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- ISBN: 9781604270167 | 1604270160
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 12/1/2009
This textbook covers all of the major geotechnical topics in the simplest possible way adopting a hands-on approach with a very strong practical bias. You will learn the material through several worked examples that are representative of realistic field situations whereby geotechnical engineering principles are applied to solve real-life problems.
Dr. Nagaratnam Sivakugan is Associate Professor and Head of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, James Cook University, Australia. He graduated from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka with First Class Honors, and received his MSCE and Ph.D. from Purdue University. As a Chartered Professional Engineer and Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland, he does substantial consulting work for geotechnical and mining companies throughout Australia and internationally. He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia. Dr. Sivakugan has published more than 50 scientific and technical papers in refereed international journals, and 50 more in refereed international conference proceedings. Dr. Braja M. Das, Professor and Dean Emeritus, California State University, Sacramento, is presently a Geotechnical Consulting Engineer in the State of Nevada. He earned his M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Iowa and Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and is a registered professional engineer. He is the author of geotechnical engineering texts and reference books including Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, Principles of Foundation Engineering, Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering, and Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering. Dr. Das has served on the editorial boards of several international journals and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. He has authored more than 250 technical papers in the area of geotechnical engineering.
Preface | p. ix |
About the Authors | p. xi |
WAVÖ | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
General | p. 1 |
Soils | p. 1 |
Applications | p. 3 |
Soil Testing | p. 3 |
Geotechnical Literature | p. 4 |
Numerical Modeling | p. 6 |
Review Exercises | p. 8 |
Phase Relations | p. 11 |
Introduction | p. 11 |
Definitions | p. 11 |
Phase Relations | p. 13 |
Worked Examples | p. 16 |
Review Exercises | p. 22 |
Soil Classification | p. 27 |
Introduction | p. 27 |
Coarse-Grained Soils | p. 27 |
Fine-Grained Soils | p. 32 |
Soil Classification | p. 37 |
Worked Examples | p. 41 |
Review Exercises | p. 44 |
Compaction | p. 49 |
Introduction | p. 49 |
Variables in Compaction | p. 50 |
Laboratory Tests | p. 52 |
Field Compaction, Specification, and Control | p. 55 |
Worked Examples | p. 59 |
Review Exercises | p. 62 |
Effective Stress, Total Stress, and Pore Water Pressure | p. 65 |
Introduction | p. 65 |
Effective Stress Principle | p. 65 |
Vertical Normal Stresses Due to Overburden | p. 66 |
Capillary Effects in Soils | p. 68 |
Worked Examples | p. 70 |
Review Exercises | p. 71 |
Permeability and Seepage | p. 73 |
Introduction | p. 73 |
Bernoulli's Equation | p. 73 |
Darcy'sLaw | p. 76 |
Laboratory and Field Permeability Tests | p. 77 |
Stresses in Soils Due to Flow | p. 81 |
Seepage | p. 82 |
Design of Granular Filters | p. 86 |
Equivalent Permeabilities for One-dimensional Flow | p. 87 |
Seepage Analysis Using SEEP/W | p. 89 |
Worked Examples | p. 94 |
Review Exercises | p. 103 |
Vertical Stresses Beneath Loaded Areas | p. 115 |
Introduction | p. 115 |
Stresses Due to Point Loads | p. 116 |
Stresses Due to Line Loads | p. 118 |
Stresses Under the Corner of a Uniform Rectangular Load | p. 118 |
2:1 Distribution Method | p. 123 |
Pressure Isobars Under Flexible Uniform Loads | p. 124 |
Newmark's Chart | p. 124 |
Stress Computations Using SIGMA/W | p. 129 |
Worked Examples | p. 133 |
Review Exercises | p. 136 |
Consolidation | p. 139 |
Introduction | p. 139 |
One-dimensional Consolidation | p. 140 |
Consolidation Test | p. 143 |
Computation of Final Consolidation Settlement | p. 150 |
Time Rate of Consolidation | p. 153 |
Secondary Compression | p. 159 |
Worked Examples | p. 165 |
Review Exercises | p. 175 |
Shear Strength | p. 181 |
Introduction | p. 181 |
Mohr Circles | p. 181 |
Mohr-Coulomb Failure Criterion | p. 186 |
A Common Loading Situation | p. 187 |
Mohr Circles and Failure Envelopes in Terms of a and a' | p. 190 |
Drained and Undrained Loading Situations | p. 191 |
Triaxial Test | p. 193 |
Direct Shear Test | p. 200 |
Skemptons Pore Pressure Parameters | p. 202 |
¿1 - ¿3 Relationship at Failure | p. 205 |
Stress Paths | p. 206 |
Worked Examples | p. 210 |
Review Exercises | p. 217 |
Lateral Earth Pressures | p. 225 |
Introduction | p. 225 |
At-rest State | p. 226 |
Rankine's Earth Pressure Theory | p. 230 |
Coulomb's Earth Pressure Theory | p. 237 |
Worked Examples | p. 240 |
Review Exercises | p. 246 |
Site Investigation | p. 251 |
Introduction | p. 251 |
Drilling and Sampling | p. 253 |
In Situ Tests | p. 257 |
Laboratory Tests | p. 276 |
Site Investigation Report | p. 276 |
Worked Examples | p. 280 |
Review Exercises | p. 283 |
Shallow Foundations | p. 289 |
Introduction | p. 289 |
Design Criteria | p. 290 |
Bearing Capacity of a Shallow Foundation | p. 291 |
Pressure Distributions Beneath Eccentrically Loaded Footings | p. 301 |
Introduction to Raft Foundation Design | p. 304 |
Settlement in a Granular Soil | p. 310 |
Settlement in a Cohesive Soil | p. 319 |
Worked Examples | p. 325 |
Review Exercises | p. 334 |
Deep Foundations | p. 341 |
Introduction | p. 341 |
Pile Materials | p. 342 |
Pile Installation | p. 345 |
Load Carrying Capacity of a Pile-Static Analysts | p. 347 |
Pile-Driving Formulae | p. 354 |
Pile Load Test | p. 355 |
Settlement of a Pile | p. 357 |
Pile Group | p. 361 |
Worked Examples | p. 365 |
Review Exercises | p. 373 |
Earth Retaining Structures | p. 377 |
Introduction | p. 377 |
Design of Retaining Walls | p. 379 |
Cantilever Sheet Piles | p. 385 |
Anchored Sheet Piles | p. 395 |
Braced Excavations | p. 399 |
Worked Examples | p. 404 |
Review Exercises | p. 415 |
Slope Stability | p. 421 |
Introduction | p. 421 |
Slope Failure and Safety Factor | p. 422 |
Stability of Homogeneous Undrained Slopes | p. 423 |
Taylor's Stability Charts for c′-¿′ Soils | p. 427 |
Infinite Slopes | p. 429 |
Method of Slices | p. 432 |
Stability Analysis Using SLOPE/W | p. 435 |
Worked Examples | p. 443 |
Review Exercises | p. 449 |
Vibrations of Foundations | p. 453 |
Introduction | p. 453 |
Vibration Theory-General | p. 454 |
Shear Modulus and Poisson's Ratio | p. 463 |
Vertical Vibration of Foundations- Analog Solution | p. 465 |
Rocking Vibration of Foundations | p. 469 |
Sliding Vibration of Foundations | p. 475 |
Torsional Vibration of Foundations | p. 478 |
Review Exercises | p. 483 |
Index | p. 487 |
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