Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (2nd Edition) [Hardcover] Author: Donald P. Coduto | Language: English | ISBN:
0135897068 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Using a design-oriented approach that addresses geotechnical, structural, and construction aspects of foundation engineering, this book explores practical methods of designing structural foundations, while emphasizing and explaining how and why foundations behave the way they do. It explains the theories and experimental data behind the design procedures, and how to apply this information to real-world problems. Covers general principles (performance requirements, soil mechanics, site exploration and characterization); shallow foundations (bearing capacity, settlement, spread footings -- geotechnical design, spread footings -- structural design, mats); deep foundations (axial load capacity -- full-scale load tests, static methods, dynamic methods; lateral load capacity; structural design); special topics (foundations on weak and compressible soils, foundation on expansive soils, foundations on collapsible soils); and earth retaining structures (lateral earth pressures, cantilever retaining walls, sheet pile walls, soldier pile walls, internally stabilized earth retaining structures). For geotechnical engineers, soils engineers, structural engineers, and foundation engineers.
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- Hardcover: 883 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (July 20, 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0135897068
- ISBN-13: 978-0135897065
- Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 2.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This book starts with a great review of the basics of soil mechanics, and then discusses a wide range of topics such as foundations, bearing walls, footings, deep footings, and many more. Unlike other books, this book is not strictly theory; you can easily apply and understand what this book teaches. It also provides good examples.
By A Customer
In short: Best Foundation Design Textbook. (Period).
When I began teaching foundation design for senior-level undergraduates, I reviewed several texts from various authors. I was looking for a text that maximized value for the students: clear explanations of theories, instructive examples and problem sets, relatively current design criteria and practices, and usefulness as a reference *after the course*. I wasn't far from having been a student myself, and was still reeling from spending a couple hundred bucks on a text that may (or may not) have been useful for the course, but was an immediate "sell back" once the course was done.
Of all the books I reviewed, Coduto's 2nd Edition fit the bill. NOTE HERE: Get the SECOND EDITION. It is much updated and revised from the First--which is most useful as a door stop.
Not only is this book a great textbook, but it will hold value as a reference for the practicing civil engineer. One distinguishing feature is the inclusion of chapters on the structural design of foundations, which makes this a nice resource for more than geotechnical professionals.
Note however, that I do not agree that this is the best reference work for foundation engineering and design. For practicing professionals, there is far more information in that regard conatined in (for example) the AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications, or if you're looking for a text--track down Fang's 1991 Edition of the Foundation Engineering Handbook.
By bhaladog
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