Foundations of Geotechnical Engineering combines the essential components of Braja Das' market leading texts, Principles of Geotechnical Engineering and Principles of Foundation Engineering. The text includes the fundamental conceptsof soil mechanics as well as foundation engineering without becoming cluttered with excessive details and alternatives. Foundations. features a wealth of worked out examples, as well as figures to help students with theory and problem solving skills. Das maintains the careful balance of current research and practical field applications that has made his books the leaders in the field. INDICE: 1 - Geotechnical Engineering - A Historical Perspective 1.1 Geotechnical Engineering Prior to the 18th Century 1.2 Preclassical Period of Soil Mechanics (1700-1776) 1.3 Classical Soil Mechanics - Phase I (1776-1856) 1.4 Classical Soil Mechanics - Phase II (1856-1910) 1.5 Modern Soil Mechanics 1.6 Geotechnical Engineering after 1927 2 - Soil Deposits and Grain - Size Analysis2.1 Natural Soil Deposits - General 2.2 Residual Soil 2.3 Gravity TransportedSoil 2.4 Alluvial Deposits 2.5 Lacustrine Deposits 2.6 Glacial Deposits 2.7 Aeolian Soil Deposits 2.8 Organic Soil 2.9 Soil-Particle Size 2.10 Clay Minerals 2.11 Specific Gravity 2.12 Mechanical Analysis of Soil 2.13 Effective Size, Uniformity Coefficient, and Coefficient of Gradation 3 - Weight-Volume Relationships, Plasticity, and Soil Classification 3.1 Weight-Volume Relationships 3.2 Relationships among Unit Weight, Void Ratio, Moisture Content, and SpecificGravity 3.3 Relationships among Unit Weight, Porosity, and Moisture Content 3.4 Relative Density 3.5 Consistency of Soil 3.6 Activity 3.7 Liquidity Index 3.8 Plasticity Chart 3.9 Soil Classification 4 - Soil Compaction 4.1 Compaction - General Principles 4.2 Standard Proctor Test 4.3 Factors Affecting Compaction 4.4 Modified Proctor Test 4.5 Empirical Relationships 4.6 Field Compaction4.7 Specifications for Field Compaction 4.8 Determination of Field Unit Weight after Compaction 4.9 Special Compaction Techniques 4.10 Effect of Compactionon Cohesive Soil Properties 5 - Hydraulic Conductivity and Seepage HydraulicConductivity 5.1 Bernoulli's Equation 5.2 Darcy's Law 5.3 Hydraulic Conductivity 5.4 Laboratory Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity 5.5 Empirical Relations for Hydraulic Conductivity 5.6 Equivalent Hydraulic Conductivity in Stratified Soil 5.7 Permeability Test in the Field by Pumping from Wells Seepage 5.8 Laplace's Equation of Continuity 5.9 Flow Nets 6 - Stresses in Soil Mass Effective Stress Concept 6.1 Stresses in Saturated Soil without Seepage 6.2 Stresses in Saturated Soil with Seepage 6.3 Effective Stress in Partially Saturated Soil 6.4 Seepage Force 6.5 Heaving in Soil Due to Flow around Sheet Piles Vertical Stress Increase Due to Carious Types of Loading 6.6 Stress Cause by a Point Load 6.7 Westergaard's Solution for Vertical Stress Due to a Point Load 6.8 Vertical Stress Caused by a Line Load 6.9 Vertical Stress Caused by a Line Load of Finite Length 6.10 Vertical Stress Caused by a Strip Load (Finite Width and Infinite Length) 6.11 Vertical Stress below a Uniformly Loaded Circular Area 6.12 Vertical Stress Caused by a Rectangularly Loaded Area 6.13 Solutionsfor Westergaard Material 7 - Consolidation 7.1 Fundamentals of Consolidation7.2 One-Dimensional Laboratory Consolidation Test 7.3 Void Ratio-Pressure Plots 7.4 Normally Consolidated and Overconsolidated Clays 7.5 Effect of Disturbance on Void Ratio - Pressure Relationship 7.6 Calculation of Settlement from One-Dimensional Primary Consolidation 7.7 Compression Index and Swell Index 7.8Settlement from Secondary Consolidation 7.9 Time Rate of Consolidation 7.10 Coefficient of Consolidation 7.11 Calculation of Primary Consolidation Settlement under a Foundation 7.12 Skempton-Bjerrum Modification for Consolidation Settlement 7.13 Precompression - General Considerations 7.14 Sand Drains 8 - Shear Strength of Soil 8.1 Mohr-Coulomb Failure Criteria 8.2 Inclination of the Plane of Failure Caused by Shear Laboratory Determination of Shear Strength Parameters 8.3 Direct Shear Test 