{"product_id":"deep-excavations-9780727734594","title":"Deep Excavations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book assembles the practical rules and details for the efficient and economical execution of deep excavations. It draws together a wealth of experience of both design and construction from published work and the lifetime practice of the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Conversion factors  1. Introduction  - Safety and avoidance of damage - Construction regulations: safety - Contractual responsibility: client, engineer and contractor - Causes of failure in deep excavations - Risk evaluation - Risk management - Party walls - References - Bibliography  2. The Control of Groundwater - Groundwater problems - Available methods of groundwater control - Design of dewatering systems - References - Bibliography  3. Open Excavation - Battered excavations - Improving the stability of slopes - Reinforced soil - Soil retention: further wall constructions - References - Bibliography  4. Vertical Soil Support: Wall Construction - Options for sheeting and walling - Plate and anchor wall by underpinning - Vertical soldiers and horizontal lagging, king post method - Sheet piling - Contiguous bored piling - Secant piles - Diaphragm walls - Soldier pile tremie concrete (SPTC) method - Construction economics - References - Bibliography  5. Design Of Soil Support - Earth pressures: limiting horizontal pressure - Tension cracks - Softening clays - Wall friction and wall adhesion - Magnitude of movement needed to mobilize limit pressures - Wall flexibility - Surcharge loads - Wall movement - Design calculation according to Eurocode 7 - Temporary works - Mixed total and effective stress design - Design water pressures - Design methodology - Cantilever walls and single-prop walls - Multi-prop walls - Other design considerations - References - Bibliography  6. Cofferdam Construction - Design and construction responsibilities - Types of cofferdam - Sheeted cofferdams - Double-skin cofferdams - Gravity type cofferdams - References - Bibliography  7. Cofferdam Design - Braced sheeted cofferdmas - Double-wall cofferdams - Cellular cofferdams - Gravity cofferdams - References - Bibliography  8. Basement Construction and Design - Engineering an excavation - Construction methods for soil support - Water-resisting basement construction - Progressive development of construction methods for deep basements - Peripheral sheeting or walling - Overall stability: design for uplift - Construction economics - References - Bibliography  9. Cut and Cover Construction - Introduction - Choice of wall system - Overall stability: design for uplift - References - Bibliography  10. Shafts and Caissons: Construction and Design - Shafts for civil engineering purposes - Caissons - References - Bibliography  11. Soil Movement Due To Deep Excavations - Introduction - Factors that influence soil movement - Measuring techniques and their accuracy - Measures to reduce soil movement at the curtilage of a deep excavation - Methods of predicting soil movement - Building response to ground displacement - Measures to alleviate the effects of settlement - References - Bibliography  Appendix Selection of typical soil parameters and correlations for initial design purposes  Index","brand":"Emerald Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404121907543,"sku":"9780727734594","price":146.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deep-excavations-9780727734594","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}