PDF Free Download | Geotechnical Engineering Handbook Volumes 1 to 3 by Braja M Das

Contents of Geotechnical Engineering Handbook Volumes 1 to 3

• Engineering Properties of Soil Nagaratnam Sivakugan
• Introduction
• Phase Relations
• Soil Classification
• Compaction
• Flow through Soils
• Consolidation
• Shear Strength
• Site Investigation
• Soil Variability
• Geotechnical Instrumentation
• Lateral Earth Pressure Braja M Das
• Introduction
• At Rest Earth Pressure
• Rankine Active Pressure
• Rankine Active Pressure with Inclined Backfill
• Coulomb’s Active Pressure
• Active Earth Pressure with Earthquake Forces
• Rankine Passive Pressure
• Rankine Passive Pressure with Inclined Backfill
• Coulomb’s Passive Pressure
• Passive Pressure with Curved Failure Surface (Granular Soil Backfill)
• Passive Pressure under Earthquake Conditions (Granular Backfill)
• Design of Shallow Foundations Nagaratnam Sivakugan and
• Marcus Pacheco
• Introduction
• Stresses beneath Loaded Areas
• Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations
• Pressure Distribution beneath Eccentrically Loaded Footings
• Settlement of Shallow Foundations in Cohesive Soils
• Settlement of Shallow Foundations in Granular Soils
• Raft Foundations
• Shallow Foundations under Tensile Loading
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Foundation Soil Interaction Priti Maheshwari
• Introduction
• Modeling of Ground (Soil Mass) and Constitutive Equations
• Estimation of Model Parameters
• Application to Shallow Foundations
• Application to Pile Foundations
• Design of Pile Foundations Sanjeev Kumar
• Introduction
• Foundation Support Cost Index
• Types of Deep Foundations
• Allowable Stress and Load and Resistance Factor Design of Deep
• Foundations
• Axial Capacity of Piles in Compression
• Ultimate Static Capacity of Single Piles in Cohesionless Soils
• Ultimate Static Capacity of Single Piles in Cohesive Soils
• Design Capacity of Single Piles
• Effect of Pile Driving on Pile Capacity
• Ultimate Load Carrying Capacity and Resistance to Driving
• Capacity of Piles Bearing on Rock
• Special Considerations for Calculation of Ap
• Special Considerations for Calculation of Perimeter
• Maximum Stresses in Driven Piles
• Uplift Capacity of Single Piles
• Lateral Capacity of Single Piles
• Design of Pile Groups
• Settlement of Pile Foundations
• Example : Point Capacity of a Pile in Sand
• Example : Skin Friction Capacity of a Pile in Sand
• Example : Capacity of a Pile in Clay
• Example : Capacity of a Pile End Bearing on Rock
• Retaining Walls Aniruddha Sengupta
• Introduction
• Initial Proportioning of Retaining Walls
• Lateral Earth Pressure Theories
• Forces Acting on a Retaining Wall
• Stability Checks of a Retaining Wall
• Stability Analysis of Rigid Retaining Walls
• Stability Analysis of Cantilever Sheet Pile Wall
• Stability Analysis of Anchored Sheet Pile Wall
• Anchorage Systems for Sheet Pile Walls
• Design Example of an Anchorage System
• Design Example of a Braced Wall System
• Mechanically Stabilized Retaining Walls
• Failure of Retaining Walls
• Slope Stability Khaled Sobhan
• Introduction
• Goals of Slope Stability Analysis
• Slope Movements and Landslides
• Soil Mechanics Principles for Slope Analysis
• Essential Concepts for Slope Analysis
• Analysis of Slope Stability
• Slope Stabilization Methods
• Expansive Clays Thomas M Petry
• Introduction
• Basic Causes of the Problem
• Grain to Grain Structures
• Clay Moisture Potentials
• Moisture and Water Movements
• Moisture and Soil Mass Structures
• Weathering Effects
• Swelling and Shrinking
• Shear Strength
• Variations of Properties
• Geotechnical Investigations
• Swell Testing
• Shear Strength Testing
• How to Deal with Expansive Clays
• Ground Improvement Thomas M Petry
• Introduction
• Geotechnical Investigations for Ground Improvement
• Mechanical Stabilization (Ground Improvement)
• Chemical Modification and Stabilization
• Portland Cement Modification
• Fly Ash and Other Coal Combustion By products
• Dust Proofing and Waterproofing Agents
• Physical Stabilization
• Site Investigation and In Situ Tests Sanjay Kumar Shukla
• and Nagaratnam Sivakugan
• Introduction
• Objectives of Site Investigation
• Stages of Site Investigation
• Methods of Subsurface Investigation
• Sampling and Laboratory Testing
• Geophysical Methods
• Standard Penetration Test
• Static Cone Penetration Test
• Dynamic Cone Penetration Test
• Plate Load Test
• Field Vane Shear Test
• Borehole Shear Test
• Pressuremeter Test
• Flat Dilatometer Test
• K Stepped Blade Test
• In Situ California Bearing Ratio Test
• Test Methods for In Situ Unit Weight Determination
• Site Investigation Work and Report
• Soil Variability
• Field Instrumentation
• Vibration of Foundations Braja M Das and
• Nagaratnam Sivakugan
• Introduction
• Vibration Theory: General
• Shear Modulus and Poisson’s Ratio
• Analog Solution for Vertical Vibration of Foundations
• Rocking Vibration of Foundations
• Sliding Vibration of Foundations
• Torsional Vibration of Foundations
• Geosynthetics Ahmet H Aydilek and Tuncer B Edil
• Geosynthetic Structures and Manufacturing Types
• Functions of Geosynthetics
• Durability and Aging of Geosynthetics
• Geoenvironmental Engineering Nazli Yesiller and
• Charles D Shackelford
• Introduction
• Containment Materials
• Containment Systems
• Contaminant Transport
• Measurement of Material Properties
• Vertical Barrier
• Railway Track Bed Foundation Design Gurmel S Ghataora
• and Michael Burrow
• Introduction
• Definitions
• Track Bed
• Failure of Rail Sleeper Support System
• Track Bed Remediation
• Comparison of Design Methods
• Track Bed Investigation
• Special Foundations R L Handy and David J White
• What Makes a Foundation Special?
• Classic Foundation Methods
• Treatments and Methods Used in Special Foundations
• Mechanics of Load Transfer
• Application of Specialty Foundations: Wind Turbines
• Conclusions