Product Description

Providing coverage of the basic principles of soil mechanics for undergraduate students of civil engineering, this new edition has features such as Euro code and key concepts boxes, and case studies illustrating the principles in real world situations. Necessary changes have been made to conform with changing British Standards. The accompanying "Solutions Manual" contains fully worked solutions to all of the problems in the text, plus additional material around the case studies. It is available free to all teaching staff who adopt this as their main text. This material is only available by emailing j.bek@macmillan.co.uk or fax on 01256 479476.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101264 in Books
• Published on: 2000-05-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

About the Author
GRAHAM BARNES is a former senior lecturer in civil engineering at the Bolton Institute. He currently works for W.S. Atkins, a major international multi-disciplinary consultancy.

Customer Reviews

A "must have" for those new to Soil Mechanics
This is by far the best and most helpful Soil Mechanics book I have ever read. I have never found it to be short of an answer on any area of basic Soil Mechanics.

Ideas and principles are explained clearly and concisely at a level at which those new to the subject will easily be able to follow. These first principles are then followed up at a greater depth.

Diagrams are plentyful and example questions together with case studies of Soil Mechanics problems appear at the end of every chapter.

For students and those trying to get to grips with Soil Mechanics I cannot think of a more desireable and friendly text.

Engineering Council Examination recommended reading list
Recommended reading for the Engineering Council Part 2 Examination Subject 426, Geotechnical Engineering