Geotechnical Engineering

PuRPoSE AND ScOPE OF THE BOOK

'GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING'

There are not many books which cover both soil mechanics and foundation engineering which a
student can use for his paper on Geotechnical Engineering. This paper is studied compulsorily
and available books, whatever few are there, have not been found satisfactory. Students are

compelled to refer to three or four books to m eet their requirements. The author has been

prompted by the lack of a good comprehensive textbook to write this present work. He has

made a sincere effort to sum up his experience of thirty three years of teaching in the present

book. The notable features of the book are as follows:

1. The S .1. (Standard International) System of Units, which is a modification of the
   Metric System of units, is adopted. A note on the S.l. Units is included by way of
   elucidation.
   The reader is requested to refer to the latest revised versions of the 1.8. codes men-
   tioned in the book.


2. Reference is made to the relevant Indian Standards, wherever applicable.


3. The number of illustrative problems as well as the number of practice problems:is
   made as large as possible so as to cover the various types of problems likely to be
   encountered. The problems are carefully graded with regard to their toughness,


4. A few "objective questions" are also included.

5. "Summary of Main Points" is given at the end of each Chapter.

6. References are given at the end of each Chapter.

7. Symbols and nomenclature adopted are mostly consistent, while being in close agree-
   ment with the internationally standardised. ones.


8. The sequencc of topics and subtopics is made as logical as possible.


9. The author does not pretend to claim any originality for the material, the sources
   being appropriately acknowledged; however, he does claim some degree of it in the
   presentation, in the degree of lucidity sought to be imparted, and in his efforts to
   combine the good features of previous works in this field,
   In view of the meagre number of books in this field in S.I. Units, this can be expected to
   be a valuable contributio~ to the existing literature.

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