I D
F
N
www.EngineeringBooksPdf.com
O
C
, AL
TI
N
This page intentionally left blank
E
I D
F
N
O
C
www.EngineeringBooksPdf.com
, AL
T HI RD EDITION
TI
SOIL MECHANICS
AND FOUNDATIONS
MUNI BUDHU
E N
D
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
University of Arizona
I F
N
O
C
JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
www.EngineeringBooksPdf.com
, AL
TI
N
VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER Don Fowley
ACQUISITIONS EDITOR Jennifer Welter
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Alexandra Spicehandler
PRODUCTION SERVICES MANAGER Dorothy Sinclair
E
SENIOR PRODUCTION EDITOR Janet Foxman
EXECUTIVE MARKETING MANAGER Christopher Ruel
EXECUTIVE MEDIA EDITOR Tom Kulesa
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Harry Nolan
D
DESIGNER Wendy Lai
PHOTO EDITOR Sheena Goldstein
SENIOR ILLUSTRATION EDITOR Anna Melhorn
PRODUCTION SERVICES Brendan Short/Aptara
I
COVER IMAGE © Hans Pfletschinger/Peter Arnold Images/Photolibrary
F
This book was set in 10/12 Times Ten LT Std by Aptara®, Inc. and printed and bound by Hamilton Printing Company. The cover was
printed by Hamilton Printing Company.
This book is printed on acid-free paper. ∞
N
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of knowledge and understanding for more than 200 years,
helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Our company is built on a foundation of principles that
include responsibility to the communities we serve and where we live and work. In 2008, we launched a Corporate Citizenship
O
Initiative, a global effort to address the environmental, social, economic, and ethical challenges we face in our business. Among the
issues we are addressing are carbon impact, paper specifications and procurement, ethical conduct within our business and among
our vendors, and community and charitable support. For more information, please visit our website: www.wiley.com/go/citizenship.
C
Copyright © 2011, 2007, 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or
otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written
permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center,
Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, website www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be
addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774, (201) 748-6011, fax
(201) 748-6008, website www.wiley.com/go/permissions.
Evaluation copies are provided to qualified academics and professionals for review purposes only, for use in their courses during
the next academic year. These copies are licensed and may not be sold or transferred to a third party. Upon completion of the
review period, please return the evaluation copy to Wiley. Return instructions and a free of charge return shipping label are
available at www.wiley.com/go/returnlabel. Outside of the United States, please contact your local representative.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Budhu, M.
Soil mechanics and foundations / Muni Budhu.—3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-470-55684-9 (hardback)
1. Soil mechanics. 2. Foundations. I. Title.
TA710.B765 2010
624.1'5136—dc22
2010023265
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
www.EngineeringBooksPdf.com
F
N
www.EngineeringBooksPdf.com
O
C
, AL
TI
N
This page intentionally left blank
E
I D
F
N
O
C
www.EngineeringBooksPdf.com
, AL
T HI RD EDITION
TI
SOIL MECHANICS
AND FOUNDATIONS
MUNI BUDHU
E N
D
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
University of Arizona
I F
N
O
C
JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
www.EngineeringBooksPdf.com
, AL
TI
N
VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER Don Fowley
ACQUISITIONS EDITOR Jennifer Welter
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Alexandra Spicehandler
PRODUCTION SERVICES MANAGER Dorothy Sinclair
E
SENIOR PRODUCTION EDITOR Janet Foxman
EXECUTIVE MARKETING MANAGER Christopher Ruel
EXECUTIVE MEDIA EDITOR Tom Kulesa
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Harry Nolan
D
DESIGNER Wendy Lai
PHOTO EDITOR Sheena Goldstein
SENIOR ILLUSTRATION EDITOR Anna Melhorn
PRODUCTION SERVICES Brendan Short/Aptara
I
COVER IMAGE © Hans Pfletschinger/Peter Arnold Images/Photolibrary
F
This book was set in 10/12 Times Ten LT Std by Aptara®, Inc. and printed and bound by Hamilton Printing Company. The cover was
printed by Hamilton Printing Company.
This book is printed on acid-free paper. ∞
N
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of knowledge and understanding for more than 200 years,
helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Our company is built on a foundation of principles that
include responsibility to the communities we serve and where we live and work. In 2008, we launched a Corporate Citizenship
O
Initiative, a global effort to address the environmental, social, economic, and ethical challenges we face in our business. Among the
issues we are addressing are carbon impact, paper specifications and procurement, ethical conduct within our business and among
our vendors, and community and charitable support. For more information, please visit our website: www.wiley.com/go/citizenship.
C
Copyright © 2011, 2007, 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or
otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written
permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center,
Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, website www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be
addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774, (201) 748-6011, fax
(201) 748-6008, website www.wiley.com/go/permissions.
Evaluation copies are provided to qualified academics and professionals for review purposes only, for use in their courses during
the next academic year. These copies are licensed and may not be sold or transferred to a third party. Upon completion of the
review period, please return the evaluation copy to Wiley. Return instructions and a free of charge return shipping label are
available at www.wiley.com/go/returnlabel. Outside of the United States, please contact your local representative.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Budhu, M.
Soil mechanics and foundations / Muni Budhu.—3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-470-55684-9 (hardback)
1. Soil mechanics. 2. Foundations. I. Title.
TA710.B765 2010
624.1'5136—dc22
2010023265
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
www.EngineeringBooksPdf.com
