Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering : geotechnics of hard soils, weak rocks = Comptes Rendus du 15eme Congres Europeen de Mecanique des Sols & de Geotechnique : la Geotechnique des Sols Indures, Roches Tendres. Part 4 / edited by Andreas Anagnostopoulos, Michael Pachakis and Christos Tsatsanifos.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Anagnostopoulos, Andreas.

Pachakis, Michael.

Tsatsanifos, Christos.

Conference Name:

European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (15th)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soil mechanics--Congresses.

Soil mechanics.

Engineering geology--Congresses.

Engineering geology.

Transportation engineering--Congresses.

Transportation engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (664 p.)

Other Title:

Comptes Rendus du 15eme Congres Europeen de Mecanique des Sols & de Geotechnique : la Geotechnique des Sols Indures, Roches Tendres

Comptes Rendus du 15eme Congres Europeen de Mecanique des Sols et de Geotechnique : la Geotechnique des Sols Indures, Roches Tendres

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This publication contains the papers presented at the 15th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE), held in Athens, Greece. Considerable progress has been made in recent decades in understanding the engineering behavior of those hard soils and weak rocks that clearly fall into either the field of soil or of rock mechanics, and there have been important developments in design and construction methods to cope with them. Progress would be even more desirable, however, for those materials which fall into the OCygreyOCO area between soils and rocks. They present particular challenges due to their diversity, the difficulties and problems arising in their identification and classification, their sampling and testing and in the establishment of suitable models to adequately describe their behavior. The publication aims to provide an updated overview of the existing worldwide knowledge of the geological features, engineering properties and behavior of such hard soils and weak rocks, with particular reference to the design and construction methods and problems associated with these materials. Part 4 was published post-conference and includes Conference Reports."

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; 1. Conference Report; Photos; Organization; Sponsors; Exhibitors; Conference Programme; Opening Ceremony; Closing Ceremony; Statistics; 2. Keynote Lectures; Tunnelling and Deep Excavations: Ground Movements and Their Effects; On the Hydromechanical Behaviour of Argillaceous Hard Soils-Weak Rocks; 3. Main Session 2; Selection of Parameters and Modelling: General Report; Issues of Parameter Identification for Numerical Analysis with Advanced Constitutive Models; 4. Main Session 3; Can we Design in Geotechnics with Seismic Factors of Safety Less than 1?

Interaction of Soil Reinforcement as Key Issue for Ground Reinforcement5. Main Session 4; Embankments and Slopes: Introduction; Embankments and Dams, Slope Stability and Landslides: General Report; Long-Term Behaviour of Prestressed Permanent Ground Anchors and Anchored Structures; 6. Main Session 5; Tunnelling in Hard Soils - Weak Rocks: General Report; Block-in-Matrix Structure - Tunneling in Hard Soil and/or Weak Rock; 7. Main Session 6; The Role of Geotechnics for the Protection of the Environment: General Report; Potentials of Environmental Protection by Geotechnical Engineering

8. Discussion Sessions1.1. Field Investigations; Discussion Session 1.1: Field Investigations; Recent Experiences of Monitoring Clay Slopes; In Situ Testing in Soil Dynamics; 1.2. Laboratory Testing; Discussion Session 1.2: Laboratory Testing; Assessing Sample Quality Prior to Laboratory Testing; Impact of Sulfates on the Mechanical and Hydraulic Behavior of a Cement-Clay Mix; 1.3. Classification; Classification: Review of the Papers and General Comments; Les ""Terres Noires"" du Dauphine, un cas de roche sensible aux variations climatiques - discussion

Point Load Testing for Classification of Porous Effusive Rocks2.1. Selection of Parameters; Selection of Parameters - Discussion Session 2.1; Characteristic Shear Strength Values for EC7: Guidelines Based on a Statistical Framework; The Behaviour of Overconsolidated Clays; 2.3. Unsaturated Hard Soils - Weak Rocks; Impact de cycles hydriques sur le comportement hydromechanique d'un sol argileux gonflant traite a la chaux; 3.1. Shallow Foundations; Discussion Session 3.1: Shallow Foundations on Hard Soils and Weak Rocks

Combined Loading of Shallow Foundations: Application to Offshore Wind TurbinesCombined Loadings of Shallow Foundations: The Case of Highly Eccentric and Inclined Loads; 3.2. Deep Foundations; Caisson Foundation Subjected to Normal Faulting: Experiment vs. Analysis; 3.3. Ground Reinforcement; Discussion Session 3.3: Ground Reinforcement; Behavior of Geosynthetic Reinforced Retaining Walls Under Earthquake Loading Conditions; 3-D Analyses of Reinforced Soils with Stone Columns & Comparison with Axisymmetric Conditions; Recent European Contributions to Ground Improvement

4.1. Embankments and Dams

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-61499-199-5