Screen LibrarySoil improvement and ground modification methods /
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| Published: |
Butterworth Heinemann,
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| Publisher Address: | Waltham : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xviii, 455 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780124080768 (paperback) : 0124080766 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | TA710 |
| CLC: | TU43 |
| Call Number: | TU43/N627 |
| Contents: | Introduction to ground improvement and soil stabilization. What is "ground improvement?" -- Ground improvement techniques and applications -- Soil mechanics basics, field investigations, and preliminary ground modification design -- Soil densification. Objectives and improvements from soil densification -- Shallow compaction -- Deep densification -- Hydraulic modification. Objectives and approaches to hydraulic modification -- Geosynthetics for filtration drainage, and seepage control -- Preconsolidation -- Electro-osmosis (electrokinetic dewatering) -- Physical and chemical modification. Admixture soil improvement -- Ground modification by grouting -- Thermal treatments -- Modification with inclusions and confinement. Geosynthetic reinforced soil -- In situ reinforcement -- Soil confinement -- Lightweight fill materials -- Emerging technologies, trends, and materials. |