LEADER 05347nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910782684203321 005 20230120010254.0 010 $a1-283-07422-2 010 $a9786613074225 010 $a0-08-055903-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000702888 035 $a(EBL)404369 035 $a(OCoLC)694856409 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000378951 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12127057 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000378951 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10356310 035 $a(PQKB)10881297 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL404369 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10749445 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC404369 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000702888 100 $a20080317d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGeotechnical engineering calculations and rules of thumb$b[electronic resource] /$fRuwan Rajapakse 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aBoston $cElsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (529 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7506-8764-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Geotechnical Engineering Calculations and Rules of Thumb; Copyright; Table of Contents; Part 1: Geotechnical Engineering Fundamentals; Chapter 1. Site Investigation and Soil Conditions; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Cohesion; 1.1.2 Friction; 1.2 Origin of a Project; 1.3 Geotechnical Investigation Procedure; 1.4 Literature Survey; 1.4.1 Adjacent Property Owners; 1.4.2 Aerial Surveys; 1.5 Field Visit; 1.5.1 Hand Auguring; 1.5.2 Sloping Ground; 1.5.3 Nearby Structures; 1.5.4 Contaminated Soils; 1.5.5 Underground Utilities; 1.5.6 Overhead Power Lines; 1.5.7 Man-Made Fill Areas 327 $a1.5.8 Field Visit Checklist1.6 Subsurface Investigation Phase; 1.6.1 Soil Strata Identification; 1.7 Geotechnical Field Tests; 1.7.1 SPT(N) Value; 1.7.2 Pocket Penetrometer; 1.7.3 Vane Shear Test; 1.8 Correlation Between Friction Angle (f) and SPT (N) Value; 1.8.1 Hatakanda and Uchida Equation; 1.8.2 SPT (N) Value vs. Total Density; 1.9 SPT (N) Value Computation Based on Drill Rig Efficiency; 1.10 SPT-CPT Correlations; 1.11 Groundwater; 1.11.1 Dewatering; 1.11.2 Landfill Construction; 1.11.3 Seismic Analysis; 1.11.4 Monitoring Wells; 1.11.5 Aquifers with Artesian Pressure 327 $a1.12 Laboratory Testing1.12.1 Sieve Analysis; 1.12.2 Hydrometer; 1.12.3 Liquid Limit and Plastic Limit (Atterberg Limit); 1.12.4 Permeability Test; 1.12.5 Unconfined Undrained Compressive Strength Tests (UU Tests); 1.12.6 Tensile Failure; References; Chapter 2. Geotechnical Engineering Theoretical Concepts; 2.1 Vertical Effective Stress; 2.2 Lateral Earth Pressure; 2.3 Stress Increase Due to Footings; 2.4 Overconsolidation Ratio (OCR); 2.4.1 Overconsolidation Due to Glaciers; 2.4.2 Overconsolidation Due to Groundwater Lowering; 2.5 Soil Compaction; 2.5.1 Modified Proctor Test Procedure 327 $a2.5.2 Controlled Fill Applications2.6 Borrow Pit Computations; 2.6.1 Procedure; 2.6.2 Summary of Steps for Borrow Pit Problems; Part 2: Shallow Foundations; Chapter 3. Shallow Foundation Fundamentals; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Buildings; 3.2.1 Buildings with Basements; 3.3 Bridges; 3.4 Frost Depth; Chapter 4. Bearing Capacity: Rules of Thumb; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Bearing Capacity in Medium to Coarse Sands; 4.3 Bearing Capacity in Fine Sands; Chapter 5. Bearing Capacity Computation; 5.1 Terms Used in the Terzaghi Bearing Capacity Equation 327 $a5.2 Description of Terms in the Terzaghi Bearing Capacity Equation5.2.1 Cohesion Term; 5.2.2 Surcharge Term; 5.2.3 Density Term; 5.3 Discussion of the Terzaghi Bearing Capacity Equation; 5.3.1 Effect of Density; 5.3.2 Effect of Friction Angle f; 5.4 Bearing Capacity in Sandy Soil; 5.5 Bearing Capacity in Clay; 5.6 Bearing Capacity in Layered Soil; 5.7 Bearing Capacity when Groundwater Present; 5.8 Groundwater Below the Stress Triangle; 5.9 Groundwater Above the Bottom of Footing Level; 5.10 Groundwater at Bottom of Footing Level; 5.11 Shallow Foundations in Bridge Abutments 327 $aChapter 6. Elastic Settlement of Shallow Foundations 330 $aGeotechnical Engineering Calculations Manual offers geotechnical, civil and structural engineers a concise, easy-to-understand approach the formulas and calculation methods used in of soil and geotechnical engineering. A one stop guide to the foundation design, pile foundation design, earth retaining structures, soil stabilization techniques and computer software, this book places calculations for almost all aspects of geotechnical engineering at your finger tips. In this book, theories is explained in a nutshell and then the calculation is presented and solved in an illustrated, step-by-step 606 $aEngineering geology$xMathematics$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aSoil mechanics$xMathematics$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 615 0$aEngineering geology$xMathematics 615 0$aSoil mechanics$xMathematics 676 $a624.1/510151 700 $aRajapakse$b Ruwan$01473345 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782684203321 996 $aGeotechnical engineering calculations and rules of thumb$93686473 997 $aUNINA