Deep Excavations in Soil
by John Endicott
English | 2020 | ISBN: 036731360X | 259 Pages | PDF | 8 MB
by John Endicott
English | 2020 | ISBN: 036731360X | 259 Pages | PDF | 8 MB
The book describes the theory and current practices for design of earth lateral support for deep excavations in soil. It addresses basic principles of soil mechanics and explains how these principles are embodied in design methods including hand calculations. It then introduces the use of numerical methods including the fundamental “beam on springs” models, and then more sophisticated computer programmes which can model soil as a continuum in two or three dimensions. Constitutive relationships are introduced that are in use for representing the behaviour of soil including a strain hardening model, and a Cam Clay model including groundwater flow and coupled consolidation.