Designing with Geosynthetics (4th Edition)

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Summary: Difficult to understand if you are not a ten year engineer
Review: Currently I am using this text book for a college course on geosynthetics and I feel that it is not the level of material we should be using. This is partially our instructors fault for using this book as a reference but also you need to be a ten year engineer to understand the language. For example chapter 5 was assigned to us as reading along with 20 questions from the end of the chapter. The work load isn't the problem it is the fact that the book is not precise to what it is telling you. I know the answers are not going to come leaping out of the text book as the question reads but at least some order and explaination throughout the text could be used. My classmates and I feel the same way. Maybe I should direct my concerns to our instructor or maybe I am just blowing smoke because I want to understand something that isn't being explianed to me in a simple manner. I don't want to criticize your text but I find that it a little over-bearing to read when you are only learning the basic fundamentals of geosynthetics. Thank-you for your time.

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Summary: Geosynthetics - straight forward, crystal clear
Review: Designing with Geosynthetics is the definitive text book for the geotechnical designer and specification writer, yet is simplistic enough for someone with no previous experience with Geosynthetics. The design by function approach is a common-sense straigh-forward concept that helps the reader understand the functionality of these plastic materials within a soil matrix. The text is also a boon to site owners and developers who using traditional methods would not develop a site, but with geosynthetic solutions, may develop the most difficult sites cost effectively.

Rating:
Summary: Geosynthetics - straight forward, crystal clear
Review: Designing with Geosynthetics is the definitive text book for the geotechnical designer and specification writer, yet is simplistic enough for someone with no previous experience with Geosynthetics. The design by function approach is a common-sense straigh-forward concept that helps the reader understand the functionality of these plastic materials within a soil matrix. The text is also a boon to site owners and developers who using traditional methods would not develop a site, but with geosynthetic solutions, may develop the most difficult sites cost effectively.