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Soft clay engineering /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brand, Edward W., Brenner, R. P. (Rolf Peter), 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : New York : Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier/North-Holland, 1981.
Colección:Developments in geotechnical engineering ; v. 20.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Soft Clay Engineering; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; Chapter 1. HISTORY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN SOFT CLAY; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 MAIN EVENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS; 1.3 AREAS WITH SOFT CLAY; 1.4 BASIC PROPERTIES OF SOFT CLAY; 1.5 SITE INVESTIGATIONS; 1.6 BEARING CAPACITY; 1.7 STABILITY OF SLOPES; 1.8 PILES; 1.9 CONSTRUCTION METHODS; 1.10 STRENGTHENING OF SOFT CLAY; 1.11 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF SOFT CLAY; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 FORMATION OF CLAYEY SEDIMENTS; 2.3 FACTORS WHICH AFFECT SEDIMENTATION
  • 2.4 DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF SOFT CLAYS2.5 SEA-LEVEL CHANGES AND ISOSTATIC UPLIFT; 2.6 FABRIC AND STRUCTURE OF CLAYEY SOILS; 2.7 GRAVITATIONAL COMPACTION; 2.8 AGING AND DELAYED COMPRESSION OF SEDIMENTS; 2.9 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ALTERATIONS OF SOFT CLAY SEDIMENTS; 2.10 QUICK CLAYS; 2.11 CLASSIFICATION OF SOFT CLAYS; 2.12 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. EXPLORATION, SAMPLING AND IN-SITU TESTING OF SOFT CLAY; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 SAMPLING; 3.3 VANE SHEAR TESTING; 3.4 PENETRATION TESTING; 3.5 OTHER STRENGTH TESTS; 3.6 MEASUREMENT OF STRESS-STRAIN CHARACTERISTICS
  • 3.7 PERMEABILITY TESTING3.8 GEOPHYSICAL LOGGING; 3.9 STANDARDIZATION OF TEST METHODS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. SHEAR STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTIES OF SOFT CLAY; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 NATURAL STATE OF SOFT CLAYS; 4.3 COMPARISON OF OVERCONSOLIDATED CONDITIONS; 4.4 YIELD; 4.5 GENERAL IDEALIZED UNDRAINED BEHAVIOUR; 4.6 UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH; 4.7 PORE PRESSURES IN SOFT GROUND UNDER SURFACE LOADING; 4.8 DEFORMATION ANALYSES; 4.9 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. MODERN TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERING PROBLEMS IN SOFT CLAY; 5.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 5.2 BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS5.3 SETTLEMENT OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS; 5.4 RAT�E OF SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; 5.5 AXIAL LOAD CAPACITY OF PILE FOUNDATIONS; 5.6 SETTLEMENT OF PILE FOUNDATIONS; 5.7 LATERAL LOAD CAPACITY OF PILE FOUNDATIONS; 5.8 LATERAL DEFLECTION OF PILE FOUNDATIONS; 5.9 STABILITY OF EMBANKMENTS AND EXCAVATIONS; 5.10 EMBANKMENT DEFORMATIONS; 5.11 EXCAVATION BRACING; 5.12 PERMANENT RETAINING STRUCTURES; 5.13 REGIONAL SETTLEMENTS; 5.14 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. FOUNDATIONS ON SOFT CLAY; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 PILES; 6.3 RAFT FOUNDATIONS; REFERENCES
  • Chapter 7. CONSOLIDATION AND SETTLEMENT OF SOFT CLAY7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 COMPONENTS OF SETTLEMENT; 7.3 METHODS OF ESTIMATING THE MAGNITUDE OF SETTLEMENT; 7.4 METHODS FOR PREDICTING RATE OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION SETTLEMENT; 7.5 METHODS OF PREDICTING TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION SETTLEMENTS; 7.6 DETERMINATION OF SOIL PARAMETERS FOR SETTLEMENT ANALYSES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF EXCAVATIONS AND TUNNELS IN SOFT CLAY; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 DEFINITIONS OF INDICES TO SOFT CLAY BEHAVIOUR FOR EXCAVATIONS AND TUNNELS; 8.3 EXCAVATIONS IN SOFT CLAY