Geotechnical Engineering Calculations and Rules of Thumb

by Ruwan Rajapakse

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 0750687649

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Book Description

Geotechnical Engineering Calculations Manual offers geotechnical, civil and structural engineers a concise, easy-to-understand approach the formulas and calculation methods used in of soil and geotechnical engineering. A one stop guide to the foundation design, pile foundation design, earth retaining structures, soil stabilization techniques and computer software, this book places calculations for almost all aspects of geotechnical engineering at your finger tips.

In this book, theories is explained in a nutshell and then the calculation is presented and solved in an illustrated, step-by-step fashion. All calculations are provided in both fps and SI units. The manual includes topics such as shallow foundations, deep foundations, earth retaining structures, rock mechanics and tunnelling. In this book, the author's done all the heavy number-crunching for you, so you get instant, ready-to-apply data on activities such as: hard ground tunnelling, soft ground tunnelling, reinforced earth retaining walls, geotechnical aspects of wetland mitigation and geotechnical aspects of landfill design.

• Easy-to-understand approach the formulas and calculations
• Covers calculations for foundation,earthworks and/or pavement subgrades
• Provides common codes for working with computer software
• All calculations are provided in both US and SI units

Customer Reviews

This is a fairly unique geotechnical engineering book, so it deserves some attention.

The focus is very much on conceptual understanding, reinforced by a very lucid and concise writing style and many simple example problems. From this standpoint, the book excels, and in fact I find it rather fun to read. At the same time, the book doesn't have the details needed to develop an in-depth understanding of the topics nor serve as a daily reference for practicing engineers.

So where does the book fit in, and who is it useful for? I would say the target audience is practicing engineers who don't specialize in geotechnical engineering, but have some involvement in it and want to develop or review their conceptual understanding. For that audience, I can definitely recommend the book. For other audiences, there are plenty of other books to choose from which may be more suitable.

Geo-techical Engineer must not miss this book. Written in a simple language. Keep it up.