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The Foundation Engineering Handbook

The factors that determine the geotechnical behavior of soils are mainly their composition, the size of their grains and their moisture content. The design of a soil structure or foundation project must ensure the shear adequacy of the soil in all phases of construction and throughout the life of the project. However, the shear strength, in general, of the soil is not "constant" but depends on key external factors such as the prehistory of loads, the time and succession of load states, the overpressure of the pore water as well as other factors such as relative density, or any preload, the pressure field, the rate of change of the intensive state, etc. The influence of the deformations as well as the change of the intensive state during the sampling should not be ignored. Unlike other materials, in clay materials the determination of shear strength and its interpretation is a very complex problem. The aim of this article is to search for the mechanical behavior of clay soils (lignite, kaolinite, marl) as shown by the laboratory illustration related with the problems on shear strength of materials, based on the results of experimental research

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Assessment Principles for the Mechanical Behavior of Clay Soils

Experimental and numerical research on cracking characteristics of medium-reinforced prisms under variable uniaxial degrees of elongation

Where the medical profession buries its failures, the geotechnical profession buries its successes. Hence, a lot of the fruitful interplay between the structural and geotechnical engineers is not immediately apparent from the many imposing land mark structures seen all over the world. The success often relies on the ability of the designers to combine existing scientific and industrial disciplines in a new fashion or adapt to new technologies emerging. This cross pollination of scientific and industrial disciplines to achieve feasible and economically viable truly transcendent foundation solutions really requires lateral thinking. The paper describes a number of foundation solutions where part or all of the solution could be considered transcendent and where the authors have been involved. The authors believe that the realisation of large scale structures with due consideration of soil-structure interaction is the most appropriate way to pay tribute to Terzaghis' contributions to the evolvement of soil mechanics and foundation engineering as a modern science.

Transcendent foundation solutions: the cross pollination of scientific and industrial disciplines to overcome economic and technical

The behavior of soil either as a building material or as a load receiver is particularly important and presents a paramount significance in both infrastructure and building construction. Geotechnical engineering has shown a rapid development over the last fifty years and holds a prominent position in all scientific fields of engineers. This paper mainly aims at the historical background along with the progress made on Soil Engineering as an important branch of Surveyors, Civil and Mining Engineers, where, through an important citation of technical works and constructions over time, may be considered as a significant tool for teaching and education of students

Historical background and evolution of Soil Mechanics

In engineering, the foundation is a special element of a building It is the connecting part with the soil, which transfers loads from the structure to the ground, so that they are distributed on a wider area, thus avoiding high levels of soil stresses Furthermore, they help the structure to withstand various natural forces like earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, and also to anchor the structure into the ground, thus increasing its stability Over time, people aim to build elaborate structures, first to facilitate the standard living and then, utilizing this primary purpose, to make a substantial contribution to the progress and development of science, through the discovery of new methods This work aims to briefly record, analyze, and comment on special cases of building foundations and infrastructure projects that are in line with modern requirements of research and technology The work furthermore presents the advantages of static and seismic behavior of the foundations which may present significant structures over similar ones of the same or smaller scale There was an effort to develop and comment on the information which explains the general nature of the foundations with their evolutionary activity These concepts, combined with a description of the typical building or infrastructure project, with their characteristics may be a powerful tool not only for future constructions and research but mainly for education The work also emphasizes the connection between theory and practice

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Theodoros Chrisanidis

Papers

Significant Foundation Techniques for Education: A Critical Analysis

Historical background and evolution of Soil Mechanics