Geotechnical Engineering
Subtitle: Principles and Practices of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: October 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1056
ISBN-13: 9780824708733
Subjects: Soil & rock mechanics; Soil Mechanics; Foundations; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Engineering - Civil; General; Technology / Engineering / Civil; Engineering Geology
First sentence: Karl Terzaghi writing in 1951 (Bjerrum, et. al., 1960), on 'The Influence of Modern Soil Studies on the Design and Construction of Foundations' commented on foundations as follows: Foundations can appropriately be described as a necessary evil.