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Now, the essential components of Braja Das' market leading texts, PRINCIPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING and PRINCIPLES OF FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, are combined in one book. The new book is divided into 13 chapters including the fundamental concepts of soil mechanics and foundation engineering. This excellent new text provides junior/senior level students and practitioners the essential background necessary to understand soil mechanics and foundation engineering.
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Provides junior and senior-level students and practitioners with essential background required to understand both soil mechanics concepts and field applications of foundation engineering. Coverage includes weight-volume relationships, soil classification, effective stress principles, permeability and seepage, pile foundations, and drilled shafts. Includes numerous examples, and chapter problems with answers, and makes extensive use of b&w diagrams. Only SI units are used. The author is dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University-Sacramento. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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