Jonathan Knappett (UK University of Dundee), R.F. Craig (UK University of Dundee)

Craig's Soil Mechanics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Craigâ s Soil Mechanics continues to evolve and remain the definitive text for civil engineering students worldwide, as well as a useful reference for practising engineers. This new edition contains restructured chapters with a lot of additional material, as well as extra worked examples and problems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 9 ed
• Seitenzahl: 654
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 191mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1234g
• ISBN-13: 9781138070066
• ISBN-10: 1138070068
• Artikelnr.: 58264638

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Knappett is Reader and Discipline Lead for Civil Engineering at the University of Dundee in Scotland. His teaching includes courses in advanced soil and rock mechanics and geotechnical design at BEng, MEng and MSc level, in addition to advanced teaching in earthquake and offshore geotechnical engineering. Bob Craig is a retired lecturer from the University of Dundee in Scotland.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Development of a mechanical model for soil 1 Basic characteristics
of soils 2 Seepage 3 Effective stress 4 Consolidation 5 Soil behaviour in
shear 6 Ground investigation 7 In-situ testing Part II Applications in
geotechnical engineering 8 Shallow foundations: capacity 9 Shallow
foundations: serviceability 10 Deep foundations 11 Retaining structures 12
Earthworks 13 Evaluating geotechnical performance