Building on Soft Soils: Design and Construction of Earthstructures Both on and Into Highly Compressible Subsoils of Low Bearing Capacity
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A comprehensive practical manual covering all aspects of this field, this book covers everything from the pre-design stage up to, and including, the actual use (including maintenance) of the completed structures. Much attention is given to the calculation methods available for design and construction, including establishing the soil parameters required, with emphasis placed on probabilistic safety analysis. This informative book includes an inventory of:· the properties of natural types of soil, secondary materials, and light-weight materials· raising and filling construction methods· techniques and methods to speed up consolidation and limit deformation Compiled by researchers from Fugro, Delft Geotechnics and several other Dutch contractors, it includes useful appendices focusing on particular points of interest from the preceding chapters. Booknews An English edition of the Dutch manual providing practical, government sponsored reports from the design and construction fields dealing with building earth structures on low bearing capacity subsoils. The volume covers the design process, probabilistic safety analysis, soil investigation, stresses and deformation, construction methods, maintenance, and management. Six appendices supply information on related topics in correlations, computer software checking, calculation methods, prediction and measurement of settlements, and the "state of the art" on mechanical behavior of clay and peat. Includes illustrations and equations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefaceSummarySymbols1Earth Structures on and in Low Bearing Capacity and Highly Compressible Subsoils12The Design Process133Probabilistic Safety Analysis284Soil Investigation485Stresses and Deformations806Fill Materials1347Construction Methods1618Construction2039Maintenance and Management Aspects242Appendix A: Correlations253Appendix B: Checking of Computer Software280Appendix C: Validation of Calculation Methods301Appendix D: Prediction and Measurement of Settlements and Pore Water Pressures310Appendix E: 'State of the Art' on the Mechanical Behaviour of Clay and Peat317Appendix F: Examples of Manual Calculations351Appendix G: References365Glossary with Page References381Advertisements389
