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
