• covers the major in geotechnical engineering
• packed with self-test problems and projects with an on-line detailed solutions manual
• presents the state-of-the-art field practice
• covers both Eurocode 7 and ASTM standards (for the US)

Ming Xiao is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, USA

Contributing author Daniel Barreto is Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering in the School of Engineering and the Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier University, UK