Resumen:
1. Introduction -- 2. Geotechnical Properties Laboratory testing, Index settlement and Strength Correlations -- 3. Exploration, Sampling, and In Situ Soil Measurements -- 4. Bearing Capacity of Foundations -- 5. Foundation Settlements -- 6. Improving Site Soils for Foundation Use -- 7. Factors to Consider In Foundation Design -- 8. Spread Footing Design -- 9. Special footings and beams on elastic foundations -- 10. MAT Foundations -- 11. Lateral Earth Pressure -- 12. Mechanically Stabilized Earth and Concrete Retaining Walls -- 13. Sheet Pile Walls Cantilevered and Anchored -- 14. Walls for Excavation -- 15. Cellular Cofferdums -- 16. Single Piles-Static Capacity and Lateral Loads; Pile Pole Buckling -- 17. Single Piles-Dynamic Analysis' Load Tests -- 18. Pile Foundations-Groups -- 19. Drilled Piers or Caissons -- 20. Design of Foundations for Vibration Control.