Soil Engineering: Testing, Design, and Remediation
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oCovers all aspects of field testing
Summary
In the last forty years, at least fifty books have been written on the subject of soil mechanics, most of them textbooks. Only a few touch on practical applications. Soil Engineering: Testing, Design, and Remediation supplies the information needed to fill the gap between textbook learning and practical know-how.
When engineers deal with major projects, such as the Teton Dam or the Leaning Tower of Pisa, they need high-tech solutions. More often than not, however, they deal with the foundations for warehouses, schools, medium-rise buildings, and residential structures, projects that need low-tech solutions. Ninety percent of the time consulting engineers don't require mathematical treatment or computer analysis, they require experience.
Soil engineering problems cannot be resolved with textbook information alone. This book provides the practical meaning of the different aspects of soil mechanics, the use of unconfined compression test data, the meaning of consolidated tests, the practical value of lateral pressure, and more. In addition to the technical aspects of foundation investigation, in the real world the shadow of litigation looms over every consultant's head. The author covers legal issues in detail.
After several years in foundation investigation most consultants realize that soil engineering is a combination of art and science. Soil Engineering: Testing, Design and Remediation demystifies this connection and supplies real-world examples of practical applications. This hands-on, ready reference will be essential tool for any consultant working in the field.
Table of Contents
SITE INVESTIGATION
General Information
Topography, Geology, Hydrology, and Geomancy
SUBSOIL EXPLORATION
Direct Methods
Indirect Methods
Test Holes
Sampling
FIELD TESTS
Field Test for Foundation Design
Field for Hydraulic Structures
CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION
Field Identification and Classification
Identification and Description
LABORATORY SOIL TEST
Scope of Testing
Interpretation of Test Results
FOUNDATION DESIGN
Significance of Test Results
Design Load
Settlement
Heave Predication
Building Additions
FOOTINGS ON CLAY
Allowable Bearing Capacity
Stability of Foundation
Footing on Soft Clay or Expansive Clay
FOOTINGS ON SAND
Allowable Bearing Capacity
Settlement of Footings
Rational Design of Footing Foundation on Sand
FOOTINGS ON FILL
Foundations on Fill
Compaction
Fill Used as Form Work
PIER FOUNDATIONS
Load Bearing Capacity
Skin Friction Capacity
Rational Pier Design
Drilled Pier in Expansive Soils
Pier Construction
Pier Inspection
LATERALLY LOADED PIERS
Design Criteria
Limiting Conditions
Ultimate Lateral Resistance of Cohesive Soils
Ultimate Lateral Resistance of Cohesionless Soils
Working Load of Drilled Piers in Cohesive Soils
Working Load of Drilled Piers in Cohesionless Soils
Pressuremeter Tests
Applications
DRIVEN PILE FOUNDATION
Allowable Load in Piles in Cohesionless Soils
Allowable Load in Piles in Cohesive Soils
Pile Formulas
Pile Groups
Negative Skin Friction
Pile Load Tests
DRAINAGE
Method of Drainage
Groundwater
Subdrain
Case Example
SLOPE STABILITY
Methods of Analysis
Stability of Loess
Stability of Shale
Natural Earth Movement
Man-Made Slopes
Factor of Safety
Case Examples
DISTRESS INVESTIGATION
Historical
Investigation
Cause of Distress
Structural Movement
Distress of Major Structures
CONSTRUCTION
Scope of Contractor
Contract and Specification
Foundation Construction
Construction Control
The Technician
LEGAL ASPECT
Liability Claims
Scope of Liability Suits
Change of Conditions
Expert Witness
The Outlook
REPORT WRITING
Type of Report
Geotechnical Report
Engineering Use of Words
INDEX
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