Fundamentals of foundation engineering and their applications

<p dir="ltr">This resource is primarily based on teaching material developed by the author over several years for courses at the University of Newcastle, Australia. It focuses on application of fundamental soil mechanics concepts to practical geotechnical engineering tasks, such as: interpretation of geotechnical investigation results, design of shallow foundations under serviceability and ultimate limit state conditions, and analysis and design of deep foundations. The resource includes a brief introduction to geoenvironmental engineering, concentrating on the problem of soil and groundwater contamination, the description of relevant remediation techniques and the demonstration of simple methods for the design of remediation facilities.</p>