Product Description

This successful text covers the basic principles of soil mechanics and the new edition includes a computer based simulation package.  This package will include a suite of interactive spreadsheet assignments covering a wide range of topics, an online reference manual, an online glossary of terms and symbols and a soil mechanics "quiz" for student self-assessment.
Soil mechanics is a core component of all civil engineering studies and an important topic for building and construction. An understanding of the behaviour of soil and rocks is essential for anyone planning, constructing or maintaining buildings as all structures rely on their natural foundations for ultimate stability.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #313831 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 592 pages

Customer Reviews

clear plain english, easy to understand and use
This book is a very useful tool that explains in detail the basic soil fundamentals. A very good book for all civil engineering students and far better than some of the other books around. The CD-ROM and associated spreadsheets, assignments and quizzes all add to the learning curve and make the understanding of the whole subject easier.

It Rocks!!!
As a student civil engineer, I have used this for all my second year studies in Geotechnics and found the shear strength of the text enormously useful. It contains worked examples and excellent descriptions. I bought the 1990 version and my friend the most recent. When compared we found the only difference to be the contents page was much more in-depth in the newer version. So far. Additionally the book is well compacted and is infact handbag size (9in*5in).

A great reference for all civil students.

Basic Soil Mechanics
Every textbook has its particular strength. I have done my study and can tell, lots of the author's effort went into covering the critical state framework and some very basic fundamental concepts which have come to form the corner stone of Soil Mechanics. It is a huge resource for students and a practical guide for practising geotechnical engineers. The accompanying CD adds to its credibility as an invaluable (self-explanatory) material.