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Earth Structures

In Transport, Water and Environmental Engineering

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Ivan Vaníček

    1. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

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  2. Martin Vaníček

    1. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

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  • First complex elaboration of the problems of all earth structures types
  • Soil as main structural material including its improvement using geosynthetics or stabilization is presented
  • Limit states of earth structures are described in accordance with Eurocode 7
  • Considers the environmental aspects of waste in earth structures

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction – Design Specification for Earth Structures

    • Ivan Vaníček, Martin Vaníček
    Pages 1-5

  3. Soil as a Construction Material

    • Ivan Vaníček, Martin Vaníček
    Pages 7-70

  4. Geosynthetics in Earth Structures

    • Ivan Vaníček, Martin Vaníček
    Pages 71-107

  5. Soil Improvement

    • Ivan Vaníček, Martin Vaníček
    Pages 109-152

  6. Limit States for Earth Structures

    • Ivan Vaníček, Martin Vaníček
    Pages 153-257

  7. Earth Structures in Transport Engineering

    • Ivan Vaníček, Martin Vaníček
    Pages 259-380

  8. Earth Structures in Water Engineering

    • Ivan Vaníček, Martin Vaníček
    Pages 381-496

  9. Earth Structures in Environmental Engineering

    • Ivan Vaníček, Martin Vaníček
    Pages 497-605

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 607-637
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One of the plausible perceptions about safe and generally optimal geotechnical structure, leads to the conclusion that its success is supported by four columns. The ?rst column relies on the understanding of natural sciences such as Geology, Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology on one side, and on the understanding of Mechanics, Theory of Elasticity on the other side. The second column relies on the application of existing ?ndings on the behaviour of soils and rocks under different stress-strain states – we are speaking about support from Soil Mechanics and Rock Mechanics. The third column relies on the combination of the theoretical ?ndings with practical technologies during execution of Foundation Engineering and Und- ground Structures (Tunnelling). Finally the fourth column relies on a certain feeling of geological environment which Terzaghi (1959) denotes as “capacity for ju- ment” and he speci?es that “this capacity can be gained only by years of contact with ?eld conditions”. Theauthors are con?dent that the third column relevant to practical application should be strengthened about “Earth Structures”, about application on structures, which belong to the oldest engineering structures utilizing the fundamental str- tural material – soil. At the same time they believe that Earth Structures will est- lish their position in the near future, as it is gaining another interesting ?eld which Earth Structures are also part of, namely the ?eld of Environmental Geotechnics.

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  • Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

    Ivan Vaníček, Martin Vaníček

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