The Engineering of Foundations, Slopes and Retaining Structures

This new edition covers the construction, analysis, and design of shallow and deep foundations, as well as retaining structures and slopes. It includes complete coverage of soil mechanics and site investigations. It contains illustrations, applications, and hands-on examples that continue across chapters.

Author: Rodrigo Salgado
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 06/01/2022
Pages: 964
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.72lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.96d
ISBN: 9781138197640

About the Author

Rodrigo Salgado is the Pankow Professor in Civil Engineering at Purdue University, Editor in Chief of the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, and author of over 150 journal publications, 100 conference publications, and 40 reports. He has supervised 30 Ph.D. students and was the recipient of prestigious awards, including the Sloan Best Paper Award, the ICE Geotechnical Research Medal, the Prakash Research Award, the ASCE Huber Research Prize, the ASCE Arthur Casagrande Award, and the IACMAG Excellent Contributions Award.