Soil Mechanics And Foundation Engineering Fundamentals And Applications
Clara Zellinger
Soil Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition effectively explores the nature of soil, explains the principles of soil mechanics, and examines soil as an engineering material. This latest edition includes all the fundamental concepts of soil mechanics, as well as an introduction to foundation engineering, including coverage of site exploration, shallow and deep foundation design, and slope stability. It presents the material in a systematic, step-by-step manner, and contains numerous problems, examples, and solutions.
The revised text expands the contents to include an introductory foundation engineering section to make the book cover the full range of geotechnical engineering. The book includes three new chapters: Site Exploration, Deep Foundations, and Slope Stability.
Dr. Hemanta Hazarika is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. He obtained his bachelor of technology degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, India, and his PhD in geotechnical engineering from Nagoya University, Japan. He also worked as a practicing engineer in industry as well as a researcher in the public sector research institute of Japan. Professor Hazarika has more than 130 technical publications in reputed international journals, proceedings of international conferences, and symposia, including contributed chapters in several books. He is also the editor of two books in his research fields.
Civil engineering occupies a prominent position as one of the major fields in the engineering profession. Civil engineers are concerned with all aspects of the conception, planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of major physical works and facilities that are essential to modern life. Civil engineering projects are typically characterized by extreme size, complexity, durability, and cost. Examples include bridges, buildings, transportation facilities, tunnels, coastal facilities, dams, foundations, and waterways.
The Mission of our Civil Engineering Bachelor of Science degree program is to educate students in the principles and methods essential to the practice and advancement of the interdisciplinary field of civil engineering. The program is proactive and continues to incorporate new and emerging paradigms in all aspects of teaching and education while maintaining rigorous standards in traditional approaches to engineered solutions of civil problems. Our goal is to prepare students to apply and continually cultivate knowledge that will enable them to become successful practitioners, innovators and leaders in serving the needs of a complex society.
Environmental Engineering is an interdisciplinary branch of the engineering profession where science and engineering principles are combined to provide healthy soil, water and air; remediate contaminated sites; and to improve the overall quality of the environment through the development of sustainable processes. Example activities include design of water and wastewater treatment facilities; detecting and modeling fate and transport of contaminants in both natural and engineered environments; developing technology-based solutions for restoring environmental quality; and developing and/or modifying industrial processes for ecological preservation and enhanced sustainability.
The Mission of our Environmental Engineering Bachelor of Science degree program is to educate students in the principles and methods essential to the practice and advancement of the interdisciplinary field of environmental engineering. The program is proactive and continues to incorporate new and emerging paradigms in all aspects of teaching and education while maintaining rigorous standards in traditional approaches to engineered solutions of environmental problems. Graduates of the program possess technical expertise required to maintain a healthy balance between societal welfare, economic growth and the environment surrounding us.
The HSS Advanced Requirement of 13 credits is shown below as three 3-credit courses and one 4-credit course. Other options are possible. Three of these HSS credits must be an approved course that meets the Environmental Studies Requirement.
The programs educate students through coursework and independent study and research. Our programs are designed to provide students with the knowledge and analytical problem-solving capabilities needed to lead and innovate within multi-disciplinary teams in technologically-complex environments.
Graduate studies in the department of civil and environmental engineering enable the student to build upon the broad background of undergraduate education in preparation for professional practice at an advanced level, for research and development, or for teaching.
A graduate program leading to the M.Eng. degree stresses engineering applications and design. The department offers two different M.Eng. degrees. The M.Eng. in Structural Engineering focuses specifically on structural engineering. Candidates for the M.Eng. in Structural Engineering degree complete a group design project and an individual project as part of a 3-course design project sequence (CEE 416, CEE 417, CEE 418). The M.Eng. degrees in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering allow students to select courses across the various specialty areas of civil and environmental engineering. Candidates for the M.Eng. degrees in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering have the option to complete an individual engineering project or a research report, representing 3 to 6 credits (CEE 480), or may take 30 course credits with no project or report.
The departmental laboratories are located in the Fritz Engineering Laboratory and in the STEPS Building. The laboratories offer outstanding facilities for research and instruction in structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, and environmental engineering. In particular, the structural testing equipment includes dynamic testing machines, a five-million-pound universal hydraulic testing machine, and other state-of-the-art facilities. Included in the latter are the facilities of the Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS center) located on the Mountaintop campus. These include the largest 3-dimensional test bed in the U.S.A. and specialized earthquake testing facilities of the NSF George E. Brown, Jr. Network Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). The water resources facilities include a wave tank, several flumes, a 10-cfs recirculating flow system, and two multipurpose tanks for model studies. The geotechnical facilities include state-of-the-art, fully automated triaxial compression and permeability machines for multiple simultaneous tests. The environmental facilities include state-of-the-art laboratories and analytical instrumentation for analysis of chemical, physical and microbiological systems.
In addition to departmental courses, a number of courses offered by the departments of mechanical engineering and mechanics, chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science and engineering, earth and environmental sciences, and biology may also be considered a part of the major field in civil and environmental engineering. A number of research and teaching assistantships are available to provide financial support to students of outstanding promise. The research or teaching activities required of holders of assistantships provides a valuable educational experience that supplements the formal course offerings. A very limited number of scholarships and fellowships are available to provide financial support for full-time study.
The Geotechnical Engineering group at the University of Illinois has educated generations of experts in the use of natural and engineered geomaterials. One of the key tenets of geotechnical engineering is the engineering of foundations for buildings, dams, and other geostructures. Dr. Ralph B. Peck, founder of the Geotechnical Engineering Program at Illinois, was a Professor of Foundation Engineering and offered the first course in Foundation Engineering at the University of Illinois in the 1940s. As foundation engineering has broadened and seen significant innovations over the past 80 years, the Geotechnical Engineering group now covers this fundamental topic in three courses.
The Graduate Certificate in Foundation Engineering is geared toward students looking to expand their understanding of Foundation Engineering and for practicing engineers looking to deepen their knowledge base. This certificate will provide a review of both fundamental theories and new and up-to-date applications in Foundation Engineering.
An undergraduate Minor degree in Civil Engineering can be obtained by students from outside the Civil and Environmental Engineering department by successful completion of a minimum of 12 credit hours (= 4 courses) in approved Civil Engineering coursework at the 300 or 400 level, at least one of which must be at the 400 level.
An undergraduate minor in Civil Engineering may be obtained by students from outside of the major by successful completion of 12 or more semester credit hours in approved Civil Engineering course work at the 300 or 400 level. In addition, a student seeking a minor in Civil Engineering must satisfy all pre- or co-requisite requirements for the courses selected. For completion of a minor a student must have a minimum overall cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in courses required for the minor exclusive of lower-level courses, pre-requisites and co-requisites and complete a minimum of six hours of upper-level courses in the minor requirement through courses offered by Old Dominion University.
At ODU, we understand that as a transfer student you have unique needs that require a wide array of campus resources. The Center for Advising Administration and Academic Partnerships aims to create a transfer inclusive culture that supports the successful...
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