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Pile Design and Construction Rules of Thumb presents Geotechnical and Civil Engineers a comprehensive coverage of Pile Foundation related theory and practice. Based on the author's experience as a PE, the book brings concise theory and extensive calculations, examples and case studies that can...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rajapakse, Ruwan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, MA : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, [2016]
Edición:Second edition.
Temas:
Piling (Civil engineering)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cove; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; 1
  • Site investigation and soil conditions; 1.1
  • Origin of rocks and soils; 1.1.1
  • Earth cools down; 1.1.2
  • Rock weathering; 1.1.3
  • Brief overview of rocks; 1.1.3.1
  • Igneous rocks; 1.1.3.1.1
  • Extrusive igneous rocks; 1.1.3.1.2
  • Intrusive igneous rocks; 1.1.3.2
  • Sedimentary rocks; 1.1.3.3
  • Metamorphic rocks; 1.1.3.3.1
  • Formation of metamorphic rocks; 1.2
  • Soil strata types; 1.2.1
  • Water; 1.2.1.1
  • Alluvial deposits (river beds); 1.2.1.2
  • Marine deposits; 1.2.1.3
  • Lacustrine deposits (lake beds).
  • 1.2.2
  • Wind deposits (eolian deposits)1.2.3
  • Glacial deposits; 1.2.4
  • Colluvial deposits; 1.2.5
  • Residual soil (weathered in situ soil); 1.3
  • Site investigation; 1.3.1
  • Cohesion; 1.3.2
  • Friction; 1.3.3
  • Measurement of friction; 1.3.4
  • Measurement of cohesion; 1.4
  • Origin of a project; 1.4.1
  • Geotechnical investigation procedures; 1.4.2
  • Literature survey; 1.4.2.1
  • Adjacent property owners; 1.4.2.2
  • Aerial surveys; 1.4.3
  • Field visit; 1.4.3.1
  • Hand augering; 1.4.3.2
  • Sloping ground; 1.4.3.3
  • Nearby structures; 1.4.3.4
  • Contaminated soils; 1.4.3.5
  • Underground utilities.
  • 1.4.3.6
  • Overhead power lines1.4.3.7
  • Man-made fill areas; 1.4.3.8
  • Field visit checklist; 1.5
  • Pile foundations versus shallow foundations; 1.5.1
  • Soil modification; 1.6
  • Subsurface investigation phase; 1.6.1
  • Soil strata identification; 1.6.2
  • Augering; 1.6.3
  • Mud rotary drilling; 1.6.4
  • Boring program; 1.6.5
  • Test pits; 1.6.6
  • Hand digging prior to drilling; 1.7
  • Geotechnical field tests; 1.7.1
  • SPT (N) value; 1.8
  • SPT (N) and friction angle; 1.9
  • Field tests; 1.9.1
  • Pocket penetrometer; 1.9.2
  • Vane shear test; 1.9.3
  • Cone penetration testing; 1.9.4
  • Friction ratio.
  • 1.10
  • Pressure meter testing1.10.1
  • The equal pressure increment method; 1.10.2
  • The equal volume increment method; 1.10.3
  • SPT-CPT correlations; 1.10.4
  • Standard CPT device; 1.10.5
  • Standard SPT device; 1.10.6
  • Dilatometer testing; References; 2
  • Geophysical methods; 2.1
  • Ground-penetrating radar methods; 2.1.1
  • General methodology; 2.1.2
  • Single borehole GPR; 2.1.3
  • Procedure; 2.1.4
  • Cross-hole GPR; 2.2
  • Seismic method; 2.2.1
  • Reflected seismic waves versus refracted seismic waves; 2.2.2
  • Seismic P- and S-waves; 2.2.2.1
  • S-Waves; 2.2.2.2
  • Surface waves.
  • 2.2.3
  • Down-hole seismic testing2.2.4
  • Cross-hole seismic testing; 3
  • Groundwater; 3.1
  • Introduction; 3.1.1
  • Magmatic water; 3.1.2
  • Connate water; 3.1.3
  • Metamorphic water; 3.1.4
  • Juvenile water; 3.2
  • Vertical distribution of groundwater; 3.2.1
  • Soil-water zone; 3.2.2
  • Intermediate vadose zone; 3.2.3
  • Capillary zone; 3.3
  • Aquifers, aquicludes, aquifuges, and aquitards; 3.3.1
  • Aquifer; 3.3.2
  • Aquiclude; 3.3.3
  • Aquitard; 3.3.4
  • Aquifuges; 3.3.5
  • Piezometric surface versus groundwater level; 3.3.6
  • Aquitard under pressure; 3.3.7
  • Vertical upward groundwater flow.
  • 3.3.8
  • Vertical groundwater flow.

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