Deep Excavation : Theory and Practice /: Theory and Practice. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chang-Yu Ou.
• Authors: Ou, Chang-Yu
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction to the analysis and design of excavations; 1.1 Geological investigation and soil tests; 1.2 Conditions of the adjacent properties; 1.3 Confirmation of the conditions of an excavation site; 1.4 Designing criteria; 1.5 Collecting case histories of the nearby excavations; 1.6 Auxiliarymethods; 1.7 Excavation analyses; 1.8 Layout of the strutting system; 1.9 Monitoring system; 1.10 Protection of neighboring properties; 2 Basic properties and mechanical characteristics of soils; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Basic properties 2.2.1 Specific gravity2.2.2 Unit weight and water content; 2.2.3 Atterberg limit; 2.2.4 Permeability; 2.3 Consolidation; 2.4 Concept of effective stresses; 2.5 Parameters of porewater pressure; 2.6 Failureofsoils; 2.6.1 Mohr-Coulomb failure theory; 2.6.2 Some commonly used laboratory shear strength tests; 2.6.2.1 Triaxial test; 2.6.2.2 Direct shear test; 2.6.2.3 Direct simple shear test; 2.6.3 Stress paths; 2.7 Drained shear strength of soils; 2.8 Undrained shear strength of saturated cohesive soils; 2.8.1 Concepts of undrained shear strength; 2.8.2 Characteristics of undrained shear strength 2.8.3 Methods to obtain undrained shear strength2.8.3.1 Triaxial UU test; 2.8.3.2 CU test; 2.8.3.3 Field vane shear test; 2.8.3.4 Cone penetration test; 2.8.3.5 Other methods and empirical formulas; 2.9 Relationship between shear strength, volume change, and porewater pressure; 2.10 Undrained shear strength of unsaturated cohesive soils; 2.11 Soil properties at the TNEC site; 2.12 Summary and general comments; 3 Excavation methods and lateral supporting systems; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Excavation methods; 3.2.1 Full open cut methods; 3.2.2 Braced excavation methods 3.2.3 Anchored excavation methods3.2.4 Island excavation methods; 3.2.5 Top-down construction methods; 3.2.6 Zoned excavation methods; 3.3 Retaining walls; 3.3.1 Soldier piles; 3.3.2 Sheet piles; 3.3.3 Column piles; 3.3.4 Diaphragm walls; 3.4 Strutting systems; 3.5 Selection of the retaining strut system; 3.6 CasehistoryoftheTNECexcavation; 3.7 Summary and general comments; 4 Lateral earth pressure; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Lateral earth pressure at rest; 4.3 Rankine's earth pressure theory; 4.4 Coulomb's earth pressure theory; 4.5 General discussion of various earth pressure theories 4.5.1 Displacement and earth pressure4.5.2 Comparisons of Rankine's and Coulomb's earth pressure theories; 4.5.3 Reliability of earth pressure theories and other solutions; 4.6 Earthpressurefordesign; 4.6.1 Cohesive soils; 4.6.2 Cohesionless soils; 4.6.3 Alternated layers; 4.6.4 Sloping ground; 4.6.5 Surcharge; 4.6.6 Seepage; 4.6.7 Earthquakes; 4.7 Summary and general comments; 5 Stability analysis; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Types of factors of safety; 5.3 Overall shear failure; 5.4 Free earth support method and fixed earth support method; 5.5 Overall shear failure of strutted walls
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 622.2; Tunnelling; Underground construction; Mining engineering; Foundations; Piling (Civil engineering); Foundations; Mining engineering; Piling (Civil engineering); Underground construction; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482288469
• Related ISBNs: 148228846X
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