Geotechnical Engineering Handbook: Fundamentals: v. 1 - Hardcover

Smoltczyk, U

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3433014493 ISBN 13: 9783433014493

Publisher: Wiley VCH, 2002

Synopsis

Volume 1 covers the basics necessary for any construction activity in foundation engineering. This systematic introduction to the assessment of soil and rock properties provides an insight into the requirements of Eurocode 7, Parts 1 and 3. It also gives details of geotechnical laboratory and field tests and the associated equipment, concise treatments of relevant solutions provided by the theories of elasticity and plasticity and numerical methods applied to solve problems of geotechnical design. The problems of earthquakes are also explained with regard to Eurocode 8.

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About the Author

Ulrich Smoltczyk is editor of the German Grundbau Taschenbuch. He was Professor for geotechnical engineering in Stuttgart and sat on numerous national and international committees responsible for norms and standards.

The first volume was written by 19 authors, including renowned experts from Belgium, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Australia, Italy, U.K., Switzerland and Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley VCH
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 3433014493
• ISBN 13: 9783433014493
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 808