Geotechnical Engineers Portable Handbook

by Robert Day

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071789715

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Book Description

Instant access to the latest geotechnical engineering data.

Fully updated to include the 2012 International Building Code (IBC), Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook, Second Edition, features a wealth of on-the-job geotechnical and construction related information in a convenient, quick-reference format. This practical resource is filled with essential data, formulas, and guidelines you can access right away. Detailed tables, charts, graphs, and illustrations are included throughout the book for ease of use in the field.

Book coverage includes:

• 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 lead tests
• Geosynthetics
• Instrumentation
• International Building Code regulations for soils
• International Building Code regulations for foundations

About the Author

Robert W. Day is a leading geotechnical engineer and the principal engineer at American Geotechnical in San Diego, California. He is the author of more than 200 published technical papers and several books, including two editions of Foundation Engineering Handbook and two editions of Forensic Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering.

Customer Reviews

Incredible concise condensed compendium of geological concepts, formulas, diagrams, and solved problems. Nothing more needs to be said...are there enough words now?

I bought this book to use as a quick reference for looking up various specs, practices, and conversions on the job sites.

Though a bit expensive, the book is worth its near $60 price tag. If you have ever spent hours digging through old text books or the internet looking for specs or construction techniques then you know it's a pain in the *ss. I bought this handbook because I wanted an all-inclusive source for everything. So far it has been money well spent.

With Mr. Day's handbook you can find what you're looking for in a matter of several minutes. The handbook has just the right amount of knowledge about particular subjects, in my opinion. Using this quick reference has made my job much easier. It travels with me to all my jobs and sits on my desk at the office just in case I need it.

So far everything that I've needed to know has been covered in the handbook. I even thought I'd stump it with geosynthetics, but Mr. Day had it covered. I would recommend this book to any engineering firm or contractors needing a quick and easy field guide to geotechnical engineering. I'll update my review as needed.