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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 | |