Research Catalog

Title

Principles of geotechnical engineering / Braja M. Das.

Author

Das, Braja M., 1941-

Publication

Boston : PWS Pub. Co., ©1994.

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Description

xvi, 672 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.

Series Statement

The PWS series in engineering

Uniform Title

PWS series in engineering

Subject

• Soil mechanics
• Geotechnical engineering
• soil mechanics
• Ingenieurgeologie
• Mécanique des sols
• Géologie appliquée

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Geotechnical Engineering -- A Historical Perspective -- 1.1. Geotechnical Engineering Prior to the 18th Century -- 1.2. Pre-Classical 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. Origin of Soil and Grain Size -- 2.1. Rock Cycle and the Origin of Soil -- 2.2. Soil-Particle Size -- 2.3. Clay Minerals -- 2.4. Specific Gravity (G[subscript s]) -- 2.5. Mechanical Analysis of Soil -- 2.6. Particle-Size Distribution Curve -- 2.7. Particle Shape -- 2.8. Summary -- 3. Weight -- Volume Relationships, Plasticity, and Structure of Soil -- 3.1. Weight -- Volume Relationships -- 3.2. Relationships Among Unit Weight, Void Ratio, Moisture Content, and Specific Gravity -- 3.3.
• 5.11. Summary and General Comments -- 6. Permeability -- 6.1. Bernoulli's Equation -- 6.2. Darcy's Law -- 6.3. Hydraulic Conductivity -- 6.4. Laboratory Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity -- 6.5. Empirical Relations for Hydraulic Conductivity -- 6.6. Directional Variation of Permeability -- 6.7. Equivalent Hydraulic Conductivity in Stratified Soil -- 6.8. Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Clayey Soils -- 6.9. Considerations for Hydraulic Conductivity of Clayey Soils in Field Compaction -- 6.10. Moisture Content -- Unit Weight Criteria for Clay Liner Construction -- 6.11. Permeability Test in the Field by Pumping from Wells -- 6.12. In Situ Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Clay Soils -- 6.13. Summary and General Comments -- 7. Seepage -- 7.1. Laplace's Equation of Continuity -- 7.2. Continuity Equation for Solution of Simple Flow Problems -- 7.3. Flow Nets -- 7.4. Seepage Calculation from a Flow Net -- 7.5. Flow Nets in Anisotropic Soil -- 7.6. Mathematical Solution for Seepage -- 7.7. Uplift Pressure Under Hydraulic Structures -- 7.8. Seepage Through an Earth Dam on an Impervious Base -- 7.9. L. Casagrande's Solution for Seepage Through an Earth Dam -- 7.10. Summary -- 8. In Situ Stresses -- 8.1. Stresses in Saturated Soil without Seepage -- 8.2. Stresses in Saturated Soil with Upward Seepage -- 8.3. Stresses in Saturated Soil with Downward Seepage -- 8.4. Seepage Force -- 8.5. Use of Filters to Increase the Factor of Safety Against Heave -- 8.6. Selection of Filter Material -- 8.7. Capillary Rise in Soils -- 8.8. Effective Stress in the Zone of Capillary Rise -- 8.9. Summary and General Comments -- 9. Stresses in a Soil Mass -- 9.1. Normal and Shear Stresses on a Plane -- 9.2. Stress Caused by a Point Load -- 9.3. Vertical Stress Caused by a Line Load
• 9.4. Vertical Stress Caused by a Strip Load (Finite Width and Infinite Length) -- 9.5. Vertical Stress Due to Embankment Loading -- 9.6. Vertical Stress Below the Center of a Uniformly Loaded Circular Area -- 9.7. Vertical Stress at Any Point below a Uniformly Loaded Circular Area -- 9.8. Vertical Stress Caused by a Rectangularly Loaded Area -- 9.9. Influence Chart for Vertical Pressure -- 9.10. Summary and General Comments -- 10. Compressibility of Soil -- 10.1. Contact Pressure and Settlement Profile -- 10.2. Relations for Immediate Settlement Calculation -- 10.3. Improved Relationship for Immediate Settlement -- 10.4. Fundamentals of Consolidation -- 10.5. One-Dimensional Laboratory Consolidation Test -- 10.6. Void Ratio-Pressure Plots -- 10.7. Normally Consolidated and Overconsolidated Clays -- 10.8. Effect of Disturbance on Void Ratio-Pressure Relationship -- 10.9. Calculation of Settlement from One-Dimensional Primary Consolidation -- 10.10. Compression Index (C[subscript c]) and Swell Index (C[subscript s]) -- 10.11. Secondary Consolidation Settlement -- 10.12. Time Rate of Consolidation -- 10.13. Coefficient of Consolidation -- 10.14. Calculation of Consolidation Settlement Under a Foundation -- 10.15. Method of Accelerating Consolidation Settlement -- 10.16. Summary and General Comments -- 11. Shear Strength of Soil -- 11.1. Mohr-Coulomb Failure Criterion -- 11.2. Inclination of the Plane of Failure Caused by Shear -- 11.3. Laboratory Tests for Determination of Shear Strength Parameters -- 11.4. Direct Shear Test -- 11.5. Drained Direct Shear Test on Saturated Sand and Clay -- 11.6. General Comments on Direct Shear Test -- 11.7. Triaxial Shear Test -- General -- 11.8. Consolidated-Drained Triaxial Test -- 11.9. Consolidated-Undrained Triaxial Test -- ^ 11.10. Unconsolidated-Undrained Triaxial Test
• 11.11. Unconfined Compression Test on Saturated Clay -- 11.12. Stress Path -- 11.13. Vane Shear Test -- 11.14. Other Methods for Determining Undrained Shear Strength -- 11.15. Sensitivity and Thixotropy of Clay -- 11.16. Empirical Relationships Between Undrained Cohesion (c[subscript u]) and Effective Overburden Pressure ([sigma]'[subscript o]) -- 11.17. Shear Strength of Unsaturated Cohesive Soils -- 11.18. Summary and General Comments -- 12. Lateral Earth Pressure: At-Rest, Rankine, and Coulomb -- 12.1. At-Rest, Active, and Passive Pressures -- 12.2. Earth Pressure at Rest -- 12.3. Earth Pressure at Rest for Partially Submerged Soil -- 12.4. Lateral Pressure on Retaining Walls from Surcharges -- Based on Theory of Elasticity -- 12.5. Rankine's Theory of Active Pressure -- 12.6. Theory of Rankine's Passive Pressure -- 12.7. Yielding of Wall of Limited Height -- 12.8. Diagrams for Lateral Earth Pressure Distribution Against Retaining Walls -- 12.9. Rankine Active and Passive Pressure with Sloping Backfill -- 12.10. Coulomb's Active Pressure -- 12.11. Graphic Solution for Coulomb's Active Earth Pressure -- 12.12. Active Force on Retaining Walls with Earthquake Forces -- 12.13. P[subscript ae] for c'-[phi]' Soil Backfill -- 12.14. Coulomb's Passive Pressure -- 12.15. Passive Force on Retaining Walls with Earthquake Forces -- 12.16. Summary and General Comments -- 13. Lateral Earth Pressure -- Curved Failure Surface -- 13.1. Retaining Walls with Friction -- 13.2. Properties of a Logarithmic Spiral -- 13.3. Procedure for Determination of Passive Earth Pressure, P[subscript p] (Cohesionless Backfill) -- 13.4. Coefficient of Passive Earth Pressure, K[subscript p] -- 13.5. Passive Force on Walls with Earthquake Forces -- 13.6. Braced Cuts -- General -- 13.7. Determination of Active Thrust on Bracing Systems of Open Cuts in Granular Soil
• 13.8. Determination of Active Thrust on Bracing Systems for Cuts in Cohesive Soil -- 13.9. Pressure Variation for Design of Sheetings, Struts, and Wales -- 13.10. Dynamic Earth Pressure Distribution Behind a Wall Rotating About the Top -- 13.11. Summary -- 14. Slope Stability -- 14.1. Factor of Safety -- 14.2. Stability of Infinite Slopes -- 14.3. Finite Slopes -- General -- 14.4. Analysis of Finite Slopes with Plane Failure Surfaces (Culmann's Method) -- 14.5. Analysis of Finite Slopes with Circular Failure Surfaces -- General -- 14.6. Mass Procedure -- Slopes in Homogeneous Clay Soil with [phi] = 0 -- 14.7. Mass Procedure for Stability of Saturated Clay Slopes ([phi] = 0 condition) with Earthquake Forces -- 14.8. Mass Procedure -- Slopes in Homogeneous c'-[phi]' Soil -- 14.9. Ordinary Method of Slices -- 14.10. Bishop's Simplified Method of Slices -- 14.11. Stability Analysis by Method of Slices for Steady State Seepage -- 14.12. Morgenstern's Method of Slices for Rapid Drawdown Condition -- 14.13. Cousin's Charts -- 14.14. Fluctuation of Factor of Safety of Slopes in Clay Embankment on Saturated Clay -- 14.15. Summary and General Comments -- 15. Soil-Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundations -- 15.1. Ultimate Soil-Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundations -- 15.2. Terzaghi's Ultimate Bearing Capacity Equation -- 15.3. General Bearing Capacity Equation -- 15.4. Effect of Ground Water Table -- 15.5. Factor of Safety -- 15.6. Ultimate Load for Shallow Foundations Under Eccentric Load -- 15.7. Bearing Capacity of Sand Based on Settlement -- 15.8. Plate Load Test -- 15.9. Ultimate Bearing Capacity on Layered Soil -- 15.10. Summary and General Comments -- 16. Landfill Liners and Geosynthetics -- 16.1. Landfill Liners -- Overview -- 16.2. Geosynthetics -- ^ 16.3. Geotextiles -- 16.4. Geomembranes -- 16.5. Geonets
• 16.6. Single Clay Liner and Single Geomembrane Liner Systems -- 16.7. Recent Advances in the Liner Systems for Landfills -- 16.8. Leachate Removal Systems -- 16.9. Closure of Landfills -- 16.10. Summary and General Comments -- 17. Subsoil Exploration -- 17.1. Planning for Soil Exploration -- 17.2. Boring Methods -- 17.3. Common Sampling Methods -- 17.4. Sample Disturbance -- 17.5. Correlations for Standard Penetration Test -- 17.6. Other In Situ Tests -- 17.7. Rock Coring -- 17.8. Soil Exploration Report.

ISBN

• 0534933750
• 9780534933753

LCCN

93005738

OCLC

• ocm28495655
• 28495655
• SCSB-9193591

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library