Foundation Analysis and Design (5th Edition)

Foundation Analysis and Design (Fifth Edition) By Joseph E. Bowles

A best-selling text for the junior/senior foundation engineering course, this fifth edition continues the format of its four predecessors while providing current state-of-the-art and state-of-practice methods in foundation engineering. The edition brought substantial revisions and new material, including sloping-ground analysis, pile and pile-group analysis, and improved procedures for laterally loaded piles. Bearing capacity analysis was substantially reworked to cover footings under combined horizontal and vertical loads, with footing design for overturning now built on the same uniform linear pressure concept used in bearing capacity calculations. Increased emphasis is also placed on geotextiles for retaining walls and soil nailing.

Topics commonly covered include:

• Soil exploration and site investigation

• Shallow foundations and bearing capacity

• Settlement analysis

• Combined footings and mat foundations

• Retaining walls and lateral earth pressure

• Sheet-pile walls and cofferdams

• Pile foundations and pile groups

• Laterally loaded piles

• Drilled piers and caissons

• Foundations on expansive/collapsible soils

Key features:

• Long-standing best-seller for foundation engineering coursework

• Combines analytical theory with practical design procedures

• Reworked bearing capacity treatment covering both vertical and horizontal loading

• Strong coverage of pile and deep foundation analysis

• Written by a practicing consulting engineer as well as academic author

Perfect for:

• Civil engineering undergraduates and seniors studying foundation engineering

• Graduate students specializing in geotechnical/foundation design

• Practicing structural and geotechnical engineers

• Anyone needing a design-oriented complement to a soil mechanics fundamentals text

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