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Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook (Paperback)

by Robert W. Day (Author)
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Product Description
One-volume library of instant geotechnical and foundation data Now for the first time ever, geotechnical, foundation, and civil engineers...geologists...architects, planners, and construction managers can quickly find information they must refer to every working day, in one compact source. Edited by Robert W. Day, the time -and effort-saving Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook gives you field exploration guidelines and lab procedures. You'll find soil and rock classification, basic phase relationships, and all the tables and charts you need for stress distribution, pavement, and pipeline design. You also get abundant information on all types of geotechnical analyses, including settlement, bearing capacity, expansive soil, slope stability - plus coverage of retaining walls and building foundations. Other construction-related topics covered include grading, instrumentation, excavation, underpinning, groundwater control and more.

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Provides a quick reference book on geotechnical engineering and construction-related topics. Presents vital, ready to implement geotechnical data,formulas, and guidelines that you can flip to at a moment's notice.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (November 11, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0071351116
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071351119
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #420,863 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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