Thursday, August 13, 2009

Books

Let me start with suggesting a few books that I've used over the years. If you are someone just looking for passing the PE, the following books should be enough for you:
1. Civil Engineering Reference Manual, latest edition
2. Fundamentals of geotechnical engineering by Braja M. Das
3. Principles of Foundation Engineering by Braja M. Das
4. Six Minute Solutions

However, if you are someone who likes to delve deeper into the thick of the things, you should use the following books:
1. Foundation Analysis and Design by J. E. Bowles
2. Soil Mechanics by Terzaghi, Peck, and Mesri
3. Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering by Holtz and Kovacs
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 29, 2009 at 5:40 PM

    Hi
    Do you have notes which cover PE geotechnical depth exam.
    Thanks

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  2. geotechieAugust 29, 2009 at 7:14 PM

    No, I did not make any notes specifically for the PE Exam. I solved problems given in Six Minute Solutions, CERM, etc. Used CERM as the textbook and Das/Bowles/Holtz and Kovacs/Terzaghi for further reference.

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  3. Julie Barbour-IssaSeptember 15, 2009 at 11:23 AM

    Do you like the Six Minute Solutions for Geotech? I have the general one covering all sessions, and I find it to be only ok.

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  4. geotechieSeptember 15, 2009 at 2:12 PM

    Julie: In my opinion, Six minute provides a good practice for PE exam. Having said that, I also feel that anyone taking the geotechnical depth exam should be thorough in her/his knowledge. Solving problems would then be a piece of cake.

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  5. Julie Barbour-IssaOctober 1, 2009 at 9:57 AM

    Thanks for the response. I am a site/land development engineer, but my major in college was geotechnical engineering. None of the depth subjects on the exam I use on a daily basis, and geotech is what I remember best for school. I had a lot of shallow foundtation and slope analysis design in my coursework, but I'm struggling a bit with deep foundations, excavations, and earthquake questions. I have Das' Fundementals of Geotech book, do you like his other book on Foundations? I have Coduto's Foundation Design: Principles and Practices but I do not care for it. Any good earthquake refrence materials I should be familiar with?

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  6. geotechieOctober 1, 2009 at 12:59 PM

    Julie: I understand your situation. Coduto is a decent book, however, you can use Principles of Foundation Engineering by Das. I am personally not a big fan of Das' books but it provides most of the stuff at one place and I would recommend it for PE exam. I presume you have 23 days to go for PE and I would encourage you to use CERM (and Das for reference) for Deep Foundations/Excavations. If you run in any problems, do let me know and I'll try to explain it to you in the best way possible. As far as earthquake is concerned, solve NCEES practice questions and NAVFAC 7.03 Manual (http://www.geotechnicalinfo.com/navfac_soil_dynamics_and_special_design_aspects.pdf).

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  7. Julie Barbour-IssaOctober 1, 2009 at 1:02 PM

    Thank you geotechie! Yup, 23 days, yikes!

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  8. geotechieOctober 1, 2009 at 1:22 PM

    To add to my earlier comment, NAVFAC Manuals, DM 7.02 and 7.03 are good references too. You can google and download them.

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  9. Julie Barbour-IssaOctober 1, 2009 at 1:49 PM

    Thanks. Its getting pretty late in the game for me to learn how to use several new manuals, but it seems like CERM is a bit lacking for earthquakes, so I'll check them out. Good luck studying.

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  10. SPFebruary 3, 2010 at 2:36 AM

    Hello Geotechi,
    I know you have posted blogs for the last PE Oct exam. But is it by any chance possible to post some more blogs on solving problems. your blogs are really helpful. Good work. Thank you.

    Pinkpearls

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