A must-have resource for all foundation engineering courses, Principles of Foundation
Engineering, 9th Edition provides a careful balance between current research and practical …

Now in its fifth edition, this classic textbook continues to offer a well-tailored resource for
beginning graduate students in geotechnical engineering. Further developing the basic …

The main feature of the shallowest quaternary basin of the well-renowned historic city of
Venice, Italy and its surrounding lagoon, is the presence, apparently without any regular …

The site characterization of unsaturated soils is well stablished based on laboratory tests,
which are expensive and time-consuming. In-situ testing methods, such as the flat …

To protect the city of Venice against recurrent flooding, a huge project has been undertaken
involving the design and construction of movable gates located at the three lagoon inlets for …

In geotechnical engineering, soil classification is an essential component in the design
process. Field methods such as the cone penetration test (CPT) can be used as less …

A comprehensive study to determine the undrained shearing resistance of fine grained soils
by the use of cone penetration test (CPTu) was carried out on the thick fluvial sediments of …

Shallow Foundations: Discussions and Problem Solving is written for civil engineers and all
civil engineering students taking courses in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. It …

The historical city of Venice is threatened by frequent flooding caused by the eustatic rise of
the sea level and due to subsidence, so that this city, one of the most visited in the world, is …

Seismic piezocone tests (SCPTu) and seismic flat plate dilatometer tests (SDMT) were
conducted prior to the construction of the Treporti embankment near Venice in order to …