GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER’S HANDBOOK Bases, Foundations and Underground Structures . In two volums

4th English edition, revised and enlarged in two volums

Summarized is the experience of present-day Russian geotechnics comprising the key issues of engineering-and-geological surveys, designing, construction and reconstruction of bases and foundations including those in difficult and special engineering-and-geological conditions. The materials are provided that are related to the present-day regulatory and technical documents, as well as to new types of structures and technologies for constructing bases and foundations, the methods of their analysis and design including also those that have passed production tests, but have not yet been reflected in existing regulatory documents.

This Handbook addresses the most relevant issues regarding the geotechnical monitor-ing and the use of numerical methods for geotechnical calculations in designing are covered. The materials are provided that are related to the design and construction of foundations for buildings and structures in problem areas: freezing-through and permafrost, loessial, karstified, peaty and other soils, as well as in anthropogenic areas.

The Handbook is intended for the scientists, engineers and technicians of design and construction companies, who work in the field of geotechnics, for the students of construction universities and departments.