Soil & rock mechanics books

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The Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T) in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest urban highway construction...  Read More >>

Provides minimum functionality requirements for earthquake-actuated automatic gas shutoff devices and systems meant...  Read More >>

Talks about the Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake that struck the Kobe, Japan area. The earthquake and subsequent fires...  Read More >>

Contains five papers from sessions of the Third National Conference of the Geo-Institute. These papers focus on...  Read More >>

Features 19 papers that present research in analysis, design, construction, and testing of deep foundations on topics,...  Read More >>

Provides guidelines for the seismic evaluation and retrofit of water transmission infrastructure, including aqueducts,...  Read More >>

Karl Terzhaghi (1883-1963) is one of the leading civil engineers of this century and widely known as the father...  Read More >>

"Details a """"how to"""" procedure for the design of shallow foundations commonly used with low-rise structures...  Read More >>

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This is the second edition of Foundation on Rock, and is an up-to-date practical reference book describing current...  Read More >>

Rock Mass Classifications - A Practical Approach in Civil Engineering was written in response to questions such...  Read More >>

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A repair and failure manual focusing on the how-to aspects of foundation problems. Included will be guidance to...  Read More >>

Though most predictions and engineering calculations are traditionally based on total stress approaches, realistic...  Read More >>

The NUMGE98 Conference brought together senior and young researchers, scientists and practicing engineers from European...  Read More >>

Issues several methods to improve the earthquake response of electric power systems. This manual deals with major...  Read More >>

An example-driven text for professionals and students wishing to apply advanced commercial mining software to make...  Read More >>

Fundamentals for mechanics of granular materials; Continuum theory of granular materials; Discrete element approaches;...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the International Symposium, IS-Shikoku '99 held in Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan from 8-11 November...  Read More >>

Foundation engineering and lateral support; Methods of design and analysis; Monitoring, laboratory and field testing;...  Read More >>

An example-driven text for professionals and students wishing to apply advanced commercial mining software to make...  Read More >>

In this volume a number of developments on a variety of topics have been reported. These topics include: partially...  Read More >>

This is a collection of papers from the proceedings of the International Symposium on Characterization of Soft Marine...  Read More >>

Linear mathematical assumptions for procedures in other branches of engineering have little relevance for geoengineering,...  Read More >>