Soil Improvement by Preloading 1

[geomane]

Do any of you have the textbook, Soil Improvement by Preloading (Wiley Series in Geotechnical Engineering) by Stamatopoulos? Is is worth the read/purchasing?

I am looking for references on preloading and staged construction that include information on lab testing programs/procedures to determine strength gain of soft clay soils after consolidation.

 

[BigH]

No, don't have this one but I do have the one Dr. Jie Han; it is a reasonable book.

 

[fattdad]

It's all about Su/P and making a new Pp.

So, you take your soil and test it (UU or DDS) at various confinements to learn about Su/P. You also run some consolidation tests to learn about OCR with depth. You can change the OCR with the surcharge.

I don't have the book you reference. The principals of using surcharges or preloads should be out there; however.

f-d

ípapß gordo ainÆt no madre flaca!

 

[fattdad]

(I guess I should add in organic soils it's also about C-sub-alpha and driving out secondary compression in advance of adding the new load.)

f-d

ípapß gordo ainÆt no madre flaca!

 

[aeoliantexan]

You might look for articles on the subject by Charles Ladd.

 

[oldestguy]

Michigan DOT used to have this in their soils manual. Trythis fellow.
Contact Person for Geotechnical Documents:
Ryan Snook, P.E.
Foundation Analysis Engineer
Geotechnical Services Section

http://www.michigan.gov

 

[BigH]

Given to me by Dr Nitin Som