8.4 Triaxial Shear Test 8.5 Consolidated-Drained Test 8.6 Consolidated-Undrained Test 8.7 Unconsolidated-Undrained Test 8.8 Unconfirmed Compression Test of Saturated Clay 8.9 Sensitivity and Thixotropy of Clay 8.10 Anisotropy in Undrained Shear Strength 9 - Slope Stability 9.1 Factor of Safety 9.2 Stability of Infinite Slopes 9.3 Finite Slopes 9.4 Analysis of Finite Slope with Circularly Cylindrical Failure Surface - General 9.5 Mass Procedure of Stability Analysis (Circularly Cylindrical Failure Surface) 9.6 Method of Slices 9.7 Bishop's Simplified Method of Slices 9.8 Analysis of Simple Slopes with Steady-State Seepage 9.9 Mass Procedure for Stability of ClaySlopes with Earthquake Forces 10 - Subsurface Exploration 10.1 Subsurface Exploration Program 10.2 Exploratory Borings in the Field 10.3 Procedures for Sampling Soil 10.4 Observation of Water Levels 10.5 Vane Shear Test 10.6 Cone Penetration Test 10.7 Pressuremeter Test (PMT) 10.8 Dilatometer Test 10.9 Coring of Rocks 10.10 Preparation of Boring Logs 10.11 Soil Exploration Report 11 - Lateral Earth Pressure 11.1 Earth Pressure at Rest 11.2 Rankine's Theory of Active and Passive Earth Pressures 11.3 Diagrams for Lateral Earth Pressure Distribution against Retaining Walls 11.4 Rankine's Active and Passive Pressure with Sloping Backfill 11.5 Retaining Walls with Friction 11.6 Coulomb's Earth Pressure Theory 11.7 Passive Pressure Assuming Curved Failure Surface in Soil12 - Shallow Foundations - Bearing Capacity and Settlement Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations 12.1 General Concepts 12.2 Ultimate Bearing Capacity Theory 12.3 Modification of Bearing Capacity Equations for Water Table 12.4 The Factor of Safety 12.5 Eccentrically Loaded Foundations Settlement of Shallow Foundations 12.6 Types of Foundations Settlement 12.7 Elastic Settlement 12.8 Range of Material Parameters for Computing Elastic Settlement 12.9 Settlement of Sandy Soil: Use of Strain Influence Factor 12.10 Allowable Bearing Pressure in Sand Based on Settlement Consideration 12.11 Common Types of Mat Foundations 12.12 Bearing Capacity of Mat Foundations 12.13 Compensated Foundations 13 - Retaining Walls and Braced Cuts Retaining Walls 13.1 Retaining Walls - General 13.2 Proportioning Retaining Walls 13.3 Application of Lateral Earth Pressure Theories to Design 13.4 Check for Overturning 13.5 Check for Sliding along the Base 13.6 Check for Bearing Capacity Failure Mechanically Stabilized Retaining Wall 13.7 Soil Reinforcement 13.8 Considerations in Soil Reinforcement 13.9 General Design Considerations 13.10 Retaining Walls with Metallic Strip Reinforcement 13.11 Sep-by-Step Design Procedure using Metallic Strip Reinforcement 13.12 Retaining Walls with Geotextile Reinforcement 13.13 Retailing Walls with Geogrid Reinforcement Braced Cuts 13.14 Braced Cuts - General 13.15 Lateral Earth Pressure in Braced Cuts 13.16 Soil Parameters for Cuts in Layered Soil 13.17 Design of Various Components of a Braced Cut 13.18 Heave of the Bottom of a Cut in Clay 13.19 Lateral Yielding of Sheet Piles and Ground Settlement 14 - Deep Foundations - Piles and Drilled Shafts Pile Foundations 14.1 Need for Pile Foundations 14.2 Types of Piles and Their Structural Characteristics 14.3 Estimation of Pile Length 14.4 Installation of Piles 14.5 Load Transfer Mechanism 14.6 Equations for Estimation of Pile Capacity 14.7 Calculation of qp - Meyerhof's Method 14.8 Frictional Resistance 14.9 Allowable Pile Capacity 14.10 Load - Carrying Capacity of Pile Point Resting on Rock 14.11 Elastic Settlement of Piles 14.12 Pile-Driving Formulas 14.13 Negative Skin Friction 14.14 Group Piles - Efficiency 14.15 Elastic Settlement of Group Piles 14.16 Consolidation Settlement of Group Piles Drilled Shafts 14.17 Types of Drilled Shafts 14.18 Construction Procedures 14.19 Estimation of Load-Bearing Capactiy 14.20 Settlement of Drilled Shafts at Working Load 14.21 Load Bearing Capacity Based on Settlement
- ISBN: 978-0-495-29574-7
- Editorial: Brooks-Cole
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 640
- Fecha Publicación: 30/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés