Transportation Geotechnics

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-7277-3249-1
Verlag: Institution of Civil Engineers

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

Of all the aspects of civil engineering that involve geotechnical engineers, arguably the largest is that associated with transport infrastructure. The geotechnical engineering associated with infrastructure covers all facets of the profession, from assessment, interpretation and management of potential geotechnical problems, to the development and use of state-of-the-art construction or design techniques to optimise value for money.All of this work is preformed within the changing environment of the politics, standards, funding and management of the infrastructure.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frost, Matthew

Jefferson, Ian

Faragher, Edward

Roff, T E J

Fleming, P R

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Verkehrsingenieurwesen, Verkehrsplanung
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Boden- und Felsmechanik, Geotechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Keynote Lecture

Soil mechanics for pavement engineers
Geotechnical Design and Construction

Use of geosynthetics in transportation projects
Long term settlement of piles under repetitive loading from trains
The importance of shallow geotechnics in the performance of rail trackbeds
Detecting voids beneath concrete pavements using surface deflection
Management and Specifications

Private finance initiative infrastructure projects - implications on geotechnical design
Geotechnical asset management
A performance specification for pavement foundations
Sustainability

Recycling in transportation
Hydraulically bound soil for road foundations
Bioengineering and the transportation infrastructure
Legacy of railway construction: impact on geotechnical characterisation