Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks) - Softcover

Day, Robert W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071589503 ISBN 13: 9780071589505

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2001

Synopsis

Access usable seismic engineering data right at your fingertips

Don't miss out on the first book specifically devoted to seismology, geotechnical engineering basics, earthquake analysis, and site improvement methods. Written by Robert Day, one of the most respected names in the field, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook is a one-stop resource that gives you instant access to:

• Field and laboratory testing methods and procedures
• Current seismic codes
• Site improvement methods
• In-depth earthquake engineering analysis as applied to soils
• Worked-out problems illustrating earthquake analysis
• Subsurface exploration data
• Fundamental geotechnical engineering principles

About this title

Review:

"The proposed handbook covers a range of information involving fundamental geotechnical engineering principles, subsurface exploration, laboratory testing, theoretical analysis, and site improvement techniques. A handbook with such an extensive coverage should appeal to a wide spectrum of audience. The groups of audience, which could be most interested in this handbook, would be practicing civil and architectural engineers, and contractors. It should also be a valuable reference book for intermediate geotechnical engineering courses in the university and college. I will assign this book as a core reference book for my course Advanced Soil Mechanics." Mark Wang - Geotechnical Engineer and Professor of Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University.

From the Back Cover:

Seismic engineering coverage that goes beyond vague theory and puts usable data at your fingertips!

Here is the first book on the market specifically devoted to seismology, geotechnical engineering basics, earthquake analysis, and site improvement methods written by one of the most respected names in the field.

Invaluable to civil and architectural engineers, geologists, contractors, other professionals, and students with an interest in earthquakes, this unique guide gives you instant access to immeditely usable, practical information:

* Field and laboratory testing methods and procedures
* Current seismic codes
* Site improvement methods
* In-depth earthquake engineering analysis as applied to soils
* Worked-out problems illustrating earthquake analysis
* Subsurface exploration data
* Fundamental geotechnical engineering principles

If you're looking for a one-stop answer to your earthquake analysis questions, your search ends here.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0071589503
• ISBN 13: 9780071589505
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 612