Geotechnical Engineering: Foundations and Subgrades - Interpretation of Difficulties with Solutions and Guidance (Second Edition)

Author: Zhao Minghua
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Publish Date: 2005-12-06
Features: This book is written based on the "Code for Design of Building Foundation and Foundation Engineering" (GB50007—2002), "Code for Investigation of Geotechnical Engineering" (GB20021—2001), "Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Building Foundation and Foundation Engineering" (GB50202—2002), and "Technical Code for Ground Improvement of Building Foundation" (JGJ79—2002). The book comprehensively covers aspects such as the physical properties of soil, engineering classification of soil, stresses in soil, foundation deformation, shear strength of soil, bearing capacity of foundation, earth pressure and slope stability, geotechnical experiments, engineering geological investigation, retaining walls, shallow foundations on natural ground, pile foundations and other deep foundations, ground improvement, special soil foundations, and mountainous area foundations. Combining practical engineering experience, it provides detailed explanations for difficult points and offers guidance on solving typical examples.