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Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook

by: Day, Robert

Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook

by: Day, Robert

ISBN 13:
9780071351119
ISBN 10:
0071351116
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 11/11/1999
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
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One-volume library of instant geotechnical and foundation dataNow for the first time ever, geotechnical, foundation, and civil engineers...geologists...architects, planners, and construction managers can quickly find information they must refer to every working day, in one compact source. Edited by Robert W. Day, the time -and effort-saving Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook gives you fieldexploration guidelines and lab procedures. You'll find soil and rock classification, basic phase relationships, and all the tables and charts you need for stress distribution, pavement, and pipeline design. You also get abundant information on all types of geotechnical analyses, includingsettlement, bearing capacity, expansive soil, slope stability - plus coverage of retaining walls and building foundations. Other construction-related topics covered include grading, instrumentation, excavation,underpinning, groundwater control and more.

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

Part 1 Geotechnical Engineering

Introduction

Definitions

(1)

Qualifying Experience

(1)

Project Requirements

(1)

Proposals and Contracts

Field Exploration

(1)

Document Review

(1)

Subsurface Exploration

(1)

Soil Sampling

(1)

Field Testing

(1)

Exploratory Logs

(1)

Geophysical Techniques

(1)

Subsoil Profile

Laboratory Testing

(1)

Index Tests

(1)

Oedometer Apparatus

(1)

Shear Strength

(1)

Permeability

(1)

Laboratory Compaction Tests

(1)

Laboratory Tests for Pavement Design

Soil and Rock Classification

(1)

Soil Classification Systems

(2)

Unified Soil Classification System (USCS)

(1)

Inorganic Soil Classification System Based on Plasticity (ISBP)

(1)

AASHTO Soil Classification System

(1)

USDA Textural Classification

(1)

Organic Soil Classification

(1)

Unusual Soil

(1)

Rock Classification

Phase Relationships

(1)

Soil Element

(1)

Phase Relationships Directly from Laboratory Testing

(1)

Indirect Phase Relationships

(1)

Example of the Calculation of Phase Relationships

Effective Stress and Stress Distribution

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Effective Stress, Total Stress, and Pore Water Pressure

(1)

Stress Distribution

(1)

One-Dimensional Loading

(1)

2:1 Approximation

(1)

Equations Based on the Theory of Elasticity

(1)

Charts Based on the Theory of Elasticity

(1)

Example of Calculations Using Various Stress Distributions

(1)

Mohr Circle

Shear Strength

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Cohesionless Soil

(1)

Cohesive Soil

(1)

Undrained Shear Strength

(1)

Drained Shear Strength

(1)

Drained Residual Shear Strength

(1)

Factors that Effect the Shear Strength of Cohesive Soil

(1)

Total Stress and Effective Stress Analyses

Permeability and Seepage

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Permeability

(1)

Superficial Velocity and Seepage Velocity

(1)

Seepage Forces

(1)

Two-Dimensional Flow Nets

Using Flow Nets to Calculate Pore Water Pressures and Exit Gradients

Settlement Analyses

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Allowable Settlement

(1)

Collapsible Soil

(1)

Settlement of Cohesive and Organic Soils

(1)

Immediate Settlement

(1)

Consolidation

(1)

Secondary Compression

(1)

Settlement of Cohesionless Soil

(1)

Other Common Causes of Settlement

Bearing Capacity Analyses

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundations

(1)

Bearing Capacity for Deep Foundations

Pavement and Pipeline Design

(1)

Pavement Design

(1)

California Method of Flexible Pavement Design

(1)

Pipeline Design

Rigid Pipelines and Flexible Pipeline Design

Expansive Soil

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Laboratory Testing

(1)

Swelling of Desiccated Clay

(1)

Types of Expansive Soil Movement

(1)

Calculating Foundation Heave

(1)

Soil Treatment and Foundation Design

(1)

Pavements and Flatwork on Expansive Soil

(1)

Expansive Rock

Slope Stability

(1)

Typical Types of Slope Movement

(1)

Allowable Lateral Movement

(1)

Rockfall

(1)

Surficial Slope Stability Analysis

(1)

Gross Slope Stability Analysis

(1)

Landslide Stability Analysis

(1)

Debris Flow

(1)

Slope Softening and Creep

(1)

Analysis for Earth Dams

Earthquake Analyses

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Liquefaction

(1)

Earthquake-Induced Settlement and Slope Movement

(1)

Erosion Analyses

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Universal Soil Loss Equation

(1)

Design and Construction

(1)

Retaining Walls

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Retaining Wall Analyses

(1)

Design and Construction of Retaining Walls

(1)

Restrained Retaining Walls

(1)

Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Walls

(1)

Sheet Pile Walls

(1)

Temporary Retaining Walls

(1)

Pier Walls

Deterioration

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Sulfate Attack of Concrete

(1)

Pavement Deterioration

(1)

Frost

Foundations

(2)

Introduction

(1)

Shallow Foundations

(1)

Deep Foundations

(2)

Part 2 Construction

Grading and Other Site Improvement Methods

Introduction

(1)

Grading Specifications

(1)

Compaction Fundamentals

(1)

Site Improvement Methods

(2)

Soil Replacement

(1)

Water Removal

(1)

Site Strengthening

(1)

Grouting

(1)

Thermal

(1)

Summary

(1)

Observational Method

Groundwater and Percolation Tests

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Groundwater

(3)

Groundwater Control

(1)

Pavements

(1)

Slopes

(1)

Moisture Migration through Floor Slabs and Basement Walls

(1)

Percolation Tests for Sewage Disposal System

(1)

Surface Drainage and Pipe Breaks

Excavation, Underpinning, and Field Load Tests

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Excavations

(2)

Footing Excavations

(1)

Excavation of Piers

(1)

Open Excavations

(1)

Braced Excavations

(1)

Tunnels

(1)

Underpinning

(1)

Field Load Tests

Geosynthetics

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Geogrids

(1)

Geotextiles

(1)

Geomembranes

(1)

Geonets and Geocomposites

(1)

Geosynthetic Clay Liners

Instrumentation

Introduction

Commonly Used Monitoring Devices

Appendix A. Glossary

A.1

Glossary 1. Engineering Geology and Subsurface Exploration Terminology

A.4

Glossary 2. Laboratory Testing Terminology

A.10

Glossary 3. Terminology for Engineering Analysis and Computations

A.15

Glossary 4. Construction and Grading Terminology

A.22

Glossary 5. Terminology for Sewage Disposal and Percolation Tests

A.30

Appendix B. Example of Grading Specifications

B.1

Appendix C. Percolation Test Procedures

C.1

Appendix D. Conversion Factors

D.1

Appendix E. References

E.1

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