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Wednesday, October 29, 2025 ,
N.S.V. Kameswara Rao - 644 pages - Language: English - Publisher: Wiley; (December, 2010).

In Foundation Design: Theory and Practice covers the key aspects of the subject, including principles of testing, interpretation, analysis, soil-structure interaction modeling, construction guidelines, and applications to rational design. Rao presents a wide array of numerical methods used in analyses so that readers can employ and adapt them on their own. Throughout the book the emphasis is on practical application, training readers in actual design procedures using the latest codes and standards in use throughout the world.

Presents updated design procedures in light of revised codes and standards, covering: American Concrete Institute (ACI) codes + Eurocode 7 + Other British Standard-based codes including Indian codes. Provides background materials for easy understanding of the topics, such as: Code provisions for reinforced concrete + Pile design and construction + Machine foundations and construction practices + Tests for obtaining the design parameters. Features subjects not covered in other foundation design texts: Soil-structure interaction approaches using analytical, numerical, and finite element methods + Analysis and design of circular and annular foundations + Analysis and design of piles and groups subjected to general loads and movements + Contains worked out examples to illustrate the analysis and design + Provides several problems for practice at the end of each chapter.

Foundation Design is designed for graduate students in civil engineering and geotechnical engineering. The book is also ideal for advanced undergraduate students, contractors, builders, developers, heavy machine manufacturers, and power plant engineers. Students in mechanical engineering will find the chapter on machine foundations helpful for structural engineering applications.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025 , ,
Richard L. Handy - 240 pages - Language: English - Publisher: McGraw Hill; (March, 2020).

This civil engineering textbook shows how geotechnical theory connects with the design and construction of today’s foundations. Foundation Engineering: Geotechnical Principles and Practical Applications shows how to perform critical calculations, apply the newest ground modification technologies, engineer and build effective foundations, and monitor performance and safety. Written by a recognized expert in the field, the book covers both shallow and deep foundations. Real-world case studies and practice problems help reinforce key information.

Coverage includes: • Soil classification, clay, and minerals • Moisture content and unit weight • Shear strength • Consolidation • Terzagi’s eureka moment • Shallow foundations, stress distribution, and settlement • Flow nets, seepage, and dewatering • Slope stability • Deep foundations • Ground modification • Retaining walls and wall friction • Empirical tests • Field monitoring • Ethics and legal issues.
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Monday, October 13, 2025 ,
It is practically impossible and economically infeasible to completely explore the whole project site. You have to make judgments on the number, location, and depths of borings to provide sufficient information for design and construction. The number and depths of borings should cover the zone of soil that would be affected by the structural loads. There is no fixed rule to follow. In most cases, the number and depths of borings are governed by experience based on the geological character of the ground, the importance of the structure, the structural loads, and the availability of equipment.

Building codes and regulatory bodies provide guidelines on the minimum number and depths of borings. The number of boreholes should be adequate to detect variations of the soils at the site. If the locations of the loads on the footprint of the structure are known (this is often not the case), you should consider drilling at least one borehole at the location of the heaviest load. As a guide, a minimum of three boreholes should be drilled for a building area of about 250 m² (2500 ft²) and about five for a building area of about 1000 m² (10,000 ft²).

Some guidelines on the minimum number of boreholes for buildings and for due diligence in subdivisions are given in the Table 1. 

Guidelines for the Minimum Number of Boreholes for Buildings and Subdivisions Based on Area
Some general guidance on the depth of boreholes is provided in the following:

• In compressible soils such as clays, the borings should penetrate to at least between 1 and 3 times the width of the proposed foundation below the depth of embedment or until the stress increment due to the heaviest foundation load is less than 10%, whichever is greater.

• In very stiff clays and dense, coarse-grained soils, borings should penetrate 5 m to 6 m to prove that the thickness of the stratum is adequate.

• Borings should penetrate at least 3 m into rock.

• Borings must penetrate below any fills or very soft deposits below the proposed structure.

