Geotechnical engineering state of the art and practice : keynote lectures from GeoCongress 2012

These keynote lectures were presented at GeoCongress 2012, held in Oakland, California, March 25-29, 2012 and sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE. This book contains 30 peer-reviewed papers that survey the entire breadth of research and practice in geotechnical engineering. Each paper is contribu...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors Geo-Congress Oakland, Calif., American Society of Civil Engineers. Geo-Institute
Other Authors Rollins, Kyle M., Zekkos, Dimitrios
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, ©2012.
SeriesGSP (Series) ; no. 226.
Subjects
Engineering geology > Congresses.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780784477090
0784477094
9780784412138
0784412138
Physical Description1 online resource (viii, 832 pages) : illustrations, maps

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Table of Contents:
  • Designing Water Balance Covers for Sustainable Waste Containment : Transitioning State of the Art to State of the Practice
  • Computational Plasticity for Geotechnical Applications
  • Column-Supported Embankments : Settlement and Load Transfer
  • Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering : Stability Analysis of Highly Variable Soils
  • Reliability-Based Design of Foundations A Modern View
  • Assessment of Slope Stability
  • Geotechnical Site Characterization in the Year 2012 and Beyond
  • Flexible Pavement Analysis and Design A Half-Century of Achievement
  • Shear Wave Velocity Profiling with Surface Wave Methods
  • Offshore Geotechnics The Challenges of Deepwater Soft Sediments
  • Ground Improvement in the 21st Century : A Comprehensive Web-Based Information System
  • U.S. Levee and Flood Protection Engineering in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
  • Seismically Induced Lateral Earth Pressures on Retaining Structures and Basement Walls
  • Site Response in NEHRP Provisions and NGA Models
  • Tunneling in Difficult Conditions The Squeezing Case
  • Ingenuity in Geotechnical Design Using Geosynthetics
  • State of the Practice of Characterization and Remediation of Contaminated Sites
  • State of the Practice of MSE Wall Design for Highway Structures
  • The Business of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Recent Advances in the Selection and Use of Drilled Foundations
  • Computer Monitoring in the Grouting Industry
  • Site Characterization for Cohesive Soil Deposits Using Combined In Situ and Laboratory Testing
  • The State of the Practice in Foundation Engineering on Expansive and Collapsible Soils
  • State of Practice : Offshore Geotechnics throughout the Life of an Oil and Gas Field
  • State of Practice : Excavations in Soft Soils
  • Risk Assessment and Mitigation in Geo-Practice
  • The Practice of Forensic Engineering
  • Foundation Design for Tall Buildings
  • Geotechnical Engineering Education : The State of the Practice in 2011.

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