TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murthy, V. N. S.
TI  - Geotechnical engineering : principles and practices of soil mechanics and foundation engineering
SN  - 0824708733
U1  - 624.15 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Oxon
PB  - CRC Press
N1  - CONTENTS FprewordMark T. Bowers  v ForewordBengt B. Broms  vii Prefaceix 1 Introduction  1 2 Soil Formation and Characterization  5 3 Soil Phase Relationships, Index Properties and Classification  19 4 Soil Permeability and Seepage  87 5 Effective Stree and Pore Water Pressure  143 6 Stress Distribution in Soils Due to Surface Loads  173 7 Compressibility and Consolidation  207 8 Shear Strength of Soil  253 9 Soil Exploration  317 10 Stability of Slopes  365 11 Lateral Earth ressure  419 12 Shallow Foundation I : Ultimate Bearing Capacity  481 13 Shallow Foundation II : Safe Bearing Pressure and Settlemtn Calculation 545 14 Shallow Foundation III : Combined Footings and Mat Foundations  585 15 Deep Foundations I : Pile Foundation  605 PART A Vertical Load Bearing Capacity of a Single Vertical Pile  613 PART B Pile Group  674 16 Deep Foundation II : Behavior of Laterally Loaded Vertical and Batter Piles  699 17 Deep Foundation III : Drilled Pier Foundations  741 18 Foundations on Collapsible and Expansive Soils  791 PART A Collapsible Soils  793 PART B Expansive Soils  800 19 Concrete and Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Walls  833 PART A Concrete Retaining Walls  833 PART B Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Walls  849 20 Sheet Pile Walls and Braced Cuts  881 21 Soil Improvement  951 Appendix A SI Units Geotechnical Engineering  987 Appendix B Slope Stability Charts and Tables  993 References  1007 Index  1025
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