This book is one of the best-known and most respected books in geotechnical engineering. In its third edition, it presents both theoretical and practical knowledge of soil mechanics in engineering. It features expanded coverage of vibration problems, mechanics of drainage, passive earth pressure, and consolidation.
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One of the best-known and most respected books on geotechnical engineering, this updated version features expanded coverage of vibration problems, mechanics of drainage, passive earth pressure and consolidation. In the years since publication of the past editions there has been a proliferation of soil mechanics research, much of it irrelevant to engineering practice. It is the aim of the authors to bring order out of this confusion.
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Book of the century,
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This review is from: Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice (Hardcover)
In India people say there is no building like Tajmahal. In civil engineering, I say there is no book like Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice. Karl Terzaghi, the father of soil mechanics, had a vision, a vision that he lived by, nurtured and preached. Very few have personified Terzaghi's vision better than co-authors, Peck and Mesri.Permit me to say, no book in this century has had more influence on the rise of civil engineering than has Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice. Since its first publication in 1948, the book has guided a multitude around the world, spawned countless other books, and set a stage of research for a geotechnical generation gone by, there is, and yet to come. The library of a geotechnical engineer cannot be said to be complete without a copy of this book.
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Excellent - There are ERRORS though,
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Since Wiley does not (apparently) publish errata for this book, I figured I'd post this here; it may be some help to some frustrated grad student (like me).
On pg 293, top of the first column, an equation for the change in horizontal stress is given (for Boussineq conditions). The first subtraction operator should be an addition operator and the first addition operator should be a subtraction operator. This modification renders a reasonable result in keeping with results from Poulos and Davis (1974). Hope that spares you a couple hours of hair-tearing.
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Terzaghi says it all...,
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This review is from: Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice (Hardcover)
you've got to have this book if you are a geotechnical engineer. terzaghi gives examples from actual projects and presents them clearly. there are solutions to geotechnical problems encountered in the field.
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In geotechnical engineering, more than in any other field of civil engineering, success depends on practical experience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
porewater pressure measurements, porewater pressure dissipation, recompression range, natural soil structure, effective normal stress increases, effective radial stress, metastable soils, primary consolidation stage, intrinsic expansiveness, undrained shearing strength, standard load tests, wet mechanical analysis, direct simple shear test, cyclic yield strength, average shearing resistance, excess porewater pressure, largest footing, undrained instability, undrained shearing resistance, undrained shear strength, cutter barrel, basal heave, effective vertical pressure, shear strength mobilized, effective stress condition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Selected Reading, Soil Mech, United States, John Wiley, Boston Soc, Civil Engrs, San Francisco, James Bay, Lower San Fernando, Canadian Geotech, Hong Kong, Unified Soil Classification System, British Columbia, Engineering News, European Symp, Groin Size, Tokyo Bay, Coastal Development-Theory, Golden Jubilee Volume, Ham River, Mississippi River, North America, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Panamerican Conf New!
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In geotechnical engineering, more than in any other field of civil engineering, success depends on practical experience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
porewater pressure measurements, porewater pressure dissipation, recompression range, natural soil structure, effective normal stress increases, effective radial stress, metastable soils, primary consolidation stage, intrinsic expansiveness, undrained shearing strength, standard load tests, wet mechanical analysis, direct simple shear test, cyclic yield strength, average shearing resistance, excess porewater pressure, largest footing, undrained instability, undrained shearing resistance, undrained shear strength, cutter barrel, basal heave, effective vertical pressure, shear strength mobilized, effective stress condition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Selected Reading, Soil Mech, United States, John Wiley, Boston Soc, Civil Engrs, San Francisco, James Bay, Lower San Fernando, Canadian Geotech, Hong Kong, Unified Soil Classification System, British Columbia, Engineering News, European Symp, Groin Size, Tokyo Bay, Coastal Development-Theory, Golden Jubilee Volume, Ham River, Mississippi River, North America, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Panamerican Conf New!
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- From Theory to Practice in Soil Mechanics by Karl Terzaghi on 5 pages
- Cone Penetration Testing: Methods and Interpretation (Ciria Ground Engineering Report : in-Situ Testing) by A. C. Meigh on page 70, and Back Matter
- The Penetrometer and Soil Exploration (Developments in Geotechnical Engineering) by G. Sanglerat on page 69, and Back Matter
- Elastic Solutions for Soil and Rock Mechanics (Soil Engineering) by Harry G. Poulos on page 295, and Back Matter
- Landslides and Their Control (Developments in Geotechnical Engineering) by Quido Zaruba on page 376, and Back Matter
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- Soil Engineering: Testing, Design, and Remediation by Fu Hua Chen on 7 pages
- Seepage, Drainage, and Flow Nets (Wiley Classics in Ecology and Environmental Science) by Harry R. Cedergren on 5 pages
- The McGraw-Hill Civil Engineering PE Exam Guide: Breadth and Depth by Dodge Woodson on 4 pages
- Soils and Waves: Particulate Materials Behavior, Characterization and Process Monitoring (Lasers and Fibre Optics Series) by J. C. Santamarina on page 19, page 158, and Back Matter
- Construction Dewatering: New Methods and Applications (Wiley Series of Practical Construction Guides) by J. Patrick Powers in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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