Title Geotechnics of organic soils and peat / Bujang B.K. Huat, Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia, Arun Prasad, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India, Afshin Asadi, HRC, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia, Sina Kazemian, Department of Civil Engineering, Payame Noor University, Iran

Published Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 269 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- Development of peat land and types of peat -- Engineering properties of peat and organic soils -- Shear strength of natural peat -- Deformation characteristics of peat -- Soil improvement and construction methods in peat -- Recent advances in the geotechnics of organic soils and peat -- Environmental geotechnics in peat and organic soils Summary Peat and organic soils commonly occur as extremely soft, wet, unconsolidated surficial deposits that are an integral part of wetland systems. These types of soils can give rise to geotechnical problems in the area of sampling, settlement, stability, in situ testing, stabilisation and construction. There is therefore a tendency to either avoid building on these soils, or, when this is not possible, to simply remove or replace soils, which in some instances can lead to possibly uneconomical design and construction alternatives. However, in many countries of the world, these soils cover a substantial land area and pressure on land use is resulting in ever more frequent utilisation of such marginal grounds Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Soil mechanics. Peat soils. soil mechanics. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General. Peat soils Soil mechanics Form Electronic book Author Prasad, Arun, author. Asadi, Afshin, author. Kazemian, Sina, author. ISBN 9780203386309 0203386302 1306501806 9781306501804 9780203817513 0203817516 9781136729584 1136729585 9781136729720 1136729720 9781136729652 1136729658

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