Earth pressure and earth-retaining structures. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chris R.I. Clayton, Jarbas Milititsky, Rick I. Woods, Andrew J. Bond.
• Authors: Clayton, C. R. I; Milititsky, J; Woods, Rick I; Bond, Andrew J
• Contents: Part I Fundamentals Soil behaviour Introduction Origin, composition and structure of soils and rocks Soil strength and effective stress Dilatancy and the critical state Strength on preexisting failure planes Soil stiffness and ground movements Consolidation and swelling— ‘short- term’ and ‘long-term’ conditions Consequences for engineering design Structured soils Soil properties Soil models used for earth pressure and retaining structure analysis Site investigation and acquisition of soil parameters Obtaining required soil parameters from site investigation data Factors affecting earth pressure Wall construction Wall and ground movements Earth pressure principles Summary Water and retaining structures Typical ground water conditions Seepage and water pressure calculations Water-induced instability Groundwater control Global and local instability Types of instability affecting retaining structures Classification of instability and selection of parameters Base heave and local failure calculations Limit equilibrium analysis of overall instability Detecting and stabilising preexisting instability Stabilisation of slopes using retaining structures Part II Design Wall selection Reasons for selecting a particular form of retaining wall Gravity walls Embedded walls Composite walls and other support systems Preliminary selection of wall type Avoiding failure Defining failure Uncertainties in design Providing for uncertainty—introducing safety and reliability Summary of practice – Introduction to analysis Rules of thumb Evidential methods Closed-form solutions Limit analysis Limit equilibrium analyses Discrete spring models Continuum models Gravity walls Preliminary design Detailed design—limit states for external stability Internal stability Calculations to Eurocode 7 for a gravity wall Embedded walls Selection of soil parameters Preliminary design Design of sheet-pile walls using limit equilibrium calculations Propped and braced excavations Bored pile and diaphragm walls King post and soldier pile walls Composite walls and other support systems Reinforced soil Multi-anchored earth retaining structures Soil nailing Design of bridge abutments for earth pressure Cofferdams Appendix A: Classical earth pressure theory Appendix B: Earth pressure coefficients References Index
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 624.164; Retaining walls -- Design and construction; Earth pressure
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482206616
• Related ISBNs: 9781466552111
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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