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Advanced Foundation Engineering is the second volume in the series on geotechnical engineering closely following A Textbook of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering written to meet the requirements of undergraduate students. This volume covers various aspects of foundation engineering bringing together all the relevant advanced theories coherently. As foundations have to be designed to simulate field conditions it is imperative that the consulting engineer must be conversant with all the theories that are available as also the available approaches. This volume strives to meet most of these requirements It also presents in detail authors own research work on laterally loaded pile foundations to solve many of the problems confronted in this field. The approach is direct and simple as compared to the complicated methods proposed by others. This is an excellent text-reference for the postgraduate students practising engineers consultants researchers and professionals in addition to serving as a valuable resource for the candidates appearing in Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers (GATE) UPSC and other national selection entrance tests / examinations. About the Author V. N. S. Murthy is currently consulting geotechnical engineer pra tising in Bangalore India. He was Head Department of Civil Engineering Bhooma Reddy College of Engineering and Technology Hubli and was on the staff of Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute Mumbai. He was Assistant Plio essor Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur; Assistant Director and Head Soil Engineering Division Central Building Research Institute Roorkee; and Senior Professor and Head Civil Engineering Department Regional College of Engineering Nagpur. He was the Principal Geotechnical Consultant of Sai Kripa Technical Consultants New Delhi. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree from Mysore University Master of Science degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and PhD in foundation engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur India. Prof. Murthy was a consultant to many prestigious organizations such as National Thermal Power Corporation National Industrial Development Corporation Mathura Oil Refinery Maruti Udyog Ltd. He has authored numerous technical papers published in India and abroad. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) a life member of the Geotechnical Society (India) and a member of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (India).