Soil mechanics : principles and practice / Graham Barnes.
By: Barnes, Graham (Graham E.)
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BookPublisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xix, 549 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780230579804; 0230579809 .Subject(s): Soil mechanicsDDC classification: 624.15136 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Up-to-date coverage of the basic principles of soil mechanics is provided in this book for undergraduates and equivalent students of civil engineering and geotechnics.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 530-539) and index.
Soil formation and nature -- Soil description and classification -- Permeability and seepage -- Effective stress and pore pressure -- Contact pressure and stress distribution -- Compressibility and consolidation -- Shear strength -- Geotechnical eurocodes -- Shallow foundations - stability -- Shallow foundations - settlements -- Pile foundations -- Lateral earth pressures and retaining structures -- Slope stability -- Earthworks and soil compaction -- Site investigation.
CIT Module CIVL 7012 - Core reading
CIT Module CIVL 8015 - Supplementary reading.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Graham Barnes is an Independent Consultant, and formerly Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, Bolton Institute, UK. He has taught soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering at Higher National, degree and postgraduate level. His industrial experience includes working for site investigation and civil engineering contractors and consulting engineers and he is now an independent consultant and researcher.