Books on foundation engineering: which is the real "Bible"?
Books on foundation engineering: which is the real "Bible"?
(OP)
If I asked you guys about the best, more complete and useful book on foundation engineering, which would be your answer?
Bowles, Foundation analysis and design seems to me a candidate to the "Bible"
Fang, Foundation Engineering Handbook looks good as well
They say Das is a recent candidate (which one?, got to read that)
Lists of preferences are welcome, I would like to deepen my knowledge of the field but it's not always easy to pick the right material
thanks for your opinions
Bowles, Foundation analysis and design seems to me a candidate to the "Bible"
Fang, Foundation Engineering Handbook looks good as well
They say Das is a recent candidate (which one?, got to read that)
Lists of preferences are welcome, I would like to deepen my knowledge of the field but it's not always easy to pick the right material
thanks for your opinions





RE: Books on foundation engineering: which is the real "Bible"?
Other popular titles are:-
Soil Mechanics - RF Craig
The Ground Rngineer's Reference Book - Bell
Don't foget of course he Godfathers - Terzaghi & Peck !!!!!!
There are several undergraduate titles which engineers tend to refer back to when practicing professionally so it is a bit "horses for courses"
Regards
Andy Machon
RE: Books on foundation engineering: which is the real "Bible"?
You should subscribe to appropriate journals/magazines AND READ THEM to keep up to date with developments and current problems.
Consider:
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology
Ground Engineering
Géotechnique
Tunnels & Tunnelling
ASCE journals/proceedings
I will probably think of more journals after I send this, but I expect you have the idea already. --Good luck.
RE: Books on foundation engineering: which is the real "Bible"?
I've used and had sastifactory results with Das' Foundation Engineering as a practical reference.
However, when addressing numerical analysis applied to foundations, I've found Bowles to be a indespensible reference.
So, depending what you're looking for practical or academic those are my references (which by the way are only a short grab from computer).
RE: Books on foundation engineering: which is the real "Bible"?
RE: Books on foundation engineering: which is the real "Bible"?
Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.
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RE: Books on foundation engineering: which is the real "Bible"?
The wanna-be's would be Tomlinson's Foundation Book (excellent), Tschebotarioff's Foundation book (1974), Peck Hansen and Thornburn's Foundation book and Leonard's Foundation Engineering handbook would be my next choices as sub-bibles.
There are many many other books - Craig, Teng, Fang's Handbook - lots of Indian books as well. I've had Bowles since 1975's 2nd Edition through 5th Edition. I've seen Das. These are tomes that a packed full - no question. The bible, though, is the first book; these are cousins; are quite useful as study-guides, but once the bible - always the bible!! Bowles and Das are only re-interpretations!
RE: Books on foundation engineering: which is the real "Bible"?
Who says engineers have no religion?!
In addition to printed matter, I currently keep in excess of 1 GB of spreadsheets, PDFs, notes in text/Word files and other reference materials (the collection keeps growing as I find or am directed to more material).
Naturally, some works are very good for particular applications, but are not as useful for others. It is impossible for a single author to be authoritative and unsurpassed in all areas of our discipline. I don't think that any one source can be called the best, let alone the 'Bible', especially as the state of practice in foundation engineering continues to evolve.
Jeff
Jeffrey T. Donville, PE
TTL Associates, Inc.
www.ttlassoc.com
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RE: Books on foundation engineering: which is the real "Bible"?
I have recently discovered the Canadian Foundation Manual. It is really a great reference, and I am not even Canadian.
It is available from Bitech publishers.
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It looks interesting.
RE: Books on foundation engineering: which is the real "Bible"?