Author: A. Anagnostopoulos Publisher: IOS Press ISBN: 1614991995 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 664
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This publication contains the papers presented at the 15th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE), held in Athens, Greece. Considerable progress has been made in recent decades in understanding the engineering behavior of those hard soils and weak rocks that clearly fall into either the field of soil or of rock mechanics, and there have been important developments in design and construction methods to cope with them. Progress would be even more desirable, however, for those materials which fall into the ‘grey’ area between soils and rocks. They present particular challenges due to their diversity, the difficulties and problems arising in their identification and classification, their sampling and testing and in the establishment of suitable models to adequately describe their behavior. The publication aims to provide an updated overview of the existing worldwide knowledge of the geological features, engineering properties and behavior of such hard soils and weak rocks, with particular reference to the design and construction methods and problems associated with these materials. Part 4 was published post-conference and includes Conference Reports.
Author: A. Myslivec Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 0444600515 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 238
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The Bearing Capacity of Building Foundations describes the different ways of ultimate bearing capacity determination of building foundations. This four-chapter book considers the effect of a horizontal force acting on a foundation. It also examines a situation where, beneath the foundation level in the zone of influence of the foundation there are two layers of soil, including the case where the second, lower layer is formed by incompressible rock. A chapter explores the case where the subgrade consists of a number of heterogeneous strata of soil. The remaining chapters deal with the determination of the permissible load of a foundation and the safety factor, and also the contact stress in the foundation line, since this has a great influence on the dimensioning of foundation slabs. This book will prove useful to practicing civil engineers.
Author: Steven Craig Boyce Publisher: ISBN: Category : Sand Languages : en Pages : 662
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Three general approaches were used to investigate the problem of horizontal stress measurement in cohesionless soil; theoretical solutions, finite element modeling and laboratory testing. The best theoretical solution to represent a soil stress cell measuring lateral stress is that for a rigid elliptical inclusion in an infinite, elastic, homogeneous, isotropic material. Finite element modeling of the Cornell Stress Cell using three-dimensional elements allowed the soil to be represented as a cross-anisotropic material which was not possible with the theoretical solution. Laboratory testing included air and soil calibrations of the stress cell, determination of the coefficient of horizontal soil stress at rest and constant volume direct shear tests. The results of this study show that lateral stress measurements can be performed successfully with soil stress cells but the behavior of the cells is different from that of a cell oriented to measure vertical stress. (Author).
Author: Masaki Kitazume Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 0203589637 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 436
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The Deep Mixing Method (DMM), a deep in-situ soil stabilization technique using cement and/or lime as a stabilizing agent, was developed in Japan and in the Nordic countries independently in the 1970s. Numerous research efforts have been made in these areas investigating properties of treated soil, behavior of DMM improved ground under static and d
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