Foundation Engineering--------------------------------------------------Foundation Engineering is of prime importance to undergraduate andpostgraduate students of civil engineering as well as to practisingengineers. For, there is no construction - be it buildings (government,commercial and residential), bridges, highways, or dams - that doesnot draw from the principles and application of this subject. Unlikemany textbooks on Geotechnical Engineering that deal with both SoilMechanics and Foundation Engineering, this text gives an exclusivetreatment and an indepth analysis of Foundation Engineering. What distinguishesthe text is that it not merely equips the students with the necessaryknowledge for the course and examination, but provides a solid foundationfor further practice in their profession later. In addition, as thebook is based on the Codes prescribed by the Bureau of Indian Standards,students of Indian universities will find it particularly useful. Theauthor is specialized in both Soil Mechanics and Structural Engineering,he studied Soil Mechanics under the guidance of Prof. Terzaghi andProf. Casagrande of Harvard University - the pioneers of the subject.Similarly, he studied Structural Engineering under Prof. A.L.L. Bakerof Imperial College, London, the pioneer of Limit State Design. Thesespecializations coupled with over 50 years of teaching experience ofthe author make this text authoritative and exhaustive. Intended asa text for undergraduate (Civil Engineering) and postgraduate (GeotechnicalEngineering and Structural Engineering) students, the book would alsobe found highly useful to practising engineers and young academicsteaching the course.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: P.C. VARGHESE, M.S., M.Engg. (Harvard), Ph.D., HonoraryProfessor at Anna University, Chennai, was formerly Professor and Head,Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras and UNESCO Chief TechnicalAdvisor, University of Moratuwa, Colombo. He has been a consultantto various projects in India and abroad. He has contributed to severalnational and international journals and is the author of Limit StateDesign of Reinforced Concrete and Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design(both published by Prentice-Hall of India).