Geotechnical Engineering

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING While there are many textbooks on the market that cover geotechnical engineering basics, Geotechnical Engineering is unique in that it is the only textbook available that is rooted within the three phase unsaturated soil mechanics framework. Written by world-renowned, award-winning geotechnical engineering expert Dr. Jean-Louis Briaud, this Second Edition offers the most comprehensive coverage of geotechnical engineering topics on the market, from theory to real-world application. In addition to many updates and revisions, a major chapter has been added, covering 22 geo-engineering case histories. They are: Washington Monument (shallow mat foundation) Rissa Landslide (slope stability) Seattle 46 M-High MSE Wall (retaining wall) The New Orleans Charity Hospital Foundation (deep foundation) The Eurotunnel Linking France and England (tunnel) The Teton Dam (earth dam erosion) The Woodrow Wilson Bridge (bridge scour) San Jacinto Monument (shallow mat foundation) Pointe du Hoc Cliffs (rock erosion) The Tower of PISA (shallow foundation) The Transcona Silo (shallow foundation) The Saint John River Bridge Abutment (slope stability) Foundation of Briaud’s House (shrink swell soils) The Eiffel Tower (deep foundation) St. Isaac Cathedral (mat foundation) National Geotechnical Experimentation Sites at Texas A&M University (full scale infrastructure tests) The 827 M-High Burj Khalifa Tower Foundation (combined pile raft foundation) New Orleans Levees and Katrina Hurricane (overtopping erosion) Three Gorges Dam (concrete dam) The Kansai International Airport (earth fill in the sea) The Panama Canal (excavated slopes) The Nice Airport Slope Failure (slope stability) From site investigation and geophysics to earthquake engineering and deep foundations, Geotechnical Engineering is an ideal resource for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as practicing professionals in geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics.

Acknowledgments xxv Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Case Histories 7 Chapter 3 Engineering Geology 81 Chapter 4 Soil Components and Weight-Volume Parameters 91 Chapter 5 Soil Classification 109 Chapter 6 Rocks 127 Chapter 7 Site Investigation, Drilling, and Sampling 143 Chapter 8 In Situ Tests 171 Chapter 9 Elements of Geophysics 215 Chapter 10 Laboratory Tests 235 Chapter 11 Stresses, Effective Stress, Water Stress, Air Stress, and Strains 301 Chapter 12 Problem-Solving Methods 333 Chapter 13 Soil Constitutive Models 395 Chapter 14 Flow of Fluid and Gas Through Soils 419 Chapter 15 Deformation Properties 447 Chapter 16 Shear Strength Properties 485 Chapter 17 Thermodynamics for Soil Problems 511 Chapter 18 Shallow Foundations 523 Chapter 19 Deep Foundations 591 Chapter 20 Slope Stability 679 Chapter 21 Compaction 727 Chapter 22 Retaining Walls 743 Chapter 23 Earthquake Geoengineering 807 Chapter 24 Erosion of Soils and Scour Problems 843 Chapter 25 Geoenvironmental Engineering 893 Chapter 26 Geosynthetics 925 Chapter 27 Soil Improvement 957 Chapter 28 Technical Communications 981 References 987 Index 1005