Geotechnical Engineering, Second Edition

by Lancellotta; Renato

• ISBN13: 9780415420044
• ISBN10: 0415420040
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-09-08
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Established as a standard textbook for students, this new edition of Geotechnical Engineering provides a solid grounding in the mechanics of soils and soil-structure interaction.

Author Biography

Renato Lancellotta is Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, Director of the Geotechnical Laboratory and since 1990 has been Head of the Ph.D. Programme on Geotechnical Engineering at the Technical University of Torino, Italy

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables	p. xi
Preface	p. xix
Origin, description and classification of soils	p. 1
Soil formation	p. 1
Clay particles	p. 5
Soil deposits	p. 9
Phase relations	p. 11
Description and classification of soils	p. 17
Atterberg limits and plasticity chart	p. 22
Summary	p. 26
Further reading	p. 27
Continuum mechanics	p. 29
The language of continuum mechanics: indicial notation	p. 29
Tensors	p. 32
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors	p. 37
Vector and tensor fields	p. 39
Kinematics	p. 40
Finite deformation	p. 42
Infinitesimal strains	p. 49
Geometrical interpretation of infinitesimal strains	p. 50
Stress	p. 55
Mohr circle of stress	p. 63
Gauss and Reynolds theorems	p. 65
Conservation of mass	p. 69
Balance of linear momentum	p. 70
Balance of angular momentum	p. 71
Summary	p. 71
Further reading	p. 73
Basic constitutive models	p. 75
Elasticity	p. 75
Cylindrical coordinates	p. 80
Plasticity	p. 86
Visco-elasticity	p. 93
Internal constraints	p. 97
Summary	p. 98
Further reading	p. 100
The porous medium	p. 101
The principle of effective stress	p. 101
Geostatic stresses	p. 103
Capillarity	p. 107
A mechanistic picture of geological processes: yield stress and overconsolidation ratio	p. 108
Modelling one-dimensional compression: the oedometer test	p. 112
Experimental determination of yield stress	p. 116
Soil compressibility	p. 121
Prediction of one-dimensional compression settlement	p. 124
Secondary compression	p. 125
Further post-depositional phenomena: leaching, exchange of cations, cementation	p. 129
Importance of detailed geological history	p. 130
Importance of sample quality and testing procedures	p. 132
Stress paths	p. 133
On the meaning of the term 'deviator'	p. 138
Summary	p. 140
Further reading	p. 140
Stress-strain behaviour of soils	p. 142
The ability of soils to carry stresses: soil strength and Coulomb's failure criterion	p. 142
Drained and undrained conditions: relative rate of loading	p. 144
Soil testing: requirements of laboratory apparatuses	p. 145
Dilatancy, peak and critical state strength	p. 152
Taylor expression of dissipation of work	p. 155
Strain localization	p. 161
State paths: drained and undrained tests on reconstituted samples	p. 163
State boundary surface	p. 168
Stiff clays: structural features, peak, post-peak and residual strength	p. 172
Undrained shear strength	p. 182
Predicting soil behaviour: the original Cam Clay Model	p. 188
Soil stiffness	p. 193
Beyond simple models	p. 199
Summary	p. 200
Further reading	p. 201
Flow in porous media	p. 202
Terminology	p. 202
Darcy's law	p. 205
Coefficient of hydraulic conductivity	p. 209
Seepage forces	p. 211
Mathematical modelling of flow in porous media	p. 218
Steady state flow	p. 222
Numerical solution of Laplace's equation	p. 229
Flow through anisotropic and inhomogeneous media	p. 231
Unconfined steady state flow	p. 233
Transient flow: one-dimensional theory of consolidation	p. 237
Experimental determination of the coefficient of consolidation	p. 245
Solution of consolidation PDE	p. 247
Vertical drains	p. 252
Three-dimensional consolidation theory	p. 256
Summary	p. 259
Further reading	p. 260
In situ investigations	p. 261
Exploration programme	p. 261
Methods of investigation	p. 263
Sampling techniques	p. 266
Groundwater conditions	p. 270
In situ testing devices	p. 278
Soil profiling	p. 291
In situ horizontal stress	p. 292
Undrained shear strength	p. 294
Shear strength of coarse-grained soils	p. 303
Stiffness	p. 307
Seismic methods	p. 309
Wave propagation theory	p. 316
Soil porosity from wave propagation	p. 321
Hydraulic conductivity	p. 323
Summary	p. 333
Further reading	p. 335
The collapse of soil structures	p. 336
Theorems of limit analysis	p. 336
Yield criteria	p. 339
Rankine limiting states of stress	p. 345
Coulomb critical wedge analysis	p. 350
Stress discontinuities	p. 353
Earth retaining structures	p. 360
Design of retaining walls	p. 373
Design of diaphragm walls	p. 374
Choice of strength parameters and factor of safety	p. 381
Strutted excavations	p. 384
Earth pressure in presence of seismic actions	p. 386
Bearing capacity of shallow footings	p. 393
Undrained bearing capacity	p. 395
Non-homogeneity and anisotropy	p. 401
Bearing capacity of shallow footings: drained loading	p. 403
Load factor and strength mobilization	p. 409
Bearing capacity: routine analysis	p. 410
Slope stability	p. 414
Limit equilibrium methods	p. 417
Landslides analysis and operational strength	p. 423
Summary	p. 428
Further reading	p. 429
Serviceability limit state	p. 430
Description of ground and foundation movements	p. 430
Methods of computing settlements: Introductory notes	p. 433
Prediction using the theory of elasticity	p. 433
Settlement of foundations on clay	p. 448
The use of field tests to predict the settlement of footings on sand	p. 455
Damage criteria and limiting values of settlement	p. 467
Summary	p. 470
Further reading	p. 470
Bibliography	p. 472
Index	p. 494
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