• The minimum depth of boreholes should be 6 m unless bedrock or very dense material is encountered. General guidelines for the minimum number or frequency of boreholes and their minimum depths for common geotechnical structures are shown in the Table 2.

Guidelines for the Minimum Number or Frequency and Depths of Boreholes for Common Geostructures
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Monday, October 13, 2025 ,
Buddhima Indraratna, Ana Heitor, Jayan Vinod - 254 pages - Language: English - Publisher: CRC Press; (December, 2020).

This book covers problems and their solution of a wide range of geotechnical topics. Every chapter starts with a summary of key concepts and theory, followed by worked-out examples, and ends with a short list of key references. It presents a unique collection of step by step solutions from basic to more complex problems in various topics of geotechnical engineering, including fundamental topics such as effective stress, permeability, elastic deformation, shear strength and critical state together with more applied topics such retaining structures and dams, excavation and tunnels, pavement infrastructure, unsaturated soil mechanics, marine works, ground monitoring.

This book aims to provide students (undergraduates and postgraduates) and practitioners alike a reference guide on how to solve typical geotechnical problems.

Features: Guide for solving typical geotechnical problems complementing geotechnical textbooks. + Reference guide for practitioners to assist in determining solutions to complex geotechnical problems via simple methods.
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Sunday, October 12, 2025 , ,
Alan J. Lutenegger - 654 pages - Language: English - Publisher: CRC Press; (May, 2021).

In Situ Testing Methods in Geotechnical Engineering covers the field of applied geotechnical engineering related to the use of in situ testing of soils to determine soil properties and parameters for geotechnical design. It provides an overview of the practical aspects of the most routine and common test methods, as well as test methods that engineers may wish to include on specific projects. It is suited for a graduate-level course on field testing of soils and will also aid practicing engineers.

Test procedures for determining in situ lateral stress, strength, and stiffness properties of soils are examined, as is the determination of stress history and rate of consolidation. Readers will be introduced to various approaches to geotechnical design of shallow and deep foundations using in situ tests. Importantly, the text discusses the potential advantages and disadvantages of using in situ tests.
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Thursday, October 09, 2025 ,
Donald P. Coduto, William A. Kitch, Man-chu Ronald Yeung - 984 pages - Language: English - Publisher: Pearson; 3rd edition (January, 2015).

Foundation Design: Principles and Practices includes the most noteworthy research and advancements in Foundation Engineering. Following a systematic approach of identifying major concepts followed by strategic analysis and design, the Third Edition teaches students not only how to understand foundation engineering, but to apply it to real problems. 

The highly up-to-date material places great emphasis on limit state design and includes a new focus on load and resistance factor design in both the structural and geotechnical aspects of the process.
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Sunday, October 05, 2025 , ,
Robert W. Day - 1101 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: McGraw Hill; 2nd Edition (August, 2012).

Fully updated for the 2012 International Building Code, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook, Second Edition discusses basic earthquake principles, common earthquake effects, and typical structural damage caused by seismic shaking. Earthquake computations for conditions commonly encountered by design engineers, such as liquefaction, settlement, bearing capacity, and slope stability, are included. Site improvement methods that can be used to mitigate the effects of earthquakes on structures are also described in this practical, comprehensive guide.

Coverage includes: Basic earthquake principles + Common earthquake effects + Earthquake structural damage + Site investigation for geotechnical earthquake engineering + Liquefaction + Earthquake-induced settlement + Bearing capacity analyses for earthquakes + Slope stability analyses for earthquakes + Retaining wall analyses for earthquakes + Other geotechnical earthquake engineering analyses + Grading and other soil improvement methods + Foundation alternatives to mitigate earthquake effects + Earthquake provisions in building codes
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Monday, September 29, 2025 , ,

Joseph E. Bowles - 1024 pages - Language: English - Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 5th Edition (September, 1995).

