Websites

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• geoforum.com - geotechnology website with lots of free information, and active discussion forums.

• geoengineer.org - excellent geotechnical website.

Publications, Research and Articles

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• NAVFAC Manuals
  • 7.01 - Soil Mechanics, 1986
  • 7.02 - Foundations and Earth Structures, 1986
  • Soil Dynamic and Special Design Aspects, 1983
• FHWA Publications
• Drilled Shafts:Construction Procedures and Design Methods, 1999
• NCHRP Report 461 - Static and Dynamic Lateral Loading of Pile Groups, 2001
• Chapter 1-2
• Chapter 3-4, Appendix A
• Appendix B
• NCHRP Report 458 - Redundancy in Highway Bridge Structures
• US Army Corps of Engineers Manuals:
  • Engineering and Design - Bearing Capacity of Soils, 1992
  • Engineering and Design - Rock Foundations, 1994
  • Engineering and Design - Design of Pile Foundations, 1991
  • Design of Deep Foundations, 1998
• USC Research
  • Asadollah, Xiao, Effects Of Variable Axial Load On Seismic Behavior Of Bridge Piers, 1999
  • Todorovska M.I., Trifunac, M.D, Radiation Damping During Two-Dimensional In-Plane Building-Soil Interaction, 1991
• UC Davis Research
  • Yang Z., Jeremic B., Numerical Analysis of Pile Behavior under Lateral Loads in Layer Elastic-Plastic Soil
• UCLA Research
  • Wallace, Cyclic Large Deflection Testing of Shaft Bridges, 2001
• UC Berkeley Research
  • Seismic Response of Piles Research Project
• Virginia Tech Research
  • Characteristic Load Method
• What Structural Engineers Need To Know About Liquefaction,  SEAOC 1999 Convention.
• State-Of-The-Art Report About Durablity Of Post-Tensioned Bridge Substructures, Univ. Of Texas At Austin, 1999
• Development Of The Simplified Method For Internal Stability Design Of Mechanically Stabililized Earth Walls, WSDOT, 2001
• Investigation of the Resistance of Pile Caps to Lateral Loading, Virginia Tech. Univ., 1999
• Texas DOT Geotechnical Manual
• Seismic Response of Piles Research Project, UC Berkeley
• Remediation of Bridge Foundations in Liquefiable Soils, Martin, USC, 1999
• Timber Pile Design and Construction Manual, Timber Piling Council
• Pile Instability during Earthquake Liquefaction, University of Cambridge (U.K), 2003
• Seismic Design of Deep Foundations, Univ. Purdue, 2001
• Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction Of Foundations With Large Diameter Piles,  Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,
• DUCTILITY DESIGN OF FOUNDATIONS OF HIGHWAY BRIDGE ABUTMENTS, Masahiro SHIRATO , Jiro FUKUI.., and Junichi KOSEKI....
• Practical Rock Engineering, Dr. Evert Hoek, 2000
• Soil Mechanics, Arnold Verruijt, University of Delft, 2001
• The Lions Gate Bridge – seismic retrofit of north approach viaduct foundations, Li Yan, Ph.D., P.Eng.,  Alex Sy, Ph.D., P.Eng.
• ROCKING ISOLATION OF BRIDGE COLUMNS ON DIRECT FOUNDATIONS, 2003, Kazuhiko KAWASHIMA,  Keisuke Hosoiri