{"product_id":"a-short-course-in-soilstructure-engineering-of-deep-foundations-excavations-and-tunnels-9780727732637","title":"A Short Course in SoilStructure Engineering of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book gives both students and practising civil engineers an authoritative review of the state-of-the-art of designing deep foundations, excavations and tunnels. In addition, the case studies and numerical modelling presented will give valuable insights into the challenges of soil-structure engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1: Deep foundations – piles, barrettes  Uses and types of piles and pile groups  Vertical pile load transfer mechanism  Failure load on piles: definitions, interpretation and criteria  Establishment of new failure load criterion for large-diameter bored piles and barrettes  Analysis, design and parameters  Dynamic formulae  Design of rock-socketed piles  Case studies: rock-socket piles  Pile instrumentation: a case study of a well-instrumented barrette in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong  Case studies: 15 full-scale loading tests on barrettes in Hong Kong  Case studies: bored piles in weathered materials Hong Kong  Settlement analysis of piles and pile groups  Summary Part 2:Multi-propped deep excavations  Stress paths in relation to a deep excavation  Plastic geo-structural analysis  Preliminary design for deep excavations (short course notes)  Instrumentation: a case study of a multi-propped excavation at Lion Yard, Cambridge  Lateral pressure of wet concrete in diaphragm walls  Stress transfer and deformation mechanisms around diaphragm walls  Effects of modelling soil non-linearity and wall installation on back-analysis of deep excavations in stiff clay  Comparison of Wall-Installation-Modelled (WIM) and Wished-In-Place (WIP) analyses with Mohr Coulomb model  Prediction of ground movements due to diaphragm wall installation  The prediction and control of displacements around deep excavations in Completely Decomposed Granite  Summary Part 3: Bored and open face tunnelling below cities  Unsupported tunnels: theoretical assessment of the collapse of soil arches  Modern tunnel construction techniques  Principal design and construction requirements  Case study: the Heathrow Express Trial Tunnel  Finite element modelling of multi-tunnel interactions and tunnelling effects on adjacent piles  Effect of ground movements on buildings  Case study: Effect of the Jubilee Line Extension on the Big Ben Clock Tower  Summary","brand":"Emerald Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404121219415,"sku":"9780727732637","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780727732637.jpg?v=1730485481","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-short-course-in-soilstructure-engineering-of-deep-foundations-excavations-and-tunnels-9780727732637","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}