book. We completed all 16 chapters which is quite a feat for any engineering class.

I thought the book was very good at laying out the conceptual aspects of soil mechanics and it was very easy to read through, espcially for an engineering book. The book has lots of illustrations and pictures (B&W). The books chapter layout was a little bass ackwards (Ch 11-14). The book has a fair amount of sample problems, at least one for every concept. However Engineering students regarding solved problems are like crack addicts on the streets, you can never have enough of what you desire.

I would actually rate this book a 4.5/5.0......but I had to round up.

I first bought this book as a required text for a couple of my modules in school. This book is very effective when it comes to presenting the mathematical formula, examples and graphs. However, the discussions of tests and soil behaviour left much to be desired.

This book would be suitable for people who just started on soil mechanics.

It's an excellent book for engineers' use as recommended by a prof teaching the course. There are also newer versions of this textbook, but I am very happy to have this 4th edition. In addition, there is "Geotechnical Engg-A practical Problem Solving Approach" book that I recommend (ISBN-1-60427-016-7) that supports the textbook with good problem solving engineering examples. It should be also in your library if you deal with soil mechanics and designs.

This is a great book. It came recommended to me by my engineer supervisor. I am a geologist who needs to learn more about geotech and the engineering side of the industry.

The book is full of errors, examples, tables and so on, which the author nor the publishers seems to have fixed from the previous issues.

This book is full of wonderful information that will be very helpful to me in my career.

If you need to know something introductory about geotech, this is the way to go.

I ask the publisher and the author: Is another edition of this text really necessary?

The material in this edition is no different than the previous. The explanations on soil testing and soil behavior are still very deficient. There are no improvements made. Oh, I almost forgot: we have a brand new cover and it does look better.

I am glad that I received my book in very early time. Thank you very much for this very wonderful purchasing experience since I am a new online purchaser.

came in earlier than i expected, and in the shape they described on here. thanks!