{"product_id":"craigs-soil-mechanics-9781138070059","title":"Craigs Soil Mechanics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCraig's Soil Mechanics\u003c\/em\u003e continues to evolve and remain the definitive text for civil engineering students worldwide. It covers fundamental soil mechanics and its application in applied geotechnical engineering from A to Z and at the right depth for an undergraduate civil engineer, with sufficient extension material for supporting MSc level courses, and with practical examples and digital tools to make it a useful reference work for practising engineers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition now includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestructured chapters on foundations and earthworks, the latter including new material on working platforms and collapse of underground cavities (sinkhole formation).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew mobilised-stress-based deformation methods that can straightforwardly be used with both linear and \u003cb\u003enon-linear soil stiffness models\u003c\/b\u003e and field measurements of shear wave velocity, for serviceability limit state design.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtended sets of correlations for \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The introduction of the chapter on Geotechnical Design (Chapter 13) is particularly welcome, as the subject is an extremely practical aspect of civil engineering and in my experience students struggle to make sensible decisions in terms of geotechnical design. This is particularly the case regarding decisions on reasonable parameter values to use in design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA particular strength is the inclusion of spreadsheet-based analysis tools. The use of spreadsheets is an extremely useful and indeed relatively powerful way to execute many design calculations in engineering and we are continually encouraging our students to make more use of them. They are particularly useful for parametric studies which are precisely the type of studies which should always be carried out as part of geotechnical design calculations.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– \u003cem\u003eBill Stewart, Glasgow University, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003eI have numerous alternate texts on my shelves, but I continue to find Craig superior.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– \u003cem\u003eAmy Rechenmacher, University of Southern California, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I Development of a mechanical model for soil 1 Basic characteristics of soils 2 Seepage 3 Effective stress 4 Consolidation 5 Soil behaviour in shear 6 Ground investigation 7 In-situ testing \u003cb\u003ePart II Applications in geotechnical engineering\u003c\/b\u003e 8 Shallow foundations: capacity 9 Shallow foundations: serviceability 10 Deep foundations 11 Retaining structures 12 Earthworks 13 Evaluating geotechnical performance \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CRC Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577803641175,"sku":"9781138070059","price":114.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138070059.jpg?v=1746096769","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/craigs-soil-mechanics-9781138070059","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}