Geotechnical Engineering Applied Soil Mechanics And Foundation Engineering Volume 3

The five-volume book series delivers a comprehensive coverage of topics in geotechnical engineering practice. The unique design of the text allows the user to look up a topic of interest and be able to find, in most cases, the related information all on the same sheet with related figures and tables, eliminating the need for figure and table referral numbers. In a way, each page is a capsule of information on its own, yet, related to the subject covered in that chapter. The topics covered in all five volumes will assist the reader with becoming a licensed professional engineer (PE) and a licensed geotechnical engineer (GE). Volume 3 contains chapters 12 through 17 on analysis and design of unconventional retaining structures. Each chapter is a stand-alone design module covering a major type of retaining structure, including: Anchored Bulkheads (free and modified free earth support methods, fixed and simplified fixed earth support methods, design of anchorage system, ...), Cellular Cofferdams (cell configurations, design methods for rock, granular, and cohesive sites, ...), Soil Nail Walls (construction methods, nail load support, design approach, corrosion protection, drilling and grouting, wall drainage and facing, nail testing, wall monitoring, ...), Tieback Walls (construction methods, anchor capacity, design approach, corrosion protection, wall drainage, anchor testing, wall monitoring, ...), Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls (design approach for external and internal stability, select backfill, drainage requirements, ...), and Geosynthetic Reinforced Segmental Retaining Walls (design approach for external and internal stability, soil-reinforcement interaction, design details, a comprehensive wall design, ...). Each chapter is prepared to provide the reader with fundamental aspects of design methodology in a concise and practical way. Numerous illustrations are provided for better visualization and grasp of the design concepts.