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Dhouib Ammar |
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Applied geotechnics for construction projects . Volume 2 : fundamental principles of soil mechanics and the role of water / / Ammar Dhouib |
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Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2023] |
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©2023 |
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1-394-19225-8 |
1-394-19223-1 |
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1 online resource (341 pages) |
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Geotechnical engineering |
Soil mechanics |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Entrepreneur's Tribune: Geotechnics is at the Heart of Our Projects -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Symbols and Notations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Soil Hydraulics: On-Site Water Tests -- 1.1. Water in the soil: basics -- 1.1.1. General assumptions: water continuity condition in soil -- 1.1.2. Water velocity in soil -- 1.2. Darcy's law -- 1.2.1. Head of water -- 1.2.2. Hydraulic gradient -- 1.3. Generalization to flow networks -- 1.3.1. Three-dimensional medium: Laplace equation -- 1.3.2. Two-dimensional flow -- 1.4. Flow forces -- 1.4.1. Determination of flow forces -- 1.4.2. Critical gradient: boiling phenomenon -- 1.4.3. Role of pore pressures in soil -- 1.5. On-site measurement of soil permeabilities -- 1.5.1. Pumping test -- 1.5.2. Lefranc-type local permeability test -- 1.5.3. Lugeon tests: experimental analysis and practical interpretation -- 1.5.4. General conclusion -- 1.6. Practical applications -- 1.6.1. Interpretation of an actual pumping test -- 1.6.2. Interpretation of a real Lefranc-type test -- 1.6.3. Practical application of a Lugeon test -- 1.6.4. Experimental data: permeability of soils -- 1.6.5. Soil water level measurements: piezometers -- 1.6.6. Micro-reel permeability measurements -- 1.7. References -- Chapter 2. Fundamental Principles of Soil Mechanics -- 2.1. Short-term and long-term soil behaviors -- 2.1.1. Concepts of |
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