Foundation Analysis and Design

by Joseph E. Bowles

Book Overview

Including an IBM disk with 16 programs, this book contains data sets used to produce output sheets, material on sloping ground, pile and pile group analysis, and procedures for an analysis of lateral... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070067708
• ISBN13: 9780070067707
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 816 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wrong version

I got the wrong version. It is supposed to be published in 1988 with more than 1000 pages. However, the version I just received is published in 1968 with 500 pages only! this is a fraud and I want a refund.

Very Pleased

I found this book to be very insightful in all things foundations; shallow, deep, etc. Joseph Bowles does an excellent job of bringing a very technical subject to novice engineers seeking to increase their knowledge base on such a complex subject. My preference would have been English units but the SI calculations throughout the book do not detract from its thoroughness of content coverage.

Excellent Working Reference

This book is an excellent working reference for any civil/geotechnical engineer. The example problems are very well written. The charts and graphs are easily read and very clearly printed. Excellent section on the design and analysis of segmental retaining walls. Beware of some other sites selling versions of this book printed overseas and sold here.

Classic on Foundation Design

I have used this text book since its 2nd edition and was always impressed by this book. Relevant for both students and the practicing engineer, it is an authority on foundation and retaining wall design. In my opinion all structural engineers should have a copy of this book.

A Bible on Foundation Design.

I have used this book since its 2nd edition and have always been impressed by this book. It is now fully metric thank God and expanded to cover just about all possible foundation and retaining wall problems. A must for all practicing engineers.

Bowles gets Metric

I am quite pleased with J. Bowles' previous edition (4th), but unless you are familiar with or solely use the metric system of units, I would recommend the 4th Edition (1988). It contains the same basic information, and includes both US and metric (in parenthesis) units. Gary Marcus.