Geotechnical Engineering: Emerging Trends in Design and Practice - Hardcover

Lancellotta, Renato

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9054102780 ISBN 13: 9789054102786

Publisher: CRC Press, 1994

Synopsis

Geotechnical Engineering treats the mechanics of soils and structures interacting with soils. Its primary aim is to reach undergraduate students, however, as it also discusses the more advanced aspects of soil behaviour, it will also appeal to graduate students. Furthermore, practicing engineers who are in search of a rational introduction to the behaviour of foundation structures will find this work a valuable aid.

The three areas contributing to a successful teaching of geotechnical engineering are covered: applied mechanics; tests and experiments; and observation. A list of more than 450 selected references has been added for those readers who wish to study specific topics in more detail.

About this title

Synopsis:

This book presents current approaches in certain areas of geotechnical engineering, state-of-the-art reports highlighting the open issues and a review of design practices, suggesting changes based on experience and recently-acquired knowledge. The topics covered are sampling disturbance and application of numerical models, study of swelling characteristics of dee residual clays, cemented marine carbonate soils, constitutive models and geotechnical applications, control of uncertainty, determination of design parameters, embankment dam and earthquakes, machine foundations, design and construction of tailings dams, geosynthetics in embankment dams and as material for soil reinforcement, redundancy in seepage control measures, and collapse compression of fills and slope stabilization using vegetation. The areas covered are basically interrelated and influence each other, though research and development in each area has been independent of time and space.

About the Author:

Renato Lancellotta is Professor of Foundation Engineering at the Technical University of Turin (Italy). He is the author of Geotecnica (Zanichelli, Bologna, 1987 and 1993) and co-author of Prefabricated vertical drains: Performance and design (CIRIA, London, 1991).

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 9054102780
• ISBN 13: 9789054102786
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 404