Bowles, Joseph E. <br/><br/>
Foundation analysis and design / 
Joseph E. Bowles. 
 - 5th ed. 
 - New York :  McGraw-Hill,  c1996. 
 - xxiii, 1175 p.  :   il. 
<br/><br/> El inventario 43122 es 3a ed. 
<br/><br/> Introduction. - Geotechnical and index properties: laboratory testing; settlement and strength correlations. - Exploration, sampling and in situ soil measurement. - Bearing capacity of foundations. - Foundation settlements.- Improving site soils for foundations use. - Factors to consider in foundation design. - Spread footing design. - Special footings and beams on elastic foundations. - Mat foundations. - Lateral earth pressure. - Mechanical stabilized earth and concrete retaining walls. - Sheet-pile walls: cantilevered and anchored. - Walls for excavations. - Cellular cofferdams. -  Single piles- Static capacity and lateral loads; pile/pole buckling. - Single piles: dynamic analysis, load tests. - Pile foundations: groups. - Drilled piers or caissons.- Design of foundations for vibration controls. Appendix. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780079122476 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>95037880  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>MECANICA DE SUELOS<br/>FUNDACIONES
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>624.131