Geotechnical Engineering

Renato Lancellotta

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040894637
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering treats the mechanics of soils and structures interacting with soils. Its primary aim is to reach undergraduate students, however, as it also discusses the more advanced aspects of soil behaviour, it will also appeal to graduate students. Furthermore, practicing engineers who are in search of a rational introduction to the behaviour of foundation structures will find this work a valuable aid.

The three areas contributing to a successful teaching of geotechnical engineering are covered: applied mechanics; tests and experiments; and observation. A list of more than 450 selected references has been added for those readers who wish to study specific topics in more detail.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• The Contributors
• 1 Sample Disturbance, Numerical Model and Experiments
• 2 Swelling in Deep Residual Clays and Soft Rock
• 3 The Engineering Behaviour of Cemented Marine Carbonate Soils
• 4 Trends in Research and Development of Geotechnical Engineering
• 5 Hierarchical Single Surface and the Disturbed State Constitutive Models with Emphasis on Geotechnical Applications
• 6 Control of Uncertainty in Geotechnical Engineering
• 7 Design Parameters Determined on Demand-Capacity Basis
• 8 Embankment Dam Deformation during Earthquakes
• 9 Machine Foundation: Analysis and Design
• 10 Tailings Dams — Some Aspects of Their Design and Construction
• 11 Geosynthetics in Embankment Dams
• 12 The State of the Art of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Structures
• 13 The Need for Redundancy in Seepage Control-Embankment Dams and Their Foundations
• 14 Collapse Compression of Fills on Inundation
• 15 Slope Stabilization Using Vegetation
• Subject Index