مهندسی عمران & مهندسی معماری

This copy of the "Red Book" is an update of previous version that were commercially marketed. The text is now made available for free downloading from the author's personal web site, www.Fellenius.net. The author has appreciated receiving comments and questions triggered by the earlier versions of the book and hopes that this revised and expanded text will bring additional questions and suggestions. Not least welcome are those pointing out typos and mistakes in the text to correct in later updated versions. Moreover, the web site downloading link includes copies several technical articles that provide a wider treatment of the subject matters.The “Red Book” presents a background to conventional foundation analysis and design. The origin of the text is two-fold. First, it is a compendium of the contents of the courses in foundation design given by the author during his years as Professor at the University of Ottawa, Department of Civil Engineering. Second, it serves as a background document to the software marketed by the author in collaboration with former students in UniSoft Ltd. The text is not intended to replace the much more comprehensive ‘standard’ textbooks, but rather to support and augment these in a few important areas, supplying methods applicable to practical cases handled daily by practicing engineers.