The revision of this best-selling text for a junior/senior course in Foundation Analysis and Design now includes an IBM computer disk containing 16 compiled programs together with the data sets used to produce the output sheets, as well as new material on sloping ground, pile and pile group analysis, and procedures for an improved anlysis of lateral piles. Bearing capacity analysis has been substantially revised for footings with horizontal as well as vertical loads. Footing design for overturning now incorporates the use of the same uniform linear pressure concept used in ascertaining the bearing capacity. Increased emphasis is placed on geotextiles for retaining walls and soil nailing.

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Tuesday, September 23, 2025 , ,
Rodrigo Salgado - 964 pages - Language: English - Publisher: CRC Press; 2nd Edition (June, 2022).

The Engineering of Foundations, Slopes and Retaining Structures rigorously covers the construction, analysis, and design of shallow and deep foundations, as well as retaining structures and slopes. It includes complete coverage of soil mechanics and site investigations.

This new edition is a well-designed balance of theory and practice, emphasizing conceptual understanding and design applications. It contains illustrations, applications, and hands-on examples that continue across chapters. Soil mechanics is examined with full explanation of drained versus undrained loading, friction and dilatancy as sources of shear strength, phase transformation, development of peak effective stress ratios, and critical-state and residual shear strength. The design and execution of site investigations is evaluated with complete discussion of the CPT and SPT. Additional topics include the construction, settlement and bearing capacity of shallow foundations, as well as the installation, ultimate resistance and settlement of deep foundations. Both traditional knowledge and methods and approaches based on recent progress are available. Analysis and design of retaining structures and slopes, such as the use of slope stability software stability calculations, is included.

The book is ideal for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and practicing engineers and researchers.
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Sunday, September 21, 2025 , ,
C. Venkatramaiah - 946 pages - Language: English - Publisher: New Age International; 3rd Edition (December, 2006).

This comprehensive treatment of geotechnical engineering utilizes the S.I. System of Units to discuss and analyze soil mechanics and foundation engineering. 

Part One discusses the composition of soil terminology, compressibility and consolidation of soils and other technical properties and uses of soils. Part Two covers structures, pressures, stability, bearing capacity and foundations with reference to soil mechanics. Reference is made to relevant Indian Standards as well as to MKS Units.

Each chapter includes large numbers of both practice and illustrative problems and questions with answers.
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Monday, September 15, 2025 ,
Ming Xiao - 410 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; (April, 2015).

This accessible, clear, concise and contemporary text in geotechnical engineering design covers the major design topics, making it the one stop shop for students. Packed with self-test problems and projects, and with a detailed online solution manual, it presents the state of the art in engineering practice, including soil nail walls, liquefaction, earthquake foundation design and erosion controls.

Geotechnical Engineering Design explains fundamental design principles and approaches in geotechnical engineering, offering an introduction to engineering geology, subsurface explorations, shallow and deep foundations, slope stability analyses and remediation, filters and drains, earth retaining structures, geosynthetics, and basic seismic evaluations of slope stability, lateral earth pressures, and liquefaction. Readers are expected to have taken a soil mechanics course and already understand the principles of engineering properties of soils. The he book applies these principles and focuses on the design methodologies in geotechnical engineering. Individual chapters present particular design approaches, followed by a detailed sample problem demonstrating it. The chapters begin by explaining why that design topic is important in engineering practice. Hundreds of illustrations on field applications and design approaches are provided throughout the text. Wherever designs are presented, sample problems and solutions are included and homework problems at the end of each chapter test students’ basic understanding of the concepts and design approaches as well as challenging them to solve real-world design issues. 

A unique aspect of the book is the inclusion of Eurocode 7: Geotechnical design, the European Standard for the design of geotechnical structures. The design approaches of many topics in this book use both limit state design (in Europe) and allowable stress design (in the USA) so two sets of solutions in many sample problems are provided to show both design methodologies. Both British Standards and America Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards are referred to. This allows an international audience to understand the commonalities and differences in geotechnical engineering designs worldwide.
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 , ,
Yung Ming Cheng, Chi Wai Law, Leilei Liu - 713 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: CRC Press; 2nd Edition (May, 2024).

