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  Title

  Ground improvement : case histories 1st ed.

  Author

  Indraratna, Buddhima.  

  Publisher:

  Elsevier,

  Pub date:

  2005.

  Pages:

  xx, 1115 p. :

  ISBN:

  0080446337

  Item info:

  1 copy available at New York State Library.
  

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  Ground improvement : case histories 1st ed.
  Indraratna, Buddhima.
  

  Control number:

  ocm61217410

  ISBN:

  0080446337 (hbk.)

  Call number:

  624.15136 G882 206-4376

  Title:

  Ground improvement : case histories / [edited by] Buddhima Indraratna, Jian Chu.

  Edition:

  1st ed.

  Imprint:

  Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2005.

  Physical description:

  xx, 1115 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

  Series:

  (Elsevier geo-engineering book series ; v. 3)

  Note:

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  Partial contents:

  Experience of consolidation process from test areas with and without vertical drains / Sven Hansbo -- Theoretical and numerical perspectives and field observations for the design and performance evaluation of embankments constructed on soft marine clay / B. Indraratna ... [et al.] -- Application of the vacuum preloading method in soil improvement projects / J. Chu and S.W. Yan -- Key issues in the application of vertical drains to a sea reclamation by extremely soft clay slurry / Masaaki Terashi and Masaaki Katagiri -- Two case histories of vertical drains in very soft clays / Marcio S.S. Almeida, M.E.S. Marques and A.P. Spotti -- Case study of ground improvement work at the Suvarnabhumi Airport of Thailand / Za-Chieh Moh and Penchi Lin -- Predictions and observations of soft clay foundations stabilized with geosynthetic drains and vacuum surcharge / Buddhima Indraratna ... [et al.] -- Application of analytical method for preloading design of selected case studies / Patrick Wong -- The Changi East Reclamation Project in Singapore / M.W. Bo, J. Chu and V. Choa -- Cement/Lime mixing ground improvement for road construction on soft ground / J.-C. Chai and N. Miura -- A full-scale study on cement deep mixing in soft Bangkok clay / Dennes T. Bergado and Glen A. Lorenzo -- Undersea tunnel-effect of drainage and grouting / Toshihisa Adachi and Takeshi Tamura -- Use of jet grouting in deep excavations / Dazhi Wen -- A case history of jet grouting in marine clay / Ing Hieng Wong and Teoh Yaw Poh -- Performance evaluation of road pavements stabilised in situ / Jayantha Kodikara and Richard Yeo --

  Contents Note:

  Ground improvement for mitigating liquefaction-induced geotechnical hazards / Dharma Wijewickreme and Upul D. Atukorala -- Placing soil covers on soft mine tailings / David John Williams -- Geotechnical aspects of hydraulic filling of underground mine stopes in Australia / Nagaratnam Sivakugan, Kirralee Rankine and Rudd Rankine -- Deep vibratory compaction of granular soils / K. Rainer Massarsch and Bengt H. Fellenius -- Soft ground treatment and performance, Yelgun to Chinderah Freeway, NSW, Australia / Jeff Hsi and James Martin -- Ground improvement using deep vibro techniques / V.R. Raju and W. Sondermann -- Implementation and performance of stone columns at Penny's Bay reclamation in Hong Kong / Suraj De Silva -- Failures of ground improvement works in soft ground / See-sew, Gue and Yean-Chin, Tan -- Characteristics of soft peats, organic soils and clays, Colombo-Katunayake expressway, Sri Lanka / Jeff Hsi, Chanaka Gunasekara and Viet Nguyen -- Treatment of metastable loess soils : lessons from Eastern Europe / Ian Jefferson ... [et al.] -- The use of alternative and improved construction materials and geosynthetics in pavements / Lilian R. de Rezende, José Camapum de Carvalho and Ennio M. Palmeira -- Case histories of embankments on soft soils and stabilisation with geosynthetics : Canadian experience / C.T. Gnanendran, A.J. Valsangkar, and R. Kerry Rowe -- Ground improvement with geotextile reinforcements / Tack-Weng Yee --

  Contents Note:

  Bridge abutment made of cement-mixed gravel back-fill / Fumio Tatsuoka ... [et al.] -- A multi-tier mechanically stabilized soil wall : field performance and numerical modelling / S.R. Lo -- The use of bamboo and bakau piles for soil improvements and application of pile raft system for the construction of embankment on peats and soft soils / Paulus P. Rahardjo -- Soil improvement and foundation systems with encased columns and reinforced bearing layers / Hans-Georg Kempfert and Marc Raithel -- Geotechnical measures to increase the stability of rock cuts and to reduce rockfall hazards : case history "Makkah" / Yasser El-Mossallamy and Habib Zein Al Abideen -- Electro-osmotic stabilization / Amnart Rittirong and Julie Shang -- The use of electrokinetic geosynthetics (EKG) to improve soft soils / Stephanie Glendinning, Colin JFP Jones and John Lamont-Black -- Preconsolidating clay deposit by vacuum and heating in cold environment / Maria Esther Soares Marques and Serge Leroueil -- Experimental and numerical investigations of the behaviour of a heat exchanger pile / Lyesse Laloui, Mathieu Nuth and Laurent Vulliet -- Use of explosion in soil improvement projects / S.W. Yan and J. Chu

  Held by:

  NYSL

  Subject:

  Soils.

  Subject:

  Soil amendments.

  Subject:

  Drainage.

  Subject:

  Soil dynamics.

  Subject:

  Soil stabilization.

  Added entry:

  Indraratna, Buddhima.

  Added entry:

  Chu, Jian.

  Electronic access:

  Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0632/2006295399-d.html