Advanced Soil Mechanics Fifth Edition | Civil Engineering

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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 concepts from undergraduate study it provides a solid foundation for advanced study. This new edition addresses a variety of recent advances in the field and each section is updated. Braja Das particularly expands the content on consolidation shear strength of soils and both elastic and consolidation settlements of shallow foundations to accommodate modern developments. New material includes:Recently published correlations of maximum dry density and optimum moisture content of compaction Recent methods for determ…