Analysis, Design and Construction of Foundations covers the key concepts in the analysis and design of foundation systems, balancing theory with engineering practice.

The book examines in depth the methods used for the analysis, design and construction of shallow foundations, deep foundations, excavation and lateral support systems, slope stability and stabilization and ground monitoring for proper site management. Some new and innovative foundation construction methods are also introduced. It is illustrated with case studies of failures and defects from actual construction projects.

This second edition is extensively revised and developed to include a new chapter on numerical methods in geotechnical engineering, as well as a large number of new construction drawings, project photos and construction method statements from existing projects to give the book a stronger professional application and connection to engineering practice. It also covers some new advanced theoretical concepts not covered in other texts, making it useful in both the theoretical and practical aspects. It is ideal for senior undergraduates and graduate students, academics and consulting geotechnical engineers.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025 , ,
Bujang B.K. Huat, Arun Prasad, Sina Kazemian, Vivi Anggraini - 316 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: CRC Press; (November, 2019).

This book provides a review of problems during design and construction on problematic soils. Design methods, site investigation, construction and analysis of the various improvement methods available are explained and discussed. Various regions may have different soils with geotechnical problems that differ from those faced in other regions. For example, in Southeast Asia, the common geotechnical problems are those associated with construction on soft clays and organic soils, while in the arid region of the Middle East, problems are generally associated with the desert soils. In the US, the problems are associated with organic soils, expansive and collapsing soils, and shale. Laterite and lateritic soils are especially problematic in Mexico. Similarly, in Europe, for example, the geotechnical problems are associated with loess (France), and organic soil (Germany). 

A detailed description of various methods of ground improvement has been provided in 11 chapters. Each chapter deals not only with a description of the method but also focuses on region-specific ground problems and suitable ground improvement techniques. Case studies have also been included. One general chapter is dedicated to site investigation, instrumentation, assessment and control. This book will be of value to students and professionals in the fields of civil and geotechnical engineering, as well as to soil scientists and engineering geologists.
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Tuesday, September 09, 2025 , ,
Tharwat M. Baban - 743 pages - Language:‎ English - Publisher: ‎Wiley-Blackwell; (April, 2016).

Shallow Foundations: Discussions and Problem Solving is written for civil engineers and all civil engineering students taking courses in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. It covers the analysis, design and application of shallow foundations, with a primary focus on the interface between the structural elements and underlying soil. 

Topics such as site investigation, foundation contact pressure and settlement, vertical stresses in soils due to foundation loads, settlements, and bearing capacity are all fully covered, and a chapter is devoted to the structural design of different types of shallow foundations. It provides essential data for the design of shallow foundations under normal circumstances, considering both the American (ACI) and the European (EN) Standard Building Code Requirements, with each chapter being a concise discussion of critical and practical aspects. Applications are highlighted through solving a relatively large number of realistic problems. A total of 180 problems, all with full solutions, consolidate understanding of the fundamental principles and illustrate the design and application of shallow foundations.
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Sunday, September 07, 2025 , ,

ASDIP Suite August 2025 [40 MB] ... ASDIP SUITE consists of 5 intuitive software packages to help you take control of your projects and simplify all of your daily engineering tasks.

ASDIP STEEL is structural engineering software utilized by engineers for design of steel base plate, steel and composite beam, steel columns, and other structural steel members. ASDIP STEEL is based upon the latest AISC specifications (AISC 360). ASDIP STEEL substantially simplifies time-consuming calculations for structural engineering design.

ASDIP Foundation is a suite of modules specifically dedicated to the design of concrete footings, based on the latest IBC / ACI 318 specifications, that greatly simplifies the time-consuming calculations in any structural engineering office.

