Salgado, Rodrigo.

The engineering of foundations / Rodrigo Salgado. - xiv, 882 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

The world of foundation engineering --
Foundation design --
Soils, rocks, and groundwater --
Stress analysis, strain analysis, and shearing of soils --
Shear strength and stiffness of sands --
Consolidation, shear strength, and stiffness of clays --
Site exploration --
Shallow foundations in soils : types of shallow foundations and construction techniques --
Shallow foundation settlement --
Shallow foundations : limit bearing capacity --
Shallow foundation design --
Types of piles and their installation --
Analysis and design of single piles --
Pile driving analysis and quality control of piling operations --
Pile groups and piled rafts --
Retaining structures --
Soil slopes --
Appendix A : Unit conversions --
Appendix B : Useful relationships and typical values of various quantities --
Appendix C : Measurement of hydraulic conductivity in the laboratory using the falling-head permeameter --
Appendix D : Determination of preconsolidation pressure, compression, and recompression indices, and coefficient of consolidation from consolidation test data --
Appendix E : stress rotation analysis --
Answers to selected problems

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Foundations.