Engineering Treatment of Soils

by Bell; Fred G.

• ISBN13: 9780419177500
• ISBN10: 0419177507
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-06-25
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This book reviews the techniques which are used to improve the engineering behaviour of soils, either in situ or when they are used as a construction material. It is a straightforward, well illustrated and readable account of the techniques and includes numerous up-to-date references.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Site investigation Soil classification Soil types

Exclusion techniques . Sheet piles

Contiguous bored piles and secant piles

Slurry trenches

Diaphragm walls

The character of bentonite slurry

Compressed air Ground freezing

Introduction

Methods of ground freezing

Hydrogeology and the nature of frozen soils

Strength and behaviour of frozen ground

Drainage techniques Filter drains

Drainage of slopes

Sand drains, sandwicks and band drains

Lime columns

Groundwater lowering

Sumps

Wellpoint systems

Ejector or educator systems

Bored wells

Settlement and groundwater abstraction

Electro-osmosis and electrochemical stabilization

Compaction and consolidation techniques

Mechanical compaction of soil

Precompression

Compaction piles

Vibrocompaction

Dynamic compaction

Explosive compaction

Soil reinforcement and soil anchors

Reinforced earth

In-situ reinforcement techniques

Soil anchors

Geosynthetic materials

Types of geosynthetic materials

Properties of geosynthetic materials

Functions of geosynthetics

Uses of geosynthetics materials

Grouts and grouting . Introduction

Properties of grouts

Penetration of grouts

Types of grout

Grouting

Soil stabilization

Cement stabilization

Lime stabilization

Other materials used for soil stabilization

Thermal stabiliziation

Appendix

References

Further reading

Index

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