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Halûk Sucuoglu, Sinan Akkar ...  288 pages- Publisher: Springer; (May, 2014) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 3319010255 - ISBN-13: 978-3319010250 ...

This book covers the seismic hazard, the basics of seismotectonics, and the fundamentals of earthquake engineering. It includes useful sample problems on earthquake-resistant design of frame and frame-shear wall systems.

Chris Clayton, Rick I. Woods, Andrew J. Bond, Jarbas Milititsky ... 608 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 3rd edition (May, 2014) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1466552115 - ISBN-13: 978-1466552111 ...
 
When it comes to designing and constructing retaining structures that are safe and durable, understanding the interaction between soil and structure is at the foundation of it all. Laying down the groundwork for the non-specialists looking to gain an understanding of the background and issues surrounding geotechnical engineering, Earth Pressure and Earth-Retaining Structures, Third Edition introduces the mechanisms of earth pressure, and explains the design requirements for retaining structures. This text makes clear the uncertainty of parameter and partial factor issues that underpin recent codes. It then goes on to explain the principles of the geotechnical design of gravity walls, embedded walls, and composite structures. What’s New in the Third Edition: The first half of the book brings together and describes possible interactions between the ground and a retaining wall. It also includes materials that factor in available software packages dealing with seepage and slope instability, therefore providing a greater understanding of design issues and allowing readers to readily check computer output. The second part of the book begins by describing the background of Eurocode 7, and ends with detailed information about gravity walls, embedded walls, and composite walls. It also includes recent material on propped and braced excavations as well as work on soil nailing, anchored walls, and cofferdams. Previous chapters on the development of earth pressure theory and on graphical techniques have been moved to an appendix. Earth Pressure and Earth-Retaining Structures, Third Edition is written for practicing geotechnical, civil, and structural engineers and forms a reference for engineering geologists, geotechnical researchers, and undergraduate civil engineering students.

John Atkinson ...  337 pages - Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill;  (September, 1993) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 007707713X - ISBN-13: 978-0077077136 ...

Covering the undergraduate course in geotechnical engineering for civil engineers, this work sets out the basic theories of soil mechanics in a clear, simple way, combining both classical and critical state theories. By using short, focused chapters, the author ensures an accessible text while maintaining a continuous thread running through the book as theory develops into application. The treatment of soil mechanics is essentially theoretical but it is not highly mathematical and soil behaviour is represented by relatively simple equations with clearly defined parameters. The theory is supported by worked examples and simple experimental demonstrations.

Robert W. Day ... 1008 pages - Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education; 2nd edition (2010) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0071740090 - ISBN-13: 978-0071740098 ...

 Revised to cover the 2009 International Building Code, Foundation Engineering Handbook, Second Edition presents basic geotechnical field and laboratory studies, such as subsurface exploration and laboratory testing of soil, rock, and groundwater samples. The book then discusses the geotechnical aspects of foundation engineering, including conditions commonly encountered by design engineers-settlement, expansive soil, and slope stability. Details on the performance or engineering evaluation of foundation construction and the application of the 2009 International Building Code are included in this valuable resource. FOUNDATION ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, 2nd edition covers: Subsurface exploration + Laboratory testing + Soil mechanics + Shallow and deep foundations + Bearing capacity and settlement of foundations + Foundations on expansive soil + Slope stability + Retaining walls + Foundation deterioration and cracking + Geotechnical earthquake engineering for soils, foundations, and retaining walls + Grading and other soil improvement methods + Foundation excavation, underpinning, and field load tests + Geosynthetics and instrumentation + 2009 International Building Code regulations for soils and foundations.

William M.C. McKenzie ... 720 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 041537054X - ISBN-13: 978-0415370547 ...

Structural analysis is a core subject for civil and structural engineering undergraduates, and a challenging one. This new textbook provides a comprehensive and extensive collection of worked examples, showing students how to analyze different types of structures. Each of the principal analysis techniques inherent in the design process are summarized and their uses are illustrated using numerous, fully worked and graded examples of international application, since it is not dependent on design codes. Where appropriate, detailed mathematical concepts are explained and integrated within the text. With an uncommonly broad scope and an easy-to-follow step-by-step approach, this key text is ideal for first to final year students on civil/structural engineering, building and architecture courses as well as a practical reference for practising consultants, contractors and architects.

838 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 2nd edition (December, 2013) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0824728815 - ISBN-13: 978-1466595262 ...

This second edition of Examples in Structural Analysis uses a step-by-step approach and provides an extensive collection of fully worked and graded examples for a wide variety of structural analysis problems. It presents detailed information on the methods of solutions to problems and the results obtained. Also given within the text is a summary of each of the principal analysis techniques inherent in the design process and where appropriate, an explanation of the mathematical models used. The text emphasises that software should only be used if designers have the appropriate knowledge and understanding of the mathematical modelling, assumptions and limitations inherent in the programs they use. It establishes the use of hand-methods for obtaining approximate solutions during preliminary design and an independent check on the answers obtained from computer analyses. What’s New in the Second Edition: New chapters cover the development and use of influence lines for determinate and indeterminate beams, as well as the use of approximate analyses for indeterminate pin-jointed and rigid-jointed plane-frames. This edition includes a rewrite of the chapter on buckling instability, expands on beams and on the use of the unit load method applied to singly redundant frames. The x-y-z co-ordinate system and symbols have been modified to reflect the conventions adopted in the structural Eurocodes.