Download or read book Shallow Foundations written by Braja M. Das and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the popularity of the previous edition, Shallow Foundations: Bearing Capacity and Settlement, Third Edition, covers all the latest developments and approaches to shallow foundation engineering. In response to the high demand, it provides updated data and revised theories on the ultimate and allowable bearing capacities of shallow foundations. Additionally, it features the most recent developments regarding eccentric and inclined loading, the use of stone columns, settlement computations, and more. Example cases have been provided throughout each chapter to illustrate the theories presented.