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Introduction - Design Specification for Earth Structures | |
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Soil as a Construction Material | |
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Soil Classification - Specification for Utilization in Different Parts of Earth Structures | |
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Suitability of Soils for Transport Engineering Earth Structures | |
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Suitability of Soils for Hydro Engineering Earth Structures | |
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Borrow Pit - Soil in Natural State | |
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Soil Genesis | |
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Geotechnical Investigation | |
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Workability | |
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Soil Treatment Before the Utilization | |
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Soil Compaction | |
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Compaction Mechanism | |
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Laboratory Compaction Methods | |
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Compacting Machinery | |
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Compaction Quality Control | |
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Soil Properties as a Function of Compaction Effort | |
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Geosynthetics in Earth Structures | |
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Basic Types | |
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Properties | |
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Index Properties | |
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Hydraulic Properties | |
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Strength Characteristics | |
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Friction Resistance of Soil - Geosynthetic Interface | |
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Mechanical Resistance | |
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Chemical Resistance | |
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Different Functions in Earth Structures | |
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Filtration Function | |
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Drainage Function | |
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Reinforcing Function | |
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Separation Function | |
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Protective Function | |
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Surface Erosion Protection Function | |
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Sealing Function | |
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Summary of Applications and Properties | |
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Geosynthetic Handling on Construction Site | |
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Soil Improvement | |
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Speeding Up of Consolidation | |
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Preloading | |
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Vertical Drains | |
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Soil Stabilization | |
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Mechanically Stabilized Soil | |
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Stabilization with the Help of Cement, Lime and Other Hydraulic Bonding Agents | |
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Soil Reinforcement | |
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Geosynthetic Soil Reinforcement | |
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Soil Nailing | |
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Limit States for Earth Structures | |
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Principles of Design Procedure for Earth Structures | |
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Risk Principle in the Design of Geotechnical Structures - Geotechnical Categories | |
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Ultimate Limit States and Serviceability Limit States | |
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Actions, Design Situations | |
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Ultimate Limit States | |
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Basic Logic of Design Approach Based on Calculation of Limit States | |
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Other Methods of Limit States Verification | |
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Basic Limit States for Earth Structures | |
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Limit State of Stability | |
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Limit State of Deformation | |
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Limit State of Internal Erosion | |
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Limit State of Surface Erosion | |
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Modelling of Limit States | |
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Numerical Models | |
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Laboratory Models | |
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Modelling of In Situ - Monitoring | |
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Earth Structures in Transport Engineering | |
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Basic Assumptions - Situation of Traffic Network, Longitudinal Section | |
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Application of Waste and Recycled Materials | |
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Landslide Prone Areas | |
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Transport Embankment - Fill | |
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Classical Case - Embankment on Good Quality Subsoil | |
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Embankment on Soft Subsoil | |
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Embankment Widening | |
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Cutting | |
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Classical Case - Limit States | |
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Ground Water Lowering | |
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Cuts Widening | |
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Specific Cases of Interaction | |
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Retaining Walls | |
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Bridge Abutments | |
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Interaction of Fill with Different Underpasses | |
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Specificity for Roadways | |
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Unpaved Roads | |
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Interaction of Construction Layer with Subsoil | |
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Parking Place | |
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Specificity for Railways | |
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Track Reconstruction for Higher Speed | |
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Construction of New Tracks for High Speed Trains | |
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Specificity for Airfields | |
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Practical Examples | |
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Experience Gained from the Construction of Airfields in Challenging Geotechnical Conditions | |
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Relation to Environments | |
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Impact of Waste Material Used in Earth Structures on Environment | |
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Collection of Surface Run-off and Subsoil Sealing | |
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Noise Protection Barriers | |
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Earth Structures in Water Engineering | |
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Basic Cases of Earth Structures in Water Engineering and Their Features | |
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Earth and Rock-Fill Dams, Typical Cross-Section | |
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An Analysis of the Most Frequent Failures of Earth and Rockfill Dams | |
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Conditions and Reasons of the Tensile Cracks Development | |
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Conditions of the Tensile Cracks Development | |
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Reasons of the Tensile Cracks Development | |
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Stress-Strain Behaviour of Soils in Tension | |
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Tensile Tests Under Undrained Conditions | |
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Results of Undrained Tensile Tests | |
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Results of Drained Tensile Tests | |
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Soil Behaviour During Seepage Through Crack | |
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Model of Seepage Cracks for Cohesive and Frictional Soils | |
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Swelling Potential | |
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Forces Between Individual Particles | |
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Dispersive Soils | |
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Flocculated Soils | |
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Filtration Contact Stability for Protected Soil with a Crack | |
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Protected Cohesive Soil with Crack | |
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Applicability of Geotextile Filters in Dam Engineering | |
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Practical Examples from Earth and Rock-Fill Dam Construction | |
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Dalesice Dam | |
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Hrinova Dam | |
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Jirkov Dam | |
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Low Dams in Southtown in Prague | |
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Teton Dam | |
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Failures Remediation | |
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Summary of Earth and Rockfill Dam Design | |
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Recommendation for Elimination of Tensile Cracks Development | |
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Recommended Logical Way for Fill Dams Design | |
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Specificity of Small Fish Pond Dams | |
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Rehabilitation of Old Earthfill Dams Failed During Heavy Floods | |
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Limit States of Failure | |
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Principles of the Reconstruction Design | |
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Some Recommendation Obtained from the Reconstruction | |
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Conclusions | |
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Specificity of Flood Protection Dams (Dikes) | |
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Details for Individual Countries | |
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Fundamental Specificity of the Protection Dams | |
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Earth Structures in Environmental Engineering | |
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Spoil Heaps | |
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Behaviour of Stored Clayey Material with Large Voids - Macropores | |
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Stability of Spoil Heaps | |
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Deformation of Spoil Heaps | |
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Experiences with New Construction on Spoil Heap Surface | |
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Tailings Dams | |
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Types and Construction of Tailings Dams | |
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Tailings Dams with Sediments Resulting from Burning of Solid Fuel | |
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Tailing Dams with Sediments from Concentrator Factories, Uranium Tailings | |
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Tailings Dams with Other Sediments | |
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Landfills | |
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Landfill Classification | |
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Approaches to the Landfill Design | |
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Demands on Sealing Systems for Landfills | |
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Drainage Systems for Landfills | |
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Properties of Stored Waste in Municipal Landfill | |
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Limit States of Landfills | |
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Application of Geosynthetics in Landfill Construction | |
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Landfill Monitoring | |
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Remediation of Old Landfills | |
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Utilization of Landfill Surface for New Construction | |
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References | |
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Index | |