Geotechnical engineer's portable handbook : with the 2012 international building code / Robert W. Day.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Geotechnical engineering -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Field exploration -- Ch. 3. Laboratory testing -- Ch. 4. Soil and rock classification -- Ch. 5. Phase relationships -- Ch. 6. Effective stress and stress distribution -- Ch. 7. Shear strength -- Ch. 8. Permeability and seepage -- Ch. 9. Settlement analysis -- Ch. 10. Bearing capacity analyses -- Ch. 11. Pavement and pipeline design -- Ch. 12. Expansive soil -- Ch. 13. Slope stability -- Ch. 14. Geotechnical earthquake engineering -- Ch. 15. Erosion analyses -- Ch. 16. Retaining walls -- Ch. 17. Deterioration -- Ch. 18. Foundations -- part 2. Construction -- Ch. 19. Grading and other site improvement methods -- Ch. 20. Groundwater and percolation tests -- Ch. 21. Excavation, underpinning and field load test -- Ch. 22. Geosynthetics -- Ch. 23. Instrumentation -- part 3. 2012 International Building Code -- Ch. 24. International Building Code regulations for soils -- Ch. 25. International Building Code regulations for foundations -- Appendix A. Glossary -- Appendix B. Examples of grading specifications and foundation engineering report -- Appendix C. Percolation test procedures -- Appendix D. Conversion factors -- Appendix E. Example problems and solutions -- Appendix F. References.