2nd Edition

The Foundation Engineering Handbook

Edited By Manjriker Gunaratne Copyright 2014
727 Pages 525 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

727 Pages
by CRC Press

Considering how structures interact with soil, and building proper foundations, is vital to ensuring public safety and to the longevity of buildings. Understanding the strength and compressibility of subsurface soil is essential to the foundation engineer. The Foundation Engineering Handbook, Second Edition provides the fundamentals of foundation engineering needed by professional engineers and... Read more

Review of Soil Mechanics Concepts and Analytical Techniques Used in Foundation Engineering

Manjriker Gunaratne

In Situ Soil Testing

Austin Gray Mullins

Spread Footings: Analysis and Design

Manjriker Gunaratne

Geotechnical Design of Combined Spread Footings

Manjriker Gunaratne

Structural Design of Foundations

Panchy Arumugasaamy

Design of Driven Piles and Pile Groups

Manjriker Gunaratne

Design of Drilled Shafts

Austin Gray Mullins

Design of Laterally Loaded Piles

Manjriker Gunaratne

Construction Monitoring and Testing Methods of Driven Piles

Manjriker Gunaratne and Austin Gray Mullins

Retaining Walls: Analysis and Design

Alaa Ashmawy

Stability Analysis and Design of Slopes

Manjriker Gunaratne

Methods of Soft Ground Improvement

James D. Hussin

Impact of Groundwater on the Design of Earthen Structures

Manjriker Gunaratne

Index

Biography

Manjriker Gunaratne, PhD, is professor and chairman of civil and environmental engineering at the University of South Florida, Tampa. He earned a BS in engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and the MASC and PhD degrees in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He has authored/coauthored over 40 research papers that have been published in a number of peer-reviewed international journals. In addition, he has made a number of presentations at various national and international forums in geotechnical and highway engineering.

"This book provides an up-to-date coverage of foundation engineering with useful material that is suitable for seniors and graduate students. It can also be used as a reference by the practicing engineer. The book is concisely and clearly written with many helpful examples. …Topics are appropriate as a foundation engineering textbook."
––Hsein Juang, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA

"This handbook is comprehensive and detailed. It presents the content in simple English and has enough background of modern engineering principles to use in a teaching setting. It is nice to see enough background in critical state soil mechanics combined with conventional foundation engineering techniques."
––Professor Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, USA