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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey Evans (Bucknell University, USA) , Daniel Ruffing , David EltonPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: CRC Press Weight: 0.762kg ISBN: 9780415695152ISBN 10: 0415695155 Pages: 430 Publication Date: 17 September 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction to Ground Improvement Engineering 2. Geotechnical Fundamentals 3. Fundamentals of Geosynthetics in Ground Improvement 4. Compaction 5. Consolidation 6. Soil Mixing 7. Grouting 8. Slurry Trench Cutoff Walls 9. Ground Improvement Using Geosynthetics 10. Reinforcement in walls, embankments on stiff ground, and soil nailing 11. Additional Techniques in Ground Improvement 12. The Future of Ground Improvement EngineeringReviewsThe book, Fundamentals of Ground Improvement Engineering, is a new, up-to-date, comprehensive handbook to introduce the development of ground improvement techniques over the past 40 years. Overall, the book is valuable to undergraduate and graduate-level university students, as well as practitioners who seek fundamentals of the theory, design principles, and construction approaches of ground improvement techniques. -Pengpeng Ni, School of Civil Engineering, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering """The book, Fundamentals of Ground Improvement Engineering, is a new, up-to-date, comprehensive handbook to introduce the development of ground improvement techniques over the past 40 years. Overall, the book is valuable to undergraduate and graduate-level university students, as well as practitioners who seek fundamentals of the theory, design principles, and construction approaches of ground improvement techniques."" -Pengpeng Ni, School of Civil Engineering, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering" Author InformationDr Jeffrey Evans is Professor Emeritus of Bucknell University. He earned his BS, MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from Clarkson, Purdue, and Lehigh, respectively. In England, he has been a visiting academic at the University of Cambridge and University of Nottingham. His experience includes over 10 years as a consultant with Woodward-Clyde Consultants (now AECOM) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Reserves, where he served as a 2nd and 1st Lieutenant and Captain. Mr Daniel Ruffing is Vice President at Geo-Solutions, Inc., located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He earned his BS and MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Bucknell University. His experience includes over 10 years of design and construction on geoenvironmental components of projects, mainly focusing on the construction of slurry trenches, soil mixing, jet grouting, and grouting, all techniques that Geo-Solutions specializes and excels in. He has also worked in general environmental remediation and other more general construction. Dr David Elton is Professor Emeritus of Auburn University. He earned his BS, MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from Clarkson, Utah State, and Purdue, respectively. His 30 years of research and teaching specialized in geotechnical and geosynthetics engineering. A former President of the North American Geosynthetics Society, he is an ASCE Fellow, has won teaching awards, research awards, authored two books (one an ASCE best-seller) and over 50 refereed papers. He is known world-over as the ‘Soils Magician’. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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