Pressuremeters in Geotechnical Design 2nd Edition by BG Clarke ISBN 9780367464684 2022021398

Pressuremeters in Geotechnical Design 2nd Edition by BG Clarke – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery: 9780367464684 ,2022021398
Full download  Pressuremeters in Geotechnical Design 2nd Edition after payment

Product details:

ISBN 10: 2022021398
ISBN 13: 9780367464684
Author: BG Clarke

Pressuremeters in Geotechnical Design 2nd Edition Table of contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Definition of a pressuremeter

1.3 The development of the pressuremeter

1.4 The pressuremeter test

1.4.1 The probe

1.4.2 The expansion curve

1.5 Summary

References

Chapter 2 Pressuremeter probes and testing equipment

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Key features of pressuremeters

2.2.1 The probe

2.2.2 The control unit

2.3 Prebored pressuremeters

2.3.1 The Ménard pressuremeter

2.3.2 The Oyometer

2.3.3 The high-pressure dilatometer

2.3.4 Other prebored pressuremeters

2.4 Self-boring pressuremeters

2.4.1 The pressiomètre autoforeur

2.4.2 The Cambridge self-boring pressuremeter

2.4.3 The weak rock self-boring pressuremeter

2.4.4 Other self-boring pressuremeters

2.5 Full-displacement pressuremeters

2.5.1 Full-displacement or cone pressuremeter

2.5.2 The Stressprobe

2.6 Specialist probes

2.7 Standards

2.8 Summary

References

Chapter 3 Site operations

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Installation techniques

3.2.1 Introduction

3.2.2 Ground conditions

3.2.3 Prebored pressuremeters

3.2.4 The self-boring pressuremeter

3.2.5 The full-displacement pressuremeter

3.3 Calibrations

3.3.1 Introduction

3.3.2 Pressure gauges

3.3.3 Displacement transducers

3.3.4 Total pressure transducers

3.3.5 Effective pressure and pore pressure transducers

3.3.6 Membrane stiffness

3.3.7 Membrane thinning

3.3.8 Membrane compression

3.3.9 System compression

3.3.10 Pressure loss

3.3.11 Volume loss

3.3.12 The initial dimension of the probe and readings of the transducers

3.3.13 Frequency and relevance of calibrations

3.4 On-site system checks

3.5 The test

3.5.1 Introduction

3.5.2 The Ménard method

3.5.3 Stress-controlled tests

3.5.4 Strain-controlled tests

3.5.5 Additional test procedures

3.5.6 Testing in ice

3.5.7 Summary of test procedures

3.6 Termination of a test

3.6.1 Introduction

3.6.2 Maximum pressure capacity

3.6.3 Maximum oil volume capacity

3.6.4 Burst membranes

3.6.5 Maximum displacement

3.7 Reduction of data and initial plots

3.7.1 Introduction

3.7.2 The Ménard pressuremeter test and other volume type pressuremeter tests

3.7.3 Radial displacement type PBP tests

3.7.4 Radial displacement type SBP tests

3.7.5 Radial displacement type FDP tests

3.8 Summary

References

Chapter 4 Analysis of expanding cavities

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Constitutive models

4.3 Distribution of stress and strain

4.4 Elastic ground

4.5 Undrained expansion of cylindrical cavity

4.5.1 General analysis

4.5.2 Linear elastic perfectly plastic soil

4.5.3 Non-linear material

4.5.4 Critical state models

4.6 Drained expansion of a cylindrical cavity (tests in sand)

4.6.1 Volume changes

4.6.2 General analysis

4.6.3 Very dense sands

4.6.4 State parameter

4.7 Tests in rock

4.8 Specific analyses

4.8.1 Non-linear stiffness

4.8.2 Undrained analysis assuming entire expansion at the limit pressure

4.8.3 Coefficient of consolidation

4.9 Numerical methods

4.10 Summary

References

Chapter 5 Factors affecting the interpretation of pressuremeter tests

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Factors affecting parameters derived from pressuremeter tests

5.2.1 Introduction

5.2.2 Effects of installation

5.2.3 Effects of the in situ stress

5.2.4 Effects of stress history

5.2.5 Effects of discontinuities and bands of hard and soft layers

5.2.6 Effects of particle type

5.2.7 Effects of test procedure

5.2.8 Effects of test cavity shape

5.2.9 Effects of probe type

5.2.10 Effects of depth of embedment

5.3 Summary

References

Chapter 6 Interpretation of pressuremeter tests

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Data quality and ground type

6.2.1 Introduction

6.2.2 Quality of installation

6.2.3 Ground type

6.3 Interpretation of an MPM test

6.3.1 The pressuremeter modulus and modified limit pressure

6.3.2 Fitting a curve to an MPM test

6.4 Estimating horizontal stress from a pressuremeter test

6.4.1 Lift-off method

6.4.2 Methods based on shear strength

6.4.3 Methods based on test procedure

6.4.4 Curve-fitting methods

6.4.5 Correlations

6.4.6 The subjectivity of the selection of horizontal stress

6.5 Modulus

6.5.1 Initial modulus

6.5.2 Unload/reload modulus

6.5.3 Non-linear stiffness profile

6.6 Undrained shear strength

6.6.1 General analysis

6.6.2 Elastic perfectly plastic soil

6.7 Angles of friction and dilation

6.8 Limit pressure

6.9 Consolidation and creep

6.10 Overconsolidation ratio

6.11 Numerical analyses

6.12 Summary

References

Chapter 7 Design rules and applications

7.1 Introduction

7.2 The direct method: The Ménard méthod

7.2.1 Shallow foundations

7.2.2 Axially loaded piles

7.2.3 Horizontally loaded piles

7.2.4 Grouted anchors

7.2.5 Ground improvement

7.2.6 The Ménard method based on results of other pressuremeter tests

7.3 Other direct design methods for horizontally loaded piles

7.4 Comparisons between results of pressuremeter and other tests

7.4.1 Total horizontal stress

7.4.2 Stiffness

7.4.3 Undrained shear strength

7.4.4 Angle of friction

7.4.5 Limit pressure

7.4.6 Penetration tests

7.5 Applications

7.5.1 Use of pressuremeter results in design

7.5.2 Use of pressuremeter tests in complex ground

7.6 Summary

References

Chapter 8 Choosing and specifying a pressuremeter

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Current state of pressuremeter testing

8.3 Choosing a pressuremeter

8.4 A typical specification

8.5 Costs

8.6 Future developments

References

Appendix

Index

People also search for Pressuremeters in Geotechnical Design 2nd Edition:

    
pressuremeter testing methods and interpretation
    
a geophysicist measures the pressure in a borehole
    
pressuremeter briaud
    
astm pressuremeter
    
geotechnical instrumentation

Tags: BG Clarke, Pressuremeters, Geotechnical Design