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About this book
This practical handbook of properties for soils and rock contains in a concise tabular format the key issues relevant to geotechnical investigations, assessments and designs in common practice. There are brief notes on the application of the tables. These data tables are compiled for experienced geotechnical professionals who require a reference do
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Information
Chapter
1
Site
investigation
1.1
Geotechnical
engineer
•
Geotechnical
engineering
(Geotechnics/Geomechanics)
requires
further
special-
isation
from
Civil
engineering
or
Geology
degrees
either
from
experience
and/or
post
graduate
studies.
Needs
understanding
of
soil
and
rock
mechanics
(Figure
1.1).
Traditionally
from
the
Civil
engineering
stream.
•
Significant
overlap
between
Engineering
geologist
and
Geotechnical
engineer
–
but
these
professions
are
not
the
same
with
the
strengths
being
Geological
and
Geotechnical
Models,
respectively.
•
The
geological
model
is
historical/factual
while
the
geotechnical
model
is
predic-
tion
of
the
response
of
the
ground
to
changes.
Figure
1.1
The
formation
of
a
geotechnical
engineer.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Site investigation
- 2. Soil classification and description
- 3. Rock classification
- 4. Field sampling and testing
- 5. Soil strength parameters from classification and testing
- 6. Rock strength parameters from classification and testing
- 7. Soil properties and state of the soil
- 8. Permeability and its influence
- 9. Rock properties
- 10. Material and testing variability with risk assessment
- 11. Deformation parameters
- 12. Earthworks
- 13. Subgrades and pavements
- 14. Slopes
- 15. Terrain assessment, drainage and erosion
- 16. Geosynthetics
- 17. Fill specifications
- 18. Rock mass classification systems
- 19. Earth pressures
- 20. Retaining walls
- 21. Soil foundations
- 22. Rock foundations
- 23. Movements
- 24. Appendix – loading
- 25. Appendix – conversions
- 26. References
- Back Cover