Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, SI Edition

Dr. Braja Das is dean emeritus of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Sacramento. He received his M.S. in civil engineering from the University of Iowa and his Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of several geotechnical engineering texts and reference books as well as more than 300 technical papers in the area of geotechnical engineering. His primary areas of research include shallow foundations, earth anchors and geosynthetics. Dr. Das is a fellow and life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, life member of the American Society for Engineering Education and an emeritus member of the Stabilization of Geomaterials and Recycled Materials of the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council. He has received numerous awards for teaching excellence, including the AMOCO Foundation Award, the AT&T Award for Teaching Excellence from the American Society for Engineering Education, the Ralph Teetor Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence from the University of Texas at El Paso.

1. Geotechnical Engineering -- A Historical Perspective.
2. Origins of Soil and Grain Size.
3. Weight-Volume Relationships.
4. Plasticity and Structure of Soil.
5. Classification of Soil.
6. Soil Compaction.
7. Permeability.
8. Seepage.
9. In Situ Stresses.
10. Stresses in a Soil Mass.
11. Compressibility of Soil –- Elastic Settlement.
12. Consolidation.
13. Shear Strength of Soil.
14. Lateral Earth Pressure: At-Rest, Rankine, and Coulomb.
15. Lateral Earth Pressure: Curved Failure Surface.
16. Slope Stability.
17. Soil-Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundations.
18. Subsoil Exploration.
19. An Introduction to Geosynthetics.
Answers to Selected Problems.
Index.