Description
Wiley India Geotechnical Engineering 2020 by R K Khitoliya and Pardeep Kumar Gupta
The book exhaustively deals with the fundamental principles of soil mechanics and aims to serve the needs of B.E., and B. Tech students of Civil Engineering. It covers the syllabi of almost all technical universities and institutes. The concepts have been developed systematically. A large number of graded numerical examples and solutions are included. References are made to the relevant Indian standard codes at appropriate places.
About the Author
R.K. Khitoliya is Head, Civil Engineering Department, PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh. Dr. Khitoliya has more than 30 years of experience of research, administration and academics. Before coming to academics, for more than a decade, he headed Soil Mechanics — the biggest discipline of Central Soil and Materials Research Station, New Delhi, Ministry of Water Resources. He has also served as Director, HBTI, Kanpur for three years. He has to his credit seven books and more than 280 technical papers published in journals/proceedings of seminars and conferences in the fields of Geotechnical/Evironmental Management and Transportation Engineering.
Pardeep Kumar Gupta, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, PEC University of
Technology, Chandigarh. He is involved in teaching, research and consultancy and has around 26 years of experience, around 30 publications in journals and conferences. He has guided about 25 M.E. theses and has contributed to more than 300 consultancy projects. His areas of interest include Structure Design, Concrete, Pavement Design, Construction and Management, Geoinformatics, Transportation Engineering, Bridges, and Fly Ash.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
BOOK REVIEW
Introduction
Basic Terminology and Interrelations
Index Properties of Soils
Soil Classification Systems
Soil Water and Effectives Stress
Permeability
Seepage Analysis
Stress Distribution in Soil Mass
Compaction
Consolidation
Shear Strength of Soils
Lateral Earth Pressure and Earth Retaining Structures
Stability of Slopes
References
Bibliography
Index.