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Geotechnical engineer's portable handbook [electronic resource] : with the 2012 international building code / Robert W. Day.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineeringPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2013.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 electronic text (1 v. (various pagings)) : illISBN:
  • 9780071789714
Contained works:
  • International Code Council. 2012 international building code
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 624.1/51 23
LOC classification:
  • TA705 .D297 2012
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued in print.
Contents:
Introduction -- Field exploration -- Laboratory testing -- Soil and rock classification -- Phase relationships -- Effective stress and stress distribution -- Shear strength -- Permeability and seepage -- Settlement analyses -- Bearing capacity analyses -- Pavement and pipeline design -- Expansive soil -- Slope stability -- Geotechnical earthquake engineering -- Erosion analyses -- Retaining walls -- Deterioration -- Foundations -- Grading and other site improvement methods -- Groundwater and percolation tests -- Excavation, underpinning, and field load tests -- Geosynthetics -- Instrumentation -- International building code regulations for soils -- International building code regulations for foundations.
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Also includes: Examples of grading specifications and foundation engineering report; Percolation test procedures; Conversion factors; Example problems and solutions.

Print version c2012.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Field exploration -- Laboratory testing -- Soil and rock classification -- Phase relationships -- Effective stress and stress distribution -- Shear strength -- Permeability and seepage -- Settlement analyses -- Bearing capacity analyses -- Pavement and pipeline design -- Expansive soil -- Slope stability -- Geotechnical earthquake engineering -- Erosion analyses -- Retaining walls -- Deterioration -- Foundations -- Grading and other site improvement methods -- Groundwater and percolation tests -- Excavation, underpinning, and field load tests -- Geosynthetics -- Instrumentation -- International building code regulations for soils -- International building code regulations for foundations.

Also issued in print.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on Jan. 28, 2013.

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