Design and Performance of Deep Foundations


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Contributions feature the use of in-situ tests in design; recent studies on the full-scale field behavior of pile groups and installation of driven piles; and the design and construction of drilled shaft foundations in hard soils and soft rock.




Fly Ash for Soil Improvement


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"Fly Ash for Soil Improvement provides civil and geotechnical engineers with a contemporary review of the beneficial uses of fly ash for both general construction purposes and for waste containment/soil stabilization. Peer-reviewed papers describe the use of self-cementing fly ashes as a soil stabilization agent; fly ash stabilization of tropical Hawaiian soils, south Texas soils, and industrial wastes; enzyme-enhanced stabilization; lime sludge amended fly ash; calcareous expansive clays; and engineering properties of a clay modified by fly ash and slag."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved




Forthcoming Books


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Cumulative Book Index


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A world list of books in the English language.




Books in Print


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Books In Print 2004-2005


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Drilled Shafts


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The Pressuremeter


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This classic title deals presents all one needs to know about pressuremeter test, a soil and rock test used in civil engineering. It consists of placing a cylindrical probe in the ground and expanding the probe to pressurize the soil or the rock horizontally. The pressure on the soil and the relative increase in cavity radius are obtained and give an in situ stress strain curve. The pressuremeter test is repeated at various depths in order to obtain profiles of soil parameters. The design applications of the preboring pressuremeter test include: shallow foundations under vertical loads, deep foundations under vertical and horizontal loads, ground anchors, cantilever drilled shaft walls and anchored bulkheads, pavements, stone columns, ground improvement and compaction control.




Rock-socketed Shafts for Highway Structure Foundations


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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 360: Rock-Socketed Shafts for Highway Structure Foundations explores current practices pertaining to each step of the design process, along with the limitations; identifies emerging and promising technologies; examines the principal challenges in advancing the state of the practice; and investigates future developments and potential improvements in the use and design of rock-socketed shafts.