Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (Paperback)

V. N. S. Murthy’s Geotechnical Engineering, published by CRC Press, is a comprehensive book for students who need to learn the principles and practices of soil mechanics and foundation engineering. It illustrates soil characteristic theories with several examples that feature practical attentions. The book also explains the designs for drilled pier foundations and mechanically steadied retaining walls. It discovers a feasible approach for forecasting the nonlinear behaviour of laterally loaded long vertical and batter piles. The book is compiled in simple and lucid language for better comprehension. About CRC Press CRC Press is one of the most famous global publishing houses. They develop and publish quality technical, medical, scientific and other academic books for students, academics and professionals. Their educational books conform to the latest syllabus and exam patterns prescribed by various universities. The books published by them are compiled and authored by the connoisseurs in their respective fields. Some of the books published under their banner are DSP-Based Electromechanical Motion Control, Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics with MATLAB, ARM Assembly Language: Fundamentals and Techniques, Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys, and Linear Control System Analysis and Design with MATLAB.