Soil mechanics and foundation engineering : foundations and applications /
Nagaratnam Sivakugan, Ph.D.
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 609 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This textbook shows students how soil mechanics concepts can be applied to solving real-world problems in geotechnical and foundation engineering. Soil mechanics describes the behavior of soils, which consist of a mixture of fluids (usually air and water) and particles (usually clay, silt, sand, and gravel). Foundation engineering is the application of soil mechanics and rock mechanics-together known as geotechnical engineering-to the design of structure foundations"--