INTRODUCTION TO GEOTECHNICS

INTRODUCTION A LA GEOTECHNIQUE

After recalling that the aim of geotechnics is to enable adequate foundations to be built, the author studies (1) the physico-chemical characteristics of soil (skeleton, effects of pore water, settlements under load, weathering of rocks); (2) the mechanical characteristics of soil (elasticity and failure, friction and stress); measurement of shear strength; strength of loose soil: clay, sand, gravel, silt; liquefaction of loose soil; strength of fissured and non-fissured rocks; use of loose soil as construction materials: reinforced earth and compacted soil; dispersion of test results; soil mechanics; (3) underground flow (water tables, principles of the study of underground flows, filtration wells, dewatering of excavations, effect of underground flow); (4) explosions, earthquakes, effect of soil vibrations on structures, foundations for vibratory machines. Three appendices and an extensive bibliography are included. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Eyrolles

  61 Boulevard Saint-Germain
  Paris,   France 
• Authors:
  • Cambefort, H
• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 368 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemistry; Clay; Compaction; Failure; Flow; Friction; Geological events; Gravel; Ground settlement; Loads; Mechanical elasticity; Mechanically stabilized earth; Physics; Pore water pressures; Rock mechanics; Rocks; Sand; Shear strength; Silts; Soil mechanics; Soils; Stresses; Textbooks; Underground structures; Water table; Weathering
• Uncontrolled Terms: Subterranean
• Old TRIS Terms: Geological conditions
• ITRD Terms: 5188: Blasting; 7165: Chemistry; 4177: Clay; 3686: Compaction; 5912: Elasticity; 5520: Failure; 5430: Flow (fluid); 3377: Foundation; 5452: Friction; 4575: Gravel; 4332: Hydrology; 5567: Load; 6136: Measurement; 6755: Physics; 5925: Properties; 3349: Reinforced earth; 5757: Rock mechanics; 4105: Sand; 5792: Settlement; 5531: Shear; 4149: Silt; 4156: Soil; 5755: Soil mechanics; 5544: Strength (mater); 5575: Stress (in material); 4372: Subterranean; 8526: Textbook; 5558: Vibration; 4002: Volcanic; 4355: Water; 4394: Water table
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096684
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1975 12:00AM