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Foundation engineering handbook : design and construction with the 2009 international building code / Robert W. Day.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Day, Robert W., author.
- Series:
- McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foundations.
- Soil mechanics.
- Standards, Engineering.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Internet resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 electronic text (1 volumes (various pagings))) : illustrations, maps.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [2010]
- Contents:
- Part 1. Geotechnical engineering
- part 2. Foundation design
- part 3. Foundation construction
- part 4. 2009 International building code.
- Notes:
- Print version c2010.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on January 15, 2011.
- Contains:
- Introduction.
- Subsurface exploration.
- Laboratory testing.
- Soil mechanics.
- Shallow and deep foundations.
- Bearing capacity of foundations.
- Settlement of foundations.
- Consolidation.
- Foundations on expansive soil.
- Slope stability.
- Retaining walls.
- Foundation deterioration and cracking.
- Geotechnical earthquake engineering for soils.
- Geotechnical earthquake engineering for foundations and retaining walls.
- Grading and other soil improvement methods.
- Foundation excavation, underpinning, and field load tests.
- Geosynthetics and instrumentation.
- International building code regulations for soils.
- International building code regulations for foundations.
- ISBN:
- 0071764240
- 9780071740098
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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