Geotechnical Engineer's "Must Have" Library
Geotechnical Engineer's "Must Have" Library
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Hello everyone,
I am a brand new engineer and have just over a year of experience in the geotechnical field with a geotechnical consulting company. I'm wondering if I could get some feedback as to what books I should stock my shelves with for useful reading/reference material for a consultant like myself?
Because I'm new, the sort of projects that I get my hands on are generally retaining structures and the sort. When I get further in my career and can specialize, I would hope to be involved with geohazards (landslides, debris flows and the like) or possibly specializing in rocks masses for tunnels and such.
The only geotechnical book I have on my shelf at the moment is Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineer by B. M. Das, which I hear is one of the "must have" books already, and I am quite fond of this book.
All feedback is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
P.S. I have seen some other posts with this topic already, I am not incapable of finding them, I was just hoping to get slightly more customized input on my situation. Cheers
I am a brand new engineer and have just over a year of experience in the geotechnical field with a geotechnical consulting company. I'm wondering if I could get some feedback as to what books I should stock my shelves with for useful reading/reference material for a consultant like myself?
Because I'm new, the sort of projects that I get my hands on are generally retaining structures and the sort. When I get further in my career and can specialize, I would hope to be involved with geohazards (landslides, debris flows and the like) or possibly specializing in rocks masses for tunnels and such.
The only geotechnical book I have on my shelf at the moment is Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineer by B. M. Das, which I hear is one of the "must have" books already, and I am quite fond of this book.
All feedback is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
P.S. I have seen some other posts with this topic already, I am not incapable of finding them, I was just hoping to get slightly more customized input on my situation. Cheers





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Alfreds R Jumikis
John Cernica
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Best way is to examine it in a library and then wait for it to be listed on Ebay. This will take you few years but it will give you a chance to become familiar with the books you already own.
RE: Geotechnical Engineer's "Must Have" Library
Powells Bookstore specializes in rare and hard to find technical books. You can visit thier website at Powells.com. Their prices are very reasonable and shipping won't cost an arm and leg as it does on Ebay.
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Classical...
Terzaghi and Peck
Sowers
Bowles
Lambe
Tschebetarioff (sp?)
Contemporary...
Das
Hunt
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I will also add though Peck and Thornburn...
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Occasionally, I am happy to have Fundamentals of Soil Behavior by Jim Mitchell close by, but that's not a high priority, especially if there is a university library nearby (you won't need it terribly often). If you will be doing numerical modeling, it would be good to have either "Soil Behaviour and Critical State Soil Mechanics" by David Muir Wood, or "The Mechanics of Soils, an Introduction to Critical State Soil Mechanics." If you will be working in seismic areas, get ahold of "Soil Liquefaction During Earthquakes" by Idriss and Boulanger. (If your projects will be in east Texas or south Florida, don't bother with that last one.)
Since you mention landslides, consider a fairly recent book on slope stability by Duncan and Wright, or is it Wright and Duncan? I don't recall the title. I have a feeling that seeing the price tag would curl your hair, but maybe you have a well-off grandmother who wants to buy something nice for your birthday. Tell her that it's an investment you'll use long after all those ties and sweaters are out of style.
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I would also include this one as well, FHWA's Soils and Foundations Reference Manual:
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dgilette: a colleague of mine had two copies of Sowers and Sowers disappear under similar circumstances. Our university library is doing a purge of books and both of their copies ended up on the cut list. I managed to snag one for our engineering "textbook museum" and bought the other one for $1.00. (Also snagged Jumikis as well.)
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