Mike Jefferies, Ken Been ... 712 pages -
Publisher: CRC Press; 2nd edition (November, 2015) ...
Language: English -
ISBN-10: 1482213680 -
ISBN-13: 978-1482213683
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A Rigorous and Definitive Guide to Soil Liquefaction: Soil
liquefaction occurs when soil loses much of its strength or stiffness
for a time―usually a few minutes or less―and which may then cause
structural failure, financial loss, and even death. It can occur during
earthquakes, from static loading, or even from traffic-induced
vibration. It occurs worldwide and affects soils ranging from gravels to
silts.
From Basic Physical Principles to Engineering Practice: Soil Liquefaction has
become widely cited. It is built on the principle that liquefaction
can, and must, be understood from mechanics. This second edition is
developed from this premise in three respects: with the inclusion of
silts and sandy silts commonly encountered as mine tailings, by an
extensive treatment of cyclic mobility and the cyclic simple shear test,
and through coverage from the "element" scale seen in laboratory
testing to the evaluation of "boundary value problems" of civil and
mining engineering. As a mechanics-based approach is necessarily
numerical, detailed derivations are provided for downloadable open-code
software (in both Excel/VBA and C++) including code verifications and
validations. The "how-to-use" aspects have been expanded as a result of
many conversations with other engineers, and these now cover the
derivation of soil properties from laboratory testing through to
assessing the in situ state by processing the results of cone
penetration testing. Downloadable software is supplied on
www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781482213683. Soil Liquefaction: A Critical State Approach, Second Edition continues to cater to a wide range of readers, from graduate students through to engineering practice.