ASDIP Concrete is a suite of modules specifically dedicated to the design of concrete members such as beams, columns and walls, based on the latest ACI 318 specifications, that greatly simplifies the time-consuming calculations in any structural engineering office.

ASDIP Retain is a suite of modules specifically dedicated to the design of retaining walls, based on the latest IBC / ACI 318 specifications, that greatly simplifies the time-consuming calculations in any structural engineering office.

ASDIP WOOD is a structural engineering software utilized by engineers for the design of wood members, such as biaxial columns, continuous beams, wood shear walls, and out-of-plane bearing walls. This structural design software is based on the latest NDS provisions. Load combinations as per ASCE 7 and CSA A23.3. ASDIP WOOD substantially simplifies time-consuming calculations for structural engineering design.

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Sunday, September 07, 2025 , ,
ASDIP Analysis [11 MB] ... ASDIP Analysis is a structural engineering software utilized by engineers for the analysis of structural members and loads generation. This structural analysis software is based on the latest ASCE 7 provisions. Load combinations per ASCE 7 and CSA A23.3. ASDIP ANALYSIS substantially simplifies time-consuming structural engineering calculations.

ASDIP Analysis 2 has been released with great new modules, such as the generation of Seismic Loads, Snow Loads, and Wind Loads, in addition to Continuous Beam Analysis, and more features.

Quickly generate structural loads with the simple and efficient graphical user interface. + Confidently calculate shear and moments in a continuous beam for multiple load combinations. + Impress clients and plan-checkers with professional condensed or detailed reports. + Extensive documentation, solved examples, and blog posts to guide you throughout the software. + Create, organize, manage, and store your electronic calculations safely.

Key Design Features: Analysis of Beams - Shear and moment diagrams of continuous beams. + Seismic Loads - Generation of seismic loads in multistory buildings. + Snow Loads - Generation of snow uniform and drift loads. + Wind Loads - Generation of wind loads for MWFRS and C&C. + Full compliance with: ASCE 7-22 + ASCE 7-16
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Friday, September 05, 2025 , ,
Roger Frank, Fahd Cuira, Sébastien Burlon - 214 pages - Language: English - Publisher: ‎CRC Press; (August, 2021).

Design of Shallow and Deep Foundations introduces the concept of limit state calculations, before focusing on shallow and deep foundations. The limit state combinations of actions are examined, and practical calculation models of the bearing capacity and of the settlement are presented, particularly from the results of Ménard pressuremeter tests and cone penetration tests. Attention is also given to the use of numerical methods, which has been developed over the past twenty years. It provides an overview of various elements of ground-structure interaction that are pertinent for a refined design of both shallow and deep foundations, such as allowable displacements of structures, and ground-structure couplings.

This guide will be useful to practising engineers and experts in design offices, contracting companies and administrations, as well as students and researchers in civil engineering. Though its focus is generally on the French practice, it is more widely applicable to design based on, or generally in line with, Eurocode 7, with references to BS ENs.
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Wednesday, September 03, 2025 , ,
Braja M. Das - 401 pages - Language: English - Publisher: ‎CRC Press; 3rd Edition (February, 2017).

Following the popularity of the previous edition, Shallow Foundations: Bearing Capacity and Settlement, Third Edition, covers all the latest developments and approaches to shallow foundation engineering. In response to the high demand, it provides updated data and revised theories on the ultimate and allowable bearing capacities of shallow foundations. Additionally, it features the most recent developments regarding eccentric and inclined loading, the use of stone columns, settlement computations, and more. Example cases have been provided throughout each chapter to illustrate the theories presented.
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Saturday, August 30, 2025 , ,
P. Purushothama Raj - 1307 pages - Language: English - Publisher: ‎Pearson; 2nd edition (July, 2013).
 
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 2nd edition presents the principles of soil mechanics and foundation engineering in a simplified yet logical manner that assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. It includes all the relevant content required for a sound background in the subject, reinforcing theoretical aspects with comprehensive practical applications.
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