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1 online resource (431 p.) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments: Fundamentals of Ground Improvement Engineering -- Chapter 1 Introduction to ground improvement engineering -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Improvements in soil behavior -- 1.2.1 Shear strength -- 1.2.2 Compressibility -- 1.2.3 Hydraulic conductivity -- 1.2.4 Liquefaction potential -- 1.2.5 Shrink/swell behavior -- 1.2.6 Variability -- 1.3 Overview of ground improvement techniques -- 1.3.1 Compaction: shallow methods -- 1.3.2 Compaction: deep methods -- 1.3.3 Soil mixing and injection methods |
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1.3.4 Stabilization and solidification -- 1.3.5 Grouting -- 1.3.6 Dewatering -- 1.3.7 Consolidation -- 1.3.8 Mechanically stabilized earth -- 1.3.9 In situ barriers -- 1.3.10 Future developments in ground improvement -- 1.4 Importance of construction -- 1.5 Problems -- References -- Chapter 2 Geotechnical fundamentals -- 2.1 Definitions -- 2.1.1 Water content -- 2.1.2 Density, unit weight, density of solids, and specific gravity -- 2.2 Water flow in soil -- 2.2.1 Darcy's law and one-dimensional flow -- 2.2.2 Flownets and two-dimensional flow -- 2.2.3 Quantity of water flowing through soil |
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2.2.4 Porewater pressure with water flowing through soil -- 2.2.5 Uplift pressures -- 2.2.6 Seepage force -- 2.2.7 Capillary rise of groundwater -- 2.3 Effective stress -- 2.3.1 Effective stress equation -- 2.3.2 Importance of effective stress -- 2.4 Shear strength -- 2.4.1 The concept of soil strength -- 2.4.2 Laboratory evaluation of shear strength -- 2.4.2.1 Direct shear testing -- 2.4.2.2 Triaxial testing -- 2.4.3 Shear strength summary -- 2.5 Lateral earth pressures -- 2.5.1 Active earth pressure -- 2.5.2 Passive earth pressure -- 2.5.3 At-rest (K0) earth pressure |
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2.5.4 Amount of movement to develop active, passive, and at-rest earth pressures -- 2.6 Field investigations -- 2.6.1 Drilling methods -- 2.6.2 Sampling methods -- 2.6.3 In situ test methods -- 2.6.3.1 SPT -- 2.6.3.2 CPT -- 2.7 Problems -- References -- Chapter 3 Fundamentals of geosynthetics in ground improvement -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Geotextiles -- 3.1.2 Geogrids -- 3.1.3 Geocells -- 3.1.4 Geofibers -- 3.1.5 Historical notes -- 3.2 Properties of geosynthetics -- 3.2.1 Tensile strengths -- 3.2.2 Permittivity (used in drainage) -- 3.2.3 Transmissivity (used in drainage) |
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3.2.4 Pore size determination (used in filtration) -- 3.2.5 Interface friction (used in mechanically stabilized earth and steepened slope design) -- 3.2.6 Survivability and durability -- 3.3 Geotextile filter design -- 3.3.1 Introduction -- 3.3.2 Design procedure -- 3.4 Summary -- 3.5 Problems -- References -- Chapter 4 Compaction -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Theoretical underpinnings of compaction -- 4.3 Property improvements resulting from compaction -- 4.3.1 Strength -- 4.3.2 Compressibility -- 4.3.3 Hydraulic conductivity (permeability) -- 4.3.4 Optimizing compacted soil properties |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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4.4 Shallow compaction |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ruffing, Daniel
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Elton, David
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| ISBN |
9781000411430 |
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1000411435 |
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