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SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATIONS:

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

FORTH EDITION

George F. Sowers

CONTENTS

THE NATURE OF SOILS AND ROCKS

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF ROCKS AND SOILS

SOIL WARE: ITS MOVEMENT, STREES, AND EFFECTS

COMPRESSION AND EXPANSION WITH CHANGING STREES AND ENVIRONMENT

RIGIDITY AND STRENGTH WITH CHANGING STREES AND ENVIRONMENT

EARTH AND ROCK CONSTRUCTION

SOIL AND ROCK INVESTIGATIONS

MASS RESPONSE TO LOAD

EARTH PRESSURE AND STRUCTURES TO SUPPORT EARTH

FOUNDATIONS

DEEP FOUNDATIONS

STABILITY OF SOIL AND ROCK SLOPES

PREP./ Khaled Shrief
MANAGE./ Huda Hosney