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<b>Key Benefit: </b> <i>For graduate and undergraduate courses in Foundation Engineering</i> <b>Understanding and Practicing Foundation Design Principles</b> <b> <i>Foundation Design: Principles and Practices</i> </b> includes the most noteworthy research and advancements in Foundation Engineering. Following a systematic approach of identifying major concepts followed by strategic analysis and design, the <b>Third Edition</b> teaches readers not only how to understand foundation engineering, but to apply it to real problems. The highly up-to-date material places great emphasis on limit state design and includes a new focus on load and resistance factor design in both the structural and geotechnical aspects of the process. <b>Key Topics: </b> Foundations; Uncertainty and Risk in Foundation Design; Soil Mechanics; Subsurface Investigation and Characterization; Performance Requirements; Shallow Foundations; Spread Footings--Geotechnical Ultimate Limit States; Spread Footings--Geotechnic