Engineering Treatment of Soils

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 straightforward, well illustrated and readable account of the techniques and includes numerous up-to-date references. Engineering Treatment of Soils will be valuable for geotechnical engineers working in professional firms and in academic institutions in all parts of the world. Many of the techniques are highly specialised and the thorough coverage of the book will be very useful for civil engineers, engineering geologists and mining engineers unfamiliar with them and for students and recently qualified. Poor soil conditions are usually associated with excess groundwater or inadequate strength, which leads to excessive deformation or failure. Improvement of the soils may be needed temporarily while construction operations last, or permanently. The same techniques are applicable in all parts of the world. Throughout, the author notes which techniques are appropriate to which soils, and provides numerous up-to-date references to sources of information.

ISBN 0419177507   Pages 320 ISBN13 9780419177500 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 676 Imprint Spon Press   Published in London Format Hardback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 06 May 1993   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress TA710.B425   Spine width (mm) 27 DEWEY 624.15136   Academic level Professional / Scholarly, Technical/vocational DEWEY edition DC20

		Preface
1		Introduction		1
2		Exclusion techniques		29
3		Ground freezing		53
4		Drainage techniques		68
5		Groundwater lowering		89
6		Compaction and consolidation techniques		111
7		Soil reinforcement and soil anchors		154
8		Geosynthetic materials		178
9		Grouts and grouting		202
10		Soil stabilization		240
		Appendix: Summary of soil-treatment methods		268
		References		276
		Further reading		289
		Index		293

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