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"Geotechnical Engineering Calculations and Rules of Thumb, Second Edition, offers geotechnical, civil and structural engineers a concise, easy-to-understand approach to selecting the right formula and solving even most difficult calculations in geotechnical engineering. A "quick look up gu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rajapakse, Ruwan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK : Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier, [2015]
Edición:Second edition.
Temas:
Geotechnical engineering.
Engineering geology.
G�eologie appliqu�ee.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General.
Engineering geology
Geotechnical engineering
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Geotechnical Engineering Fundamentals. Geology and geotechnical engineering ; Site investigation ; Groundwater ; Soil laboratory testing ; Geotechnical engineering theoretical concepts
  • Shallow foundations. Shallow foundations fundamentals ; Bearing capacity : rules of thumb ; Bearing capacity computation (general equation for cohesive and noncohesive soils) ; Elastic settlement of shallow foundations ; Foundation reinforcement design ; Grillage design ; Footings subjected to bending moment ; Geogrids ; Tie beams and grade beams ; Drainage for shallow foundations ; Selection of foundation type ; Consolidation settlement of foundations ; Secondary compression ; Seismic design of shallow foundations
  • Earth retaining structures. Earth retaining structures ; Gravity walls : sand backfill ; Cantilever walls ; Gabion walls ; Reinforced earth walls ; Structural design of retaining walls
  • Geotechnical engineering strategies. Geotechnical engineering software ; Geotechnical instrumentation ; Unbraced excavations ; Braced excavations ; Raft design ; Rock mechanics and foundation design in rock ; Dip angle and strike ; Rock bolts, dowels, and cable bolts ; Soil anchors ; Tunnel design ; Geosynthetics in geotechnical engineering ; Slurry cutoff walls ; Earthwork ; Mass-haul diagrams
  • Pile foundations. Pile foundations ; Pile design in sandy soils ; Pile design in clay soils ; Pile installation and verification ; Design of pin piles : semiempirical approach ; Neutral plane concept and negative skin friction ; Design of caissons ; Design of pile groups.
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Part 1
  • Geotechnical Engineering Fundamentals; 1
  • Geology and geotechnical engineering; 1.1
  • Introduction; 1.2
  • Strength of soils; 1.2.1
  • Friction; 1.2.2
  • Cohesion; 1.2.2.1
  • Gravel, sand, silt, and clay; 1.2.2.2
  • Pure silt has no cohesion; 1.3
  • Origin of rocks and sand; 1.3.1
  • Earth cools down; 1.3.2
  • Rock weathering; 1.4
  • Rock types; 1.4.1
  • Igneous rocks; 1.4.2
  • Sedimentary rocks; 1.4.3
  • Metamorphic rocks; 1.4.3.1
  • Formation of metamorphic rocks; 1.5
  • Soil strata types; 1.5.1
  • Water; 1.5.1.1
  • Alluvial deposits (river beds)
  • 1.5.1.2
  • Marine deposits1.5.1.3
  • Lacustrine deposits (lakebeds); 1.5.2
  • Wind deposits (eolian deposits); 1.5.3
  • Glacial deposits; 1.5.3.1
  • Characteristics of glacial till (moraine); 1.5.3.2
  • Glacio-fluvial deposits; 1.5.3.3
  • Glacio-lacustrine deposits; 1.5.3.4
  • Glacio-marine deposits; 1.5.4
  • Colluvial deposits; 1.5.5
  • Residual soil (weathered in situ soil); 2
  • Site investigation; 2.1
  • Cohesion; 2.2
  • Friction; 2.2.1
  • Measurement of friction; 2.2.2
  • Measurement of cohesion; 2.3
  • Origin of a project; 2.4
  • Geotechnical investigation procedures; 2.5
  • Literature survey
  • 2.5.1
  • Adjacent property owners2.5.2
  • Aerial surveys; 2.6
  • Field visit; 2.6.1
  • Hand auguring; 2.6.2
  • Sloping ground; 2.6.3
  • Nearby structures; 2.6.4
  • Contaminated soils; 2.6.5
  • Underground utilities; 2.6.6
  • Overhead power lines; 2.6.7
  • Man-made fill areas; 2.6.8
  • Field-visit checklist; 2.7
  • Geophysics; 2.7.1
  • GPR methods; 2.7.1.1
  • General methodology; 2.7.1.1.1
  • Single borehole GPR; 2.7.1.1.2
  • Crosshole GPR; 2.7.2
  • Seismic method; 2.7.2.1
  • Down hole seismic testing; 2.7.2.2
  • Crosshole seismic testing; 2.8
  • Subsurface investigation phase; 2.8.1
  • Soil strata identification
  • 2.12.1
  • Measurements obtained2.12.2
  • Friction ratio; 2.13
  • Pressuremeter testing; 2.14
  • Dilatometer testing; 2.15
  • SPT-CPT correlations; References; 3
  • Groundwater; 3.1
  • Vertical distribution of groundwater; 3.2
  • Aquifers, aquicludes, aquifuges, and aquitards; 3.3
  • Piezometers; 3.3.1
  • Piezometric surface versus groundwater level; 3.3.2
  • Aquitard under pressure; 3.3.3
  • Vertical upward groundwater flow; 3.3.4
  • Vertical groundwater flow; 3.3.5
  • Monitoring wells; 3.3.6
  • Aquifers with artesian pressure; 4
  • Soil laboratory testing; 4.1
  • Sieve analysis; 4.1.1
  • D60; 4.1.2
  • Find D30
  • 4.2
  • Hydrometer

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