1st Edition

11th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Proceedings of the 11th international conference on soil mechanics and foundation engineering - San Francisco, 12-16 August 1985 - Golden jubilee volume

Edited By Publications Committee of XI ICSMFE Copyright 1985
680 Pages
by CRC Press

Proceedings of the 11th international conference on soil mechanics and foundation engineering - San Francisco, 12-16 August 1985 - Golden jubilee volume.

Four lectures on the history of geotechnical engineering.

Preface 1. The history of geotechnical engineering up until 1700 2. A history of soil properties, 1717-1927 3. The last sixty years 4. The First Terzaghi Oration: Amuay landslides

Biography

Publications Committee of XI ICSMFE, H. Bolton Seed, Chairman, Conference Organizing Committee.