ABSTRACT
This manual covers the application of engineering principles by
experienced engineers of soil mechanics in the design of foundations and
earth structures for naval shore facilities. The contents include
identification and classification of soil and rock, field exploration,
testing, and instrumentation, laboratory testing, distribution of stresses
including pressures on buried structures, analysis of settlement and volume
expansion, seepage and drainage, and slope stability and protection.
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