| Elements of Soil Mechanics - 8th Edition | by Ian Smith |
Blackwell Publishing, 2006 |
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About the book...
Smith's "This core undergraduate textbook for civil engineers is the first to cover the fundamental changes in the ethos of geotechnical design advocated in the now published Eurocode 7. This code will be fully adopted across Europe by 2010 and its implementation will mean a radical shift to limit state design. Ian Smith makes understanding this new approach to geotechnical design less daunting to the student with clear explanatory text, detailed illustrations and several worked examples, covering a range of topics including slope stability, retaining walls and shallow and deep foundations. Downloadable spreadsheets help to illustrate how the new Eurocode is applied and the book’s website also gives the worked solutions to the self-test questions at the end of each chapter. Now in its 8th edition, this well-established textbook has been updated and re-designed with improved page layout and illustrations making it the essential user-friendly introduction to soil mechanics and geotechnical design to Eurocode 7." ISBN 1405133708 Price: £25.99  Read Sample Chapter (Chapter 8)
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Eurocode 7 In the book I have made understanding and using Eurocode 7 incredibly clear and simple. It really is pretty straightforward to use - all you need is to be shown how to do it, so that's what I've done in the book. I have introduced the philosophy of Eurocode 7 through its application to retaining walls, and within the same Chapter I give several examples on how to use it in the design of retaining walls. Whether it's Design Approach 1 (the UK preferred method) or Design Approches 2 or 3, I show you how it's done. And not just for walls.... in Chapter 8 I show you how to design foundations (both shallow and deep) to the code too, and the design of slopes to Eurocode 7 is covered in Chapter 5. Ian Purchase the book...
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