Essentials of soil mechanics and foundations: Basic geotechnics

By David F McCarthy

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835917819
• ISBN13: 9780835917810
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Reston Pub. Co
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good Book

This book is required for my soils class and it was a good help in understanding soil concepts. The delivery was perfect.

An engineering text surprisingly accessible to the construction manager

Although this appears to be an acedemic text, it is both informative and useful for the non-engineer construction manager. The chapters on soil types, clasification of soils, and the impact of water were clear and not unnecessarily technical. The chapters on stresses, settlement, and compaction provided a broader perspective useful for evaluating unusual conditions. And, the chapters on foundation design and slope stability offered practical insights. In one book, a most usable and complete treatment of the subject for the working construction manager. Note: althought the reviewer and author have very similar names, they are not related, and have never had any contact. Choosing Project Success - A Guide for Building Professionals

Seller really cares!

This product never arrived but the seller gave me all my money back as well as a credit to use for another purchase from them. Very caring people when the customer is not satisfied!

Good for AM portion of PE Exam and PM portion of Geotechnical

Even though Index is not that great like CERM (Civil Engineering Reference Manual, you can still find valuable examples and basic concepts that PE Exam requires. Best of Luck.

An excellent engineering tool!

Civil engineers throughout the world can use this book as either a classroom text or reference handbook. It covers a variety of soil conditions including expansive soils and provides examples of both foundation designs,and retaining earth structures.