This book is the 14th Five Year Planned Textbook of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China. Based on the latest codes on the survey, design, and construction of foundation engineering, it systematically introduces the design principles and methods of foundation engineering.
This book includes ten chapters, which are introduction, site exploration and characterization, design of shallow foundation on natural subgrade, continuous foundations, pile foundations, retaining and protection structures for foundation excavation, ground improvement, special soil subgrade, seismic analysis and design of foundations, and comparison for foundation engineeri

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Contents of foundation engineering
1.2 Importance of foundation engineering
1.3 Development of foundation engineering
1.4 Curriculum features and requirements
Questions
Chapter 2 Site Exploration and Characterization
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Geological exploration
2.2.1 Geological geophysical prospecting
2.2.2 Subsurface exploration and sampling
2.2.3 Exploratory trenches
2.3 In-situ testing
2.3.1 Plate load test （PLT）
2.3.2 Cone penetration test （CPT）
2.3.3 Standard penetration test （SPT）
2.3.4 Dynamic cone penetration test （DCPT）
2.3.5 Vane shear test （VST）
2.4 In-situ monitoring
2.4.1 Structure settlement measurement
2.4.2 Excavation pit monitoring
2.4.3 Groundwater monitoring
2.5 Main contents of the geotechnical investigation report
Questions
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