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Geotechnical engineer's portable handbook : with the 2012 international building code / Robert W. Day.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Day, Robert W., author.
- Series:
- McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Engineering geology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Engineering geology.
- Civil engineering.
- Construction industry--Standards.
- Construction industry.
- Standards, Engineering.
- Building laws.
- Soils--Testing.
- Soils.
- Subsoils--Testing.
- Subsoils.
- Soil mechanics.
- Soils--Classification.
- Rocks--Classification.
- Rocks.
- Stress concentration.
- Shear strength of soils.
- Soil consolidation.
- Swelling soils.
- Slopes (Soil mechanics)--Stability.
- Slopes (Soil mechanics).
- Earthquake engineering.
- Soil conservation.
- Retaining walls.
- Concrete--Deterioration.
- Concrete.
- Foundations--Deterioration.
- Foundations.
- Grading (Earthwork).
- Excavation.
- Geosynthetics.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Internet resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 electronic text (1 volumes (various pagings))) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c2013.
- 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.
- Notes:
- 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.
- Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on Jan. 28, 2013.
- Contains:
- International Code Council. 2012 international building code.
- 2012 international building code.
- ISBN:
- 9780071789714
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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