THE TECHNIQUES OF MODERN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY: STRAIN ANALYSIS

By JOSHUA MOORE

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION WHAT IS GROUND IMPROVEMENT AND WHEN AND WHY IS IT NECESSARY? TECHNIQUES OF GROUND IMPROVEMENT WHY DO WE NEED TO ESTIMATE GROUND DEFORMATIONS? WHAT IS THIS BOOK ALL ABOUT? REFERENCES MODELLING SOFT CLAY BEHAVIOUR INITIAL STIFFNESS AND UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH CONSTITUTIVE MODELS FOR CLAY SOILS EXAMPLE ANALYSES MODELLING THE EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTION PROCESS LARGE DEFORMATIONS EMBANKMENT HEIGHT AND THICKNESS SIGNI?CANCE OF THE METHOD OF APPLYING EMBANKMENT LOAD EFFECT OF LARGE DEFORMATIONS ON EMBANKMENT STABILITY GENERAL DISCUSSION STABILITY ANALYSIS OF AN EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTED TO FAILURE BUOYANCY EFFECTS DUE TO LARGE DEFORMATION BUOYANCY EFFECTS FOR A TEST EMBANKMENT AT SAGA, JAPAN SUMMARY UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH PRO?LE SIMULATING EMBANKMENT LOADING AND CONSTRUCTION EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT ON EMBANKMENT STABILITY EFFECT OF BUOYANCY ON SETTLEMENT VERTICAL DRAINS CONSOLIDATION THEORY FOR PREFABRICATED VERTICAL DRAINS BARRON’S SOLUTION HANSBO’S SOLUTION PARAMETER DETERMINATION EQUIVALENT DRAIN DIAMETER DISCHARGE CAPACITY OF A PVD SMEAR EFFECT EFFECT OF A SAND MAT OPTIMUM PVD INSTALLATION DEPTH OPTIMUM THICKNESS OF UNIMPROVED SUB-LAYER (HC) TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELLING OF PVD-IMPROVED SOIL APPROACH OF SHINSHA ET AL MACRO-ELEMENT APPROACH ONE-DIMENSIONAL DRAINAGE ELEMENTS MODELLING PVDS USING EQUIVALENT SOLID ELEMENTS EQUIVALENT VERTICAL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY MODELLING A LARGE SCALE LABORATORY TEST LARGE SCALE CONSOLIDOMETER SOIL PROPERTIES AND TESTING PROCEDURES COMPARISON OF MEASUREMENTS AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS APPLICATION TO A CASE HISTORY TEST EMBANKMENT ON A SOFT CLAY DEPOSIT IN EASTERN CHINA FEM MODELLING AND MODEL PARAMETERS COMPARISON OF RESULTS VACUUM CONSOLIDATION FIELD METHODS FOR VACUUM CONSOLIDATION AIR-TIGHT SHEET METHOD VACUUM-DRAIN METHOD THEORY OF CONSOLIDATION DUE TO VACUUM PRESSURE SINGLE LAYER SYSTEM (WITHOUT PVDS) SINGLE LAYER WITH PVD IMPROVEMENT TWO-LAYER SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS OF VACUUM CONSOLIDATION SETTLEMENT LABORATORY OEDOMETER TESTS TEST RESULTS OPTIMUM PVD PENETRATION DEPTH THEORETICAL PREDICTION LABORATORY MODEL TESTS ESTIMATING DEFORMATIONS INDUCED BY VACUUM PRESSURE IMAI’S METHOD METHOD OF CHAI ET AL ANALYSIS OF FIELD TESTS DEFORMATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VACUUM-DRAIN METHOD DISTRIBUTION OF FINAL VACUUM PRESSURE DEFORMATION PREDICTIONS ANALYSIS OF A CASE HISTORY IN TOKYO SOIL-CEMENT COLUMNS SETTLEMENT PREDICTIONS DE?NITIONS FULLY PENETRATING COLUMNS FLOATING COLUMNS DEGREE OF CONSOLIDATION SETTLEMENT–TIME CURVE METHOD OF CALCULATION APPLICATION TO LABORATORY MODEL TESTS APPLICATION TO CASE HISTORIES DEFORMATIONS INDUCED BY COLUMN INSTALLATION LATERAL DEFORMATION CASE HISTORY IN CLAYEY GROUND CASE HISTORY IN SANDY GROUND CONCLUDING REMARKS WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE DONE? CONSTITUTIVE MODELS FOR SOFT CLAYS ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL PVD IMPROVEMENT SOIL-CEMENT SLAB AND COLUMN INTERACTION COMBINED VACUUM PRESSURE AND SURCHARGE LOADING HYBRID SOFT GROUND IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES