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Developments in Geotechnical Engineering : Developments in Geotechnical Engineering - G.L. Sivakumar Babu

Developments in Geotechnical Engineering

By: G.L. Sivakumar Babu (Editor), V.V.S. Rao (Editor)

Paperback | 23 August 2016

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A Framework for Forensic Foundation Engineering.- Forensic Geotechnical Engineering Theory and Practice.- Guidelines for Forensic Investigation of Geotechnical Failures.- Caisson Failure Induced by Wave Action.- Forensic Geotechnical Engineering Investigations: Data Collection.- Diagnosis of Geotechnical Failure Causes Using Bayesian Networks.- Back Analyses in Geotechnical Engineering.-Back Analysis of Slope Failures to Design Landslide Stabilizing Piles.- Back Analyses in Forensic Geotechnical Engineering.- Instrumentation and Monitoring for Forensic Geotechnical Engineering.-Analysis of the Causes of Undue Movements of a Retaining Wall used to form a Deep Basement in Sandstone and Consequent Damage to an Adjacent Canal.- Failure Mechanism of Anchored Retaining Wall Due to the Breakage of Anchor Head.- Backwards Problem in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.- Failure Analysis of Underground Construction - Lessons Learned from Taiwan.- Failure Analysis of a Highway Dip Slope Slide.- Characterization of Failure at a Large Landslide in Se Queensland by Geological Mapping, Laboratory Testing, Instrumentation and Monitoring.- Post-liquefaction Data Collection and Analyses for Earthquakes in New Zealand.- Forensic Geotechnics - Some Case Studies from Singapore.- Technical Shortcomings Causing Geotechnical Failures: Report of Task Force 10, TC 302.- Effects of Vibration by Demolition to nearby Machine Shop Floor - Wave Measurement for Dynamic Property of Ground.- A Case of Piping in Sand under a Dam and its Back Analysis.- Influence of Vibrations on Installation of Bored Piles.- Aspects regarding Management of Soil Risk.- Forensic Studies for Failure in Construction of an Underground Station of the Kaohsiung MRT System.- Damage to a Metro Tunnel Due to Adjacent Excavation.- A Case Study of Floor Heaving of a Condominium RC-Building with Seven Stories.- Failure Case Study of Tieback Wall in Urban Area, Korea.- Forensics of Pile Foundations Subjected to Earthquake Induced Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading.- Piping Failure of a Metro Tunnel Construction.- Forensic Analysis of Failure of Retaining Wall.- Role of Reliability in Forensic Geotechnical Engineering.- Important Role of Uncertainty in Forensic Geotechnical Engineering.-Technical, Ethical, and Legal Issues with Forensic Geotechnical Engineering - A Case History.- Forensic Engineering, Legal Considerations, and Property Damage Assessment from Construction Vibrations.- A Case Study of Observational Method for a Failed Geotechnical Excavation in Singapore.

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