Bøger i Geotechnical Engineering serien

This publication provides introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, geotechnical engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in settlement and volume expansion of soils. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. ANALYSIS OF STRESS CONDITIONS, 3. INSTANTANEOUS SETTLEMENT, 4. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SETTLEMENTS, 5. TOLERABLE AND DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT, 6. METHODS OF REDUCING OR ACCELERATING SETTLEMENT, 7. ANALYSIS OF VOLUME EXPANSION, 8. REFERENCES.

Introductory technical guidance for civil, structural and geotechnical engineers interested in engineering properties of soil an rock. Here is what is discussed: 1. SCOPE 2. COMPACTION CHARACTERISTICS OF SOIL 3. DENSITY OF COHESIONLESS SOILS 4. PERMEABILITY 5. CONSOLIDATION 6. SWELLING, SHRINKAGE AND COLLAPSIBILITY 7. SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS 8. ELASTIC PROPERTIES 9. MODULUS OF SUBGRADE REACTION 10. COEFFICIENT OF AT-REST EARTH PRESSURE.

This publication provides introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, geotechnical engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in site investigations for design and construction of foundations of buildings and structures in arctic and subarctic regions. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL, 2. REMOTE SENSING AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION, 3. DETAILED DIRECT INVESTIGATIONS, 4. SITE TECHNICAL DATA.

This publication provides introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, environmental engineers and other professional engineers, environmental managers and construction managers interested in bench and pilot-scale studies for in situ thermal remediation of contaminated soil. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. THERMAL CONDUCTIVE HEATING, 3. ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY HEATING, 4. STEAM ENHANCED EXTRACTION.

This publication provides introductory technical guidance to civil engineers, geotechnical engineers and construction managers interested in field and laboratory investigations for foundations in expansive soils. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. RECOGNITION OF PROBLEM AREAS, 3. FIELD EXPLORATION, 4. LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS.