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ICE Core Concepts

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Produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers, ICE Textbooks offer clear, concise and practical information on the major principles of civil and structural engineering. They are an indispensable c...
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  • 11 June 2015
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Core Concepts in Geotechnical Engineering is a practical introduction to soils and rocks, site investigation, and ground improvement techniques. It presents the core concepts of several geotechnical structures such as shallow and deep foundations, retaining structures, slopes, embankments, earth dams, machine foundations, buried structures and tunnels. It also focuses on pavements, and geotechnical structures with geosynthetics.
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Price: $70.00
Pages: 208
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint: ICE Publishing
Publication Date: 11 June 2015
ISBN: 9780727758590
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, Soil and rock mechanics
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Dr Sanjay Kumar Shukla is an Associate Professor and Program Leader of the Discipline of Civil Engineering in the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. He has over twenty years' teaching, research and consultancy experience in the field of Geotechnical and Geosynthetic Engineering.

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Site investigation
Chapter3. Ground improvement techniques
Chapter 4. Shallow foundations
Chapter 5. Deep foundations
Chapter 6. Retaining structures
Chapter 7. Slopes, Earth dams and embankments
Chapter 8. Machine foundations
Chapter 9. Burried structures and tunnels
Chapter 10. Highway, airport and railway pavements
Chapter 11. Geotechnical structures with geosynthetics