Geotechnical engineering state of the art and practice : keynote lectures from GeoCongress 2012 / / edited by Kyle Rollins, Dimitrios Zekkos

• Pubblicazione: Reston, Va., : American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (843 p.)
• Disciplina: 624.151
• Soggetto topico: Engineering geology; Soil mechanics
• Altri autori: RollinsKyle M ZekkosDimitrios
• Note generali: "Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers".; "30 peer-reviewed papers presented as keynote lectures at GeoCongress 2012, held in Oakland, California, March 25-29, 2012".
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""State of the Art""; ""Designing Water Balance Covers for Sustainable Waste Containment: Transitioning State of the Art to State of the Practice""; ""Computational Plasticity for Geotechnical Applications""; ""Column-Supported Embankments: Settlement and Load Transfer""; ""Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering: Stability Analysis of Highly Variable Soils""; ""Reliability-Based Design of Foundationsâ€?A Modern View""; ""Assessment of Slope Stability""; ""Geotechnical Site Characterization in the Year 2012 and Beyond"" ; ""Flexible Pavement Analysis and Designâ€?A Half-Century of Achievement""""Shear Wave Velocity Profiling with Surface Wave Methods""; ""Offshore Geotechnicsâ€?The Challenges of Deepwater Soft Sediments""; ""Ground Improvement in the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Web-Based Information System""; ""U.S. Levee and Flood Protection Engineering in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina""; ""Seismically Induced Lateral Earth Pressures on Retaining Structures and Basement Walls""; ""Site Response in NEHRP Provisions and NGA Models""; ""Tunneling in Difficult Conditionsâ€?The Squeezing Case"" ; ""Ingenuity in Geotechnical Design Using Geosynthetics""""State of the Practice""; ""State of the Practice of Characterization and Remediation of Contaminated Sites""; ""State of the Practice of MSE Wall Design for Highway Structures""; ""The Business of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering""; ""Recent Advances in the Selection and Use of Drilled Foundations""; ""Computer Monitoring in the Grouting Industry""; ""Site Characterization for Cohesive Soil Deposits Using Combined In Situ and Laboratory Testing"" ; ""The State of the Practice in Foundation Engineering on Expansive and Collapsible Soils""""State of Practice: Offshore Geotechnics throughout the Life of an Oil and Gas Field""; ""State of Practice: Excavations in Soft Soils""; ""Risk Assessment and Mitigation in Geo-Practice""; ""The Practice of Forensic Engineering""; ""Foundation Design for Tall Buildings""; ""Geotechnical Engineering Education: The State of the Practice in 2011""; ""Geo-Seismic Design in Eastern US: State of Practice""; ""Author Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M"" ; ""N""""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""W""; ""Z""; ""Subject Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""
• Sommario/riassunto: Keynote lectures presented at GeoCongress 2012, held in Oakland, California, March 25-29, 2012. Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE. Geotechnical Engineering State of the Art and Practice: Keynote Lectures from GeoCongress 2012 contains 30 peer-reviewed papers that survey the entire breadth of research and practice in geotechnical engineering. Each paper is contributed by distinguished geotechnical engineers who were invited to create a comprehensive overview of the profession by focusing on a specific technical subject. About half the papers present the state of the art by summarizing the latest research and challenges for geotechnical researchers. The other half demonstrate the state of the practice by reporting on issues as they are tackled by geotechnical engineers in the field. Taken together, these papers showcase the best of the profession and form a basis for integrating geotechnical research with its practice. Topics include: foundations and earth stability; geotechnical modeling; site characterization, testing, and monitoring; geoenvironmental engineering; embankments and slope stability; soil properties; pavements; tunneling and underground spaces; and earthquake engineering. This collection is an important touchstone for geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineers, whatever their focus on research and practice.
• Titolo autorizzato: Geotechnical engineering state of the art and practice
• ISBN: 0-7844-7709-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911006497403321
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