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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Geotechnical Engineering | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Qualifying Experience | |
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| Project Requirements | |
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| Proposals and Contracts | |
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| Field Exploration | |
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| Document Review | |
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| Subsurface Exploration | |
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| Soil Sampling | |
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| Field Testing | |
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| Exploratory Logs | |
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| Geophysical Techniques | |
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| Subsoil Profile | |
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| Laboratory Testing | |
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| Index Tests | |
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| Oedometer Apparatus | |
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| Shear Strength | |
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| Permeability | |
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| Laboratory Compaction Tests | |
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| Laboratory Tests for Pavement Design | |
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| Soil and Rock Classification | |
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| Soil Classification Systems | |
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| Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) | |
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| Inorganic Soil Classification System Based on Plasticity (ISBP) | |
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| AASHTO Soil Classification System | |
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| USDA Textural Classification | |
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| Organic Soil Classification | |
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| Unusual Soil | |
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| Rock Classification | |
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| Phase Relationships | |
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| Soil Element | |
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| Phase Relationships Directly from Laboratory Testing | |
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| Indirect Phase Relationships | |
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| Example of the Calculation of Phase Relationships | |
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| Effective Stress and Stress Distribution | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Effective Stress, Total Stress, and Pore Water Pressure | |
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| Stress Distribution | |
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| One-Dimensional Loading | |
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| 2:1 Approximation | |
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| Equations Based on the Theory of Elasticity | |
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| Charts Based on the Theory of Elasticity | |
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| Example of Calculations Using Various Stress Distributions | |
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| Mohr Circle | |
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| Shear Strength | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Cohesionless Soil | |
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| Cohesive Soil | |
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| Undrained Shear Strength | |
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| Drained Shear Strength | |
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| Drained Residual Shear Strength | |
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| Factors that Effect the Shear Strength of Cohesive Soil | |
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| Total Stress and Effective Stress Analyses | |
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| Permeability and Seepage | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Permeability | |
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| Superficial Velocity and Seepage Velocity | |
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| Seepage Forces | |
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| Two-Dimensional Flow Nets | |
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| Using Flow Nets to Calculate Pore Water Pressures and Exit Gradients | |
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| Settlement Analyses | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Allowable Settlement | |
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| Collapsible Soil | |
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| Settlement of Cohesive and Organic Soils | |
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| Immediate Settlement | |
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| Consolidation | |
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| Secondary Compression | |
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| Settlement of Cohesionless Soil | |
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| Other Common Causes of Settlement | |
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| Bearing Capacity Analyses | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundations | |
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| Bearing Capacity for Deep Foundations | |
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| Pavement and Pipeline Design | |
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| Pavement Design | |
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| California Method of Flexible Pavement Design | |
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| Pipeline Design | |
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| Rigid Pipelines and Flexible Pipeline Design | |
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| Expansive Soil | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Laboratory Testing | |
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| Swelling of Desiccated Clay | |
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| Types of Expansive Soil Movement | |
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| Calculating Foundation Heave | |
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| Soil Treatment and Foundation Design | |
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| Pavements and Flatwork on Expansive Soil | |
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| Expansive Rock | |
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| Stope Stability | |
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| Typical Types of Slope Movement | |
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| Allowable Lateral Movement | |
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| Rockfall | |
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| Surficial Slope Stability Analysis | |
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| Gross Slope Stability Analysis | |
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| Landslide Stability Analysis | |
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| Debris Flow | |
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| Slope Softening and Creep | |
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| Analysis for Earth Dams | |
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| Earthquake Analyses | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Liquefaction | |
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| Earthquake-Induced Settlement and Slope Movement | |
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| Erosion Analyses | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Universal Soil Loss Equation | |
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| Design and Construction | |
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| Retaining Walls | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Retaining Wall Analyses | |
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| Design and Construction of Retaining Walls | |
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| Restrained Retaining Walls | |
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| Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Walls | |
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| Sheet Pile Walls | |
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| Temporary Retaining Walls | |
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| Pier Walls | |
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| Deterioration | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Sulfate Attack of Concrete | |
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| Pavement Deterioration | |
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| Frost | |
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| Foundations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Shallow Foundations | |
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| Deep Foundation | |
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| Construction | |
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| Grading and Other Site Improvement Methods | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Grading Specifications | |
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| Compaction Fundamentals | |
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| Site Improvement Methods | |
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| Soil Replacement | |
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| Water Removal | |
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| Site Strengthening | |
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| Grouting | |
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| Thermal | |
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| Summary | |
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| Observational Method | |
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| Groundwater and Percolation Tests | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Groundwater | |
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| Groundwater Control | |
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| Pavements | |
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| Slopes | |
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| Moisture Migration through Floor Slabs and Basement Walls | |
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| Percolation Tests for Sewage Disposal System | |
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| Surface Drainage and Pipe Breaks | |
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| Excavation, Underpinning, and Field Load Tests | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Excavations | |
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| Footing Excavations | |
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| Excavation of Piers | |
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| Open Excavations | |
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| Braced Excavations | |
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| Tunnels | |
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| Underpinning | |
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| Field Load Tests | |
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| Geosynthetics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Geogrids | |
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| Geotextiles | |
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| Geomembranes | |
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| Geonets and Geocomposites | |
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| Geosynthetic Clay Liners | |
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| Instrumentation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Commonly Used Monitoring Devices | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Engineering Geology and Subsurface Exploration Terminology | |
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| Laboratory Testing Terminology | |
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| Terminology for Engineering Analysis and Computations | |
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| Construction and Grading Terminology | |
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| Terminology for Sewage Disposal and Percolation Tests | |
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| Example of Grading Specifications | |
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| Percolation Test Procedures | |
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| Conversion Factors | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |