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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453293503321

Autore

Almeida Marcio (Marcio S. S.)

Titolo

Design and performance of embankments on very soft soils / / Marcio de Souza S. Almeida, Graduate School of Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Maria Esther Soares Marques, Department of Fortification and Construction Engineering, Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-138-07693-7

0-429-17447-0

1-62870-743-7

0-203-65779-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Disciplina

624.15136

Soggetti

Soil stabilization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Table of contents; Preface; About the authors; Acknowledgements; List of symbols; Introduction; 1. Construction methods of embankments on soft soils; 2. Site investigation; 3. Geotechnical properties of very soft soils: Rio de Janeiro soft clays; 4. Prediction of settlements and horizontal displacements; 5. Acceleration of settlements: use of vertical drains and surcharge; 6. Stability of unreinforced and reinforced embankments; 7. Embankments on pile-like elements; 8. Monitoring embankments on soft soils; References; Annex

Sommario/riassunto

Embankment construction projects on very soft soil often give rise to serious problems. This volume on geotechnics and soft soil engineering therefore treats all phases of the design and construction process exhaustively, from the first investigation step to the monitoring of constructed work. The book presents the development concepts necessary for the project stages and discusses in great detail



construction methods, displacement estimations, stability analyses, monitoring, and various other aspects involved. Extensive attention is furthermore paid to the application of geosynthetics as a to