Ground Improvement
3rd Edition
Published on 14. May 2014
511 pages
978-0-203-83897-6 (ISBN)
Description
When finding another location, redesigning a structure, or removing troublesome ground at a project site are not practical options, prevailing ground conditions must be addressed. Improving the ground modifying its existing physical properties to enable effective, economic, and safe construction to achieve appropriate engineering performance is an
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Edition
3rd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Geotechnical and civil engineers; consultants and contractors working in grouting, ground improvement, piling, and environmental engineering; and graduate students in geotechnical and environmental engineering.
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
331 s/w Abbildungen, 36 s/w Tabellen
331 b/w images, 36 tables and Approx. 61 equations
File size
62,51 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-203-83897-6 (9780203838976)
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Persons
Klaus Kirsch was a main board director of Keller Group plc, responsible for operations in Continental Europe and overseas until his retirement in 2001, and served thereafter as adviser for the Group's technical development. He has been involved with some fundamental breakthroughs in foundation engineering, notably the introduction of the vibro stone column technology in the United States, and was instrumental in the development of a new generation of depth vibrators. He has authored many papers and a book on vibratory deep compaction. Alan Bell is a technical consultant to the Keller Group plc. He was managing director of Keller in the United Kingdom until 2009 and has had close involvement in ground improvement techniques and their development at both the national and international level for over 30 years, including the introduction of vibrated concrete columns to the United Kingdom. He has contributed to many technical publications and is a visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
Content
Introduction and background, Alan Bell and Klaus Kirsch Deep vibro techniques, Jimmy Wehr and Wolfgang Sonderman Dynamic compaction, Barry Slocombe Prefabricated vertical drains, Jian Chu and Venu Raju Permeation grouting, Gert Stadler and Harald Krenn Jet grouting, George Burke and Hiroshi Yoshida Soilfracture grouting, Eddie Falk and Clemens Kummerer Compaction grouting, James Hussin In-situ soil mixing, Michal Topolnicki Dry mixing, Marcus Dahlstrom
