Building on Soft Soils / Edition 1

by CUR Centre for Civil Engineering

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789054101468
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Pages:	418
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

CUR CUR Centre for Civil Engineering

Table of Contents

PREFACE, SUMMARY, SYMBOLS, 1 EARTH STRUCTURES ON AND IN LOW BEARING CAPACITY AND HIGHLY COMPRESSIBLE SUBSOILS, 2 THE DESIGN PROCESS, 3 PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ANALYSIS, 4 SOIL INVESTIGATION, 5 STRESSES AND DEFORMATIONS, 6 FILL MATERIALS, 7 CONSTRUCTION METHODS, 8 CONSTRUCTION, 9 MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT ASPECTS, APPENDIX A: CORRELATIONS, APPENDIX B: CHECKING OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE, APPENDIX C: VALIDATION OF CALCULATION METHODS, APPENDIX D: PREDICTION AND MEASUREMENT OF SETTLEMENTS AND PORE WATERPRESSURES, APPENDIX E: 'STATE OF THE ART' ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF CLAY ANDPEAT, APPENDIX F: EXAMPLES OF MANUAL CALCULATIONS, APPENDIX G: REFERENCES, GLOSSARY WITH PAGE REFERENCES, ADVERTISEMENTS

Editorial Reviews

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)

Booknews