Advanced Foundation Engineering

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Advanced Foundation Engineering is written by T. G. Sitharam and published by CRC Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1498796842 (ISBN 10) and 9781498796842 (ISBN 13).

Advanced Foundation Engineering introduces an excellent source of information on the fundamental concepts, advanced principles and application of foundation analysis and design for civil engineering audience. The comprehensive review of all the theories required for practice of foundation engineering has been presented in this book. The book includes topics like Soil Exploration, Shallow Foundation, Design and Analysis of Mat foundation, Earth Pressure, Sheet Pile Wall, Braced Cuts, Drilled Piers and Caissons, Pile Foundation, Machine Foundations, Geotextiles Reinforced Earth and Ground Anchors. The case studies have been included with chapters for better understanding of topics. Key Features: ¿ Provides full coverage of theories of foundation engineering along with theoretical and practical oriented approach of design ¿ Design aspects which covers some ground improvement methodologies like Geocell foundation etc. has also been presented ¿ Individual chapters on advanced wave-interaction consideration for foundations of offshore structures, structural design of foundation, foundation on problematic soil, earthquake effect on foundation system and ground improvement techniques ¿ Case studies, practical examples including design and analysis of MAT foundation using latest design software ¿ Practical and theoretical approach of foundation design with examples